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2023 Lincoln Aviator
If you find Lincoln’s take on luxury appealing, the 2023
Aviator could be the four-wheeled living room you’re
looking for. It offers much the same experience with
accommodations for up to seven riders. It’s tuned more for
comfort—which matches the ethos of the rest of the brand.
Lincoln packs the Aviator with plenty of tech features; the
top-spec Black Label models, deliver polished cabins with
plenty of wow factor.
The Lincoln Aviator’s 400-hp twin-turbo V-6 is among the most
powerful standard engines in the mid-size luxury SUV segment.
The refined 3.0-liter V-6 works with a smooth-shifting 10-speed
automatic transmission to deliver both serene cruising and
authoritative acceleration.
In place of a more powerful V-8 engine as an option, Lincoln
offers a plug-in-hybrid model that’s known as the Aviator Grand
Touring. Using the same V-6 and 10-speed transmission as the
standard Aviator, the Grand Touring adds a 100-hp electric
motor and a 13.6-kWh battery. The two propulsion sources
combine for 494 horsepower and 630 pound-feet of torque
The EPA rates the rear-wheel-drive Lincoln Aviator at 18
mpg city and 26 mpg highway; the all-wheel-drive model
delivers 17 mpg city and 24 mpg highway.
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