Lincoln combines traditional luxury with up-to-date tech and safety features to compete with imported luxury 3-row crossovers

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Lincoln has had some difficulties in recent years, but it has a cohesive new design language, its focus is once again on luxury, and the three-letter naming convention that never meant anything to anyone other than Lincoln marketers is gone. The company's lineup is growing and now includes the all-new 2020 Lincoln Aviator. Named after a luxury variant of the 2002-2005 Ford Explorer, this new Aviator is also based on the contemporary Explorer platform, but it's a luxury vehicle in its own right.

The Aviator slots below the Navigator and above the compact MKC and its replacement, the Lincoln Corsair. Lincoln’s new look is unified across its sedans, crossovers, and SUVs, including handsome headlights and an upright chrome grille. The Aviator’s roofline tapers a bit, giving the vehicle a more elongated look, and its low, wide beltline almost gives the Aviator a boat-like appearance.

The Aviator comes standard with a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 making 400 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque. The Grand Touring takes this setup a step further by combining the 3.0-liter turbo V6 with a 100-hp electric motor making, battery pack, and charging port. The result is a net 494 hp and 630 lb-ft of torque. Both powertrains send power through a 10-speed automatic transmission. The base V6 sends power to either rear-wheel drive (RWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), while the plug-in hybrid (PHEV) is an AWD setup. Regardless of the powertrain, both versions will do 0-60 mph in about 4 seconds.

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Presenter: George Kennedy
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