We are sad to report that the 2020 Lincoln Aviator is not the flying car we’ve been promised for the better part of a century. The Aviator is earthbound just like you and me. Metaphorically, though, this 4900-pound leather-and-wood-trimmed box has the wings to help lift Lincoln out of what looked like an unrecoverable nosedive just a few short years ago.
There’s an American bulk to the Aviator and enough width in the cabin that at least a few buyers will believe they’re driving the larger Navigator. Like the Gator, the Aviator is very much a gilded Ford. It shares its core components with the new Explorer but, crucially, the visible and tangible similarities are few and insignificant enough not to matter.
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