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I can't believe the Aviator has been on sale and at dealer lots for a month, but there are still no professional reviews at any of the large publications. There must be some kind of embargo on the press, but does anybody know when we will start to see real reviews on the Aviator?
 



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It’s aggravating, for sure. I set up an Aviator “channel” on Apple News+, which does an excellent job of collecting stories from many publications, not just car magazines, but the results have been dismal: just Lincoln puff pieces about the Revel sound system, the look-ahead suspension, etc., and, lately, the recall.

I appreciate the amateur reviews on YouTube, but they provide few or no performance numbers of their own and tend to gush over Lincoln’s torque numbers for the hybrid system without noting that it adds 1,000 pounds to the vehicle.

If something interesting turns up on my Aviator channel, I’ll post a link here.
 












The last sentence is promising: "We’ll be driving the new Aviator soon, so look out for our first drive impressions coming later this month."

I drove a RWD Aviator Reserve 3 weeks ago. It felt slower than my wife's Range Rover Sport with the 340HP base V6. I think this author is wrong when he says the Aviator will compete with the M's and the AMG's of the SUV world. I have no idea where all that power is getting lost...It felt like over 6-seconds 0-60, probably 6.5 but that's just a guess.
 






Tlombardo77 said:
The last sentence is promising: "We’ll be driving the new Aviator soon, so look out for our first drive impressions coming later this month."

I drove a RWD Aviator Reserve 3 weeks ago. It felt slower than my wife's Range Rover Sport with the 340HP base V6. I think this author is wrong when he says the Aviator will compete with the M's and the AMG's of the SUV world. I have no idea where all that power is getting lost...It felt like over 6-seconds 0-60, probably 6.5 but that's just a guess.
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If they could get a 0-60 time in 5.1 seconds on the ST, no way it is in the 6s.
 


















 












UofMEngineer said:
Interesting. That has the newer v3.4 build on it. Can tell from the voice interaction portion.
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Interesting. Wish we could get a WI-FI or USB update for our MkC (on v3.0) and new maps too.
 






Flying68 said:
Interesting. Wish we could get a WI-FI or USB update for our MkC (on v3.0) and new maps too.
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There should be another v3.0 release out fairly soon. There's one available now via dealer update. Maps-wise, yeah not sure what the hold up is there. The site still shows ready around July 2019...
 






The Lincoln Aviator professional reviews should be out next week....see below:

The revamp of Lincoln’s SUV lineup continues as the 2020 Aviator inches closer to its on-sale date. Now, after its reveal at last year’s LA Auto Show and learning more about its price and specs, we finally have the opportunity to drive it for the first time. In this video, Roman heads out to the Napa Valley in California to get a hands-on look at the new Aviator.

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As a measure to accommodate the other journalists attending the media event, we are restricted from talking about the car’s driving impressions until next week on August 20. Until then, though, we can show you around the 2020 Aviator and the features that distinguish the car from its predecessors and Lincoln’s other SUVs.
 






 


















This from cars.com:

While the Grand Touring makes plenty of power, it doesn’t deliver it as well as the gas-only Aviator. Its 10-speed automatic isn’t as decisive and shifts aren’t as refined. Overall, there’s a busyness to the drivetrain that wasn’t there in the regular Aviator.

Brake feel also isn’t as good as the gas version. The Grand Touring’s brake pedal feels spongy and isn’t as linear as the regular Aviator’s. This kind of pedal feel isn’t uncommon among hybrids, however, which incorporate regenerative braking systems to capture and reuse kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost as heat.

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It's a way, way overpriced Explorer. The Explorer is bad enough at $60,000+ fully optioned. Now Ford further gussies it up, calls it Aviator, and pushes the price over $90,000, fully optioned. And guess what? It will have the same issues that any Ford has. No thanks.
 






Halwg said:
It's a way, way overpriced Explorer. The Explorer is bad enough at $60,000+ fully optioned. Now Ford further gussies it up, calls it Aviator, and pushes the price over $90,000, fully optioned. And guess what? It will have the same issues that any Ford has. No thanks.
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The days of Lincoln being a gussied up Ford ended when they changed platforms. The Aviator isnt anywhere close to an Explorer.
 






Who cares. They’re both owned by Volkswagen which is owned by Disney which is owned by AT&T which is owned by Black Rock.

The last truly independent car company was Studebaker. Or maybe it was Packard. Something like that. Tucker. DeLorean.
 



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John Corso said:
Who cares. They’re both owned by Volkswagen which is owned by Disney which is owned by AT&T which is owned by Black Rock.
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Have not found anything to back up your statement. Found many items to the contrary.

Peter
 






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