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Exploring the Future of Luxury: 2025 Lincoln Aviator Black Label · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:12
  Speaker 1: time now for this hour's car review.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: Yes, yours truly don't ask me why, but the ford motor company loaned me a 2025 lincoln aviator.
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Yes, they did did.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: I know everybody's in shock, but the Lincoln Aviator comes in these trim levels Premier, reserve and Black Label.
• 0:35
  Speaker 1: I, with my nose in the air, had the Black Label All-wheel drive.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: Two-wheel drive is standard, by the way.
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: On the black label, no, all-wheel drive is standard.
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: On the black label, two-wheel drive is standard when you get into the bottom line, when you premiere the model Mid-size SUV Six seats in three rows and it's actually pretty comfortable in there.
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Exterior changes from last model year.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: It was refreshed for 2025.
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: So it's got all new stuff on it.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: It was all new in 2020.
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: It's based on the Ford Explorer.
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: Did you know that?
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: I did not know that it looks a lot bigger in the pictures.
• 1:17
  Speaker 1: I haven't seen one.
• 1:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, exterior features New attractive front end, including grille and headlights.
• 1:25
  Speaker 1: Fairly straight body lines exude classy American luxury Colors.
• 1:31
  Speaker 1: Include a flat finish, if that's what you want.
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: Gives it a modern flair.
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: Quad exhaust tips, unique rear lighting and sunshade complete the good modern look of this car.
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: Wheel design is well.
• 1:47
  Speaker 1: It goes along with the trim level that you get what I liked about it.
• 1:53
  Speaker 1: The new infotainment system is new this year.
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: The new Blue Cruise automated driving system is awesome.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: I used it on the Beltway and I'm going to work right.
• 2:04
  Speaker 1: So it's got this around-camera thing and all you do is just hit one button, hands off, the screen turns blue and there you go and you watch the thing go down the road, make the curves, and it works really well.
• 2:21
  Speaker 1: They've come a long way with that.
• 2:23
  Speaker 1: Now for me personally I like to drive, but I used it every morning.
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, try it out.
• 2:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they told me to.
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: Hey, don, you've got to try out that new Blue Cruiser.
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: Hey, I'm going to drive this car with no hands.
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, interior highlights Dash with shelf.
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: Dash with shelf is a different look.
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: It's attractive and it also has two screens on top.
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: Detailed design elements are modern, classy.
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: Controls are intuitive.
• 2:52
  Speaker 1: Infotainment is easy to understand and to navigate.
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: Comfortable, deep buckets and supportive surfaces are top-notch, even in cloth.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: I didn't ride in the cloth, I had the leather, but I'll tell you what.
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: The cloth looks really good and they've come a long way with cloth in automobiles these days.
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: Cargo room adequate, even with the third row up.
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: What I liked about this everything.
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: Combine the two screens into one.
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: They did this on purpose, I don't know why, but you know, if you're going to redo it, I mean, let's make it one big screen.
• 3:28
  Speaker 1: Engine it has a 3.0 liter V6 twin turbo that turns out 400 horsepower, 415 pound-feet of torque, 10-speed automatic transmission.
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: It'll tow up to 5,000 pounds.
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: Now, mine was a pre-production model so I don't have any numbers on it.
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: I did a little research on it and so I came up with some numbers of my own.
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: Now, as far as mileage is concerned, I got 20.4 miles per gallon over 330.2 miles.
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: What I liked about it?
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: Plenty of power.
• 4:01
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: Nothing.
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: Way to go forward.
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: You've done a good job on your V6.
• 4:06
  Speaker 1: Ride and handling smooth and adjustable with the air glide suspension.
• 4:13
  Speaker 1: This is a top-notch SUV.
• 4:14
  Speaker 1: I'm telling you that's cool.
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 4:16
  Speaker 1: Nothing.
• 4:17
  Speaker 1: Now pricing Base trim price $87,480.
• 4:22
  Speaker 1: Prices tested $97,150.
• 4:25
  Speaker 1: But it falls in line with others in that price point.
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: Base model price you can get into one $58,495.
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: And that competes against the BMW X5 for $65,700.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: The Acura MDX for $51,200.
• 4:41
  Speaker 1: And the starting price of the Lexus TX, another competitor, $53,700.
• 4:48
  Speaker 1: Wow, that's my review of the Lincoln Aviator Black Label.
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: It's a good-looking vehicle.
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: Oh my God, it's nice.
• 4:57
  Speaker 1: I hated to give that up.
• 4:59
  Speaker 1: Couldn't you just let me have that for about a year?
• 5:01
  Speaker 1: Oh no, give me a long-term review on this.
• 5:06
  Speaker 1: Is it three or 36?
• 5:07
  Speaker 1: I'll have it for three more years.
• 5:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, gosh, I like that.
• 5:11
  Speaker 1: I like that thing.
• 5:12
  Speaker 1: You know, I'm not biased, I treat all of them the same.
• 5:18
  Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure exactly why anybody would think any differently about this vehicle.
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: It's really really nice, thank you.