2021 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring Review: Power + PHEV = …

Auto123 reviews the 2021 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring PHEV.

After driving the Lincoln Aviator when it was first revealed in 2019, I had some high hopes for this new, hybridized Grand Touring (GT) version. The non-hybrid version had great power, it looked fantastic and I liked much about the interior. The GT adds more power, to the tune of 494 hp and 630 lb-ft of torque. 630! That’s not much less than the bonkers Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk.

Now, of course, this being a plug-in hybrid you only get the full slug of torque for certain bursts, but even without counting in the 75-kw EV motor, you still have a twin-turbo 3.0L V6, which suggests that passing on the freeway and so on should never, ever be a problem.

So, it stands to reason that this GT version would be a huge step up. And in many ways, it is.

You have the power, plus you get full-EV motoring if you have the charge; you can achieve some fantastic fuel economy figures as a result. I saw 8.9L/100 km over the course of my drive, 83 of which were “electric km”, according to my trip computer. According to Lincoln, the Aviator GT is good for 34 km of EV range on a full charge. While my battery indicator showed “full” on two occasions during my test, I never saw more than 28 km on the readout, but remember: the vehicle has a memory and if whoever drove it before me had a heavy foot, that will affect my estimates.

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