When you choose the 2021 Lincoln Aviator, you’re opting for on-road excellence. This midsize three-row luxury SUV is pure style, inside and out. Cabin appointments include opulent leather upholstery and street-smart infotainment. And the Aviator is not only quick to get going, it’s also smooth and refined, delivering the kind of performance that only adds to its opulence.

2021 Lincoln Aviator Standout Features

  • Upscale style, inside and out
  • Impressive tech lineup
  • Quick, smooth performance
  • Optional hybrid powertrain combines speed and efficiency

Exterior Style

The 2021 Aviator is both rugged and stylishly striking, with flashy wheel options and a prominent mesh grille. Standard exterior features, including LED headlights and a power liftgate, put an upscale touch on everyday convenience. And, with its impressive list of exterior options, the Aviator will attract as much notice as you can handle.

2021 Lincoln Aviator Exterior

Standard exterior features:

  • LED headlights
  • Roof rails
  • Power liftgate

Optional features:

  • 22-inch wheels
  • Evasive steering assist
  • Turn-adaptive headlights
  • Panoramic sunroof

Interior Comfort

Besides letting people know you’ve arrived, the 2021 Aviator gets you around in style. This three-row SUV delivers the kind of luxury experience you crave, with generous passenger space, plush leather upholstery, and all the latest climate control technology. Indeed, the Aviator makes a point of providing hours and hours of on-road comfort.

Standard creature comforts:

  • Heated, power-adjustable front seats
  • Tri-zone climate control
  • 35-30-35-split second-row bench seat
  • 50/50-split power-folding third-row seat

Optional comfort features:

  • Power-adjustable steering wheel
  • Heated steering wheel
  • Premium leather upholstery
  • Heated and ventilated front and second-row seats
  • Second-row captain’s chairs
  • Quad-zone automatic climate control
  • Ambient interior lighting
  • Upgraded 30-way power-adjustable front seats
  • Rear door sunshades

Safety, Security, and Technology

The Aviator’s long list of tech features exceeds expectations. Some of our favorite standard features include the Wi-Fi hotspot, which, along with a data subscription, provides an excellent safety net should your smartphone connection falter. We’re also big fans of Lincoln’s Sync 3 infotainment system. Standard in every Aviator trim model, it provides quick access to your smartphone apps via its 10.3-inch touch screen and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto integration technology.

Standard tech features:

  • Keyless ignition and push-button start
  • Digital instrument cluster
  • 10.3-inch infotainment touch screen
  • Integrated navigation system
  • Apple CarPlay/Android Auto smartphone integration
  • Wi-Fi hotspot

Tech options:

  • 14-speaker sound system
  • 28-speaker premium audio system
  • Head-up display
  • Phone as key technology
  • Wireless smartphone charging pad
  • Heated windshield wipers

Safety is another high point for the 2021 Lincoln Aviator. In government crash tests, this luxury SUV earned a perfect five-star rating for overall safety. It’s also loaded with safety aids designed to help you avoid a collision, such as the blind-spot monitor and forward collision mitigation systems.

2021 Lincoln Aviator Technology

As you climb the Aviator trim levels, there’s even more to keep you safe, including a lane-keeping system and adaptive cruise control. The optional evasive steering assist technology adds to the forward collision mitigation system, taking over steering to help you avoid a potential crash. The Aviator’s optional automated parking system can actually steer the SUV into a parking space with little to no interference on your part. Finally, the optional lane-keeping system gently alters steering to keep the Aviator smack dab in the middle of the lane.

Standard safety features:

  • Blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert
  • Lane keeping assist
  • Forward collision mitigation with automatic emergency braking

Optional safety features:

  • 360-degree surround-view camera
  • Adaptive cruise control
  • Lane keeping system
  • Automated parking system
  • Evasive steering assist

Power and Performance

When it’s time to get going, you’ll be pleased with the Aviator’s quick response time and ample power. Both engine options mean business, with more than enough horsepower to send this big, three-row SUV sailing into highway traffic flows with ease. Each of the Aviator’s engines are paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission that’s always ready and willing to respond to your requests for more speed. With optional all-wheel drive, you can even take your Aviator down off-road trails with greater control.

Two engines:

  • Turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 (400 horsepower, 415 pound-feet of torque)
  • Turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 hybrid engine (494 hp, 630 lb.-ft.)

Performance options:

  • All-wheel drive
  • Adaptive air-ride suspension

Fuel Economy

Naturally, the Aviator’s EPA ratings depend upon powertrain and equipment. Using gas and electric power, the optional hybrid powertrain offers the most efficiency, earning 56 MPGe.

2021 Lincoln Aviator on the Road

Turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine:

  • Rear-wheel drive: 21 mpg combined (18 city/26 highway mpg)
  • All-wheel drive: 20 mpg combined (17/24 mpg)

Hybrid powertrain:

  • Gas and electric: 56 MPGe
  • Regular gas: 23 mpg combined

Towing Capacity

The 2021 Lincoln Aviator is here for families who love big toys—that is, boats, four-wheelers, Jet Skis, and the like. With the standard, gas-powered engine, this modern SUV can tow up to 6,700 pounds. Aviators with the hybrid powertrain max out at 5,600 pounds.

2021 Aviator Trim Models

Choose from five Aviator models: Standard, Reverse, Black Label, Grand Touring, and Grand Touring Black Label. Each is lavishly equipped with plush comfort features and—especially—savvy tech features. As you move up the trim levels, you’ll find yourself in an increasingly stylish three-row SUV.

Standard

The entry-level Aviator kicks things off with plenty of modern convenience features and an especially excellent tech lineup. Staying connected is no problem, thanks to the in-cabin Wi-Fi hotspot (data subscription required) and Sync 3 infotainment system (which includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capabilities). The Aviator even includes an integrated navigation system, something you don’t see on every list of standard features.

  • Turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 (400 hp, 415 lb.-ft.)
  • Power liftgate
  • LED headlamps
  • Roof rails
  • Keyless ignition with push-button start
  • Digital instrument cluster
  • 10.3-inch infotainment touch screen
  • Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity
  • Wi-Fi hotspot
  • Integrated navigation system
  • Tri-zone automatic climate control
  • Power-adjustable front seats with heating
  • 35/30/35-split second-row bench seat
  • 50/50-split power-folding third-row seat
  • Blind-spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert
  • Lane keeping assist
  • Forward collision mitigation with automatic emergency braking

Reserve

The Reserve adds to the Standard’s tech-savvy standard lineup with extra features to enhance your comfort. This means you get premium leather upholstery, ambient interior lighting, and a 14-speaker audio system. The Reserve also adds to the safety lineup with a 360-degree surround-view camera to help you navigate parallel parking spaces.

  • Power-adjustable steering wheel
  • Quad-zone automatic climate control
  • Premium leather upholstery
  • Second-row captain’s chairs (optional bench seat)
  • Ambient interior lighting
  • 14-speaker sound system
  • 360-degree surround-view camera
  • Adaptive suspension (with AWD or 22-inch wheels)

Grand Touring

The Grand Touring adds to the Reserve lineup with the powerful hybrid powertrain. It also includes standard all-wheel drive, giving you both a quicker and sportier ride. And its panoramic sunroof dresses up the cabin.

  • Turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 hybrid engine (494 hp, 630 lb.-ft.)
  • All-wheel drive
  • Panoramic sunroof

Grand Touring Black Label

The fully loaded Grand Touring Black Label combines the features of the Black Label and the Grand Touring models, making it both very quick and very handsomely equipped.

  • Black Label features
  • Grand Touring features

Black Label

The Black Label’s main attraction is that it comes with Lincoln’s Black Label services. With them, you’ll enjoy premium maintenance and pickup and delivery for service. Black Label services also include a points program; accumulate enough points to redeem them for exclusive offers.

This Aviator also comes standard with a number of options packages, which means more luxury, modern convenience, and high-tech safety. For instance, the Luxury Package includes a 28-speaker Revel Ultima 3D premium audio system. And the Convenience Package puts the coveted wireless phone charger at your fingertips. With the Co-Pilot360 Plus Package, features like active park and evasive steering assist actively help you be the best possible driver.

  • 22-inch wheels
  • All-wheel drive
  • Turn-adaptive headlights
  • Soft-close doors
  • Luxury Package
  • Convenience Package
  • Elements Package
  • Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Plus Package
  • Lincoln’s Black Label services

Available Packages

Elements Package

  • Heated second-row outboard seats
  • Heated steering wheel
  • Heated windshield wipers

Reserve I Package

  • Elements Package contents
  • Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Plus Package contents

Reserve I Monochromatic Package

  • 22-inch black aluminum wheels
  • Elements Package Plus Package contents
  • Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Plus Package contents

Reserve II Package

  • 22-inch bright-machined aluminum wheels with Magnetic painted pockets
  • Illumination Package contents
  • Class IV Trailer Tow Package contents
  • Luxury Package contents

Reserve II Monochromatic Package

  • Luxury Package contents
  • Illumination Package contents
  • Class IV Trailer Tow Package contents

Grand Touring I Package

  • Elements Package Plus contents
  • Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Plus contents
  • Convenience Package contents

Grand Touring II Package:

  • Dynamic Handling Package contents
  • Luxury Package contents
  • Class IV Trailer Tow Package contents

Convenience Package

  • Head-up display
  • Phone as a Key
  • Wireless charging pad

Elements Plus Package

  • Auto air refresh with sensor and high-efficiency filter
  • Heated and ventilated driver and passenger seats
  • Heated and ventilated second-row outboard seats
  • Heated steering wheel
  • Heated windshield wipers

Class IV Trailer Tow Package (Optional for Standard, Standard for Reserve)

  • Four-pin and seven-pin connectors
  • Blind-spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert and trailer coverage
  • Class IV hitch and wiring
  • Smart Trailer Tow
  • Trailer Sway Control

Luxury Package:

  • Perfect Position Seats (30-way) with Active Motion, power thigh extender, and head restraints
  • 28-speaker Revel Ultima 3D audio system
  • Rear door sunshades

Dynamic Handling Package (Optional for the Reserve):

  • Adaptive suspension with Road Preview
  • Air Glide Suspension with dynamic lower entry

Illumination Package (Optional for the Reserve):

  • Adaptive pixel LED headlamps (include adaptive dynamic bending lighting, Lincoln Dynamic Signature Lighting, LED daytime running lamps, speed-dependent lighting)
  • Illuminated Lincoln Star in center of grille

Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Plus:

  • Active Park Assist Plus
  • Adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist and lane centering, stop-and-go, and speed sign recognition
  • Evasive steering assist
  • Reverse brake assist

Lincoln Warranty Coverage

Every 2021 Aviator comes with an important safety net: Lincoln’s broad warranty coverage. Should something go wrong during the allotted time and mileage period, your friendly Lincoln dealer will be ready with a timely fix.

Every Aviator features:

  • 4 year/50,000 mile bumper-to-bumper coverage
  • 6 year/70,000 mile limited powertrain warranty coverage

What Comes Next for the Lincoln Aviator?

The second-generation Aviator was introduced for the 2020 model year. While we expect Lincoln to continue to update its three-row luxury SUV each model year, we don’t expect another redesign anytime too soon.