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COMPARISON

Lincoln Aviator

You select a gear in the Aviator by console is constructed from cheap-
Stepping inside, it’s the Lincoln’s cabin pressing one of four PRND buttons, like looking plastic. A handsome touchscreen
we didn’t want to leave. Before you even striking keys on a vehicular Steinway. positioned on the rear of the front-row
start the car, you’re greeted by soft leather, The fully digital gauge cluster is clean and center console provides second-row
convincingly Bentley-esque knurled uncrowded. The head-up display is wider, inputs for the climate control, heated
metallic control knobs, and impossibly brighter, more informative, and displayed and ventilated second-row seats, and
comfortable 30-way adjustable massaging higher on the windshield (read: closer audio system.
front seats. They sit a little high for my to your line of sight) than the HUD in Speaking of, this Lincoln’s audio setup
tastes, but once adjusted properly, the the Cadillac. deserves some serious praise. Devel-
comfort is supreme. There’s plenty of legroom in the oped by Revel, a subbrand of Harman, it
Basic seating controls are mounted second row, but at 6-foot-1 my head consists of 28 speakers positioned around
on the door panel, Mercedes-style, and was brushing the ceiling, due in part to the Aviator’s interior, including four in
tapping any of said door controls results in the vertical real estate occupied by the the headliner. I detected zero weak spots
a pop-up infotainment screen menu that Aviator’s panoramic glass sunroof. The or distortion at any frequency or volume
allows you to fine-tune for lumbar support seats themselves are a bit narrow, and level, and the speakers overhead establish
and massage functions. the second row’s floor-mounted center a clear soundstage. And don’t forget, the

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