Used Lincoln Aviator for Sale nearFayetteville, NC

How much does the Lincoln Aviator cost in today's market?

Used Lincoln Aviator prices span a wide range depending on model year. Here's what the market looks like right now:

The Lincoln Aviator's current nationwide average price is $41,737, and its nationwide average price reached a low of $41,674 over the past year. Recently, prices have come down for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 models, making now a good time to shop recent model years.

Is the Lincoln Aviator a good car?

Yes — the Lincoln Aviator is a strong choice if you want a luxury SUV with a quiet cabin, comfortable ride, and upscale materials. The all-generations owner rating is 4.7/5 across every model year in the data.

Owners consistently praise the Aviator for its luxurious feel, comfort, spacious interior, and powerful performance. Reviewers also highlight the advanced technology and family-friendly cabin as recurring strengths.

Expert reviews rate the 2020 and 2025 models among the highest across all years.

The main trade-offs across recent expert-tested years center on awkward handling, cramped third-row comfort, and pricing that sits on the high side for the segment.

31.2% of listings are priced as good or great deals.

Are Lincoln Aviator models reliable?

Owners consistently praise the Aviator for its comfort, luxurious feel, and powerful performance, and expert reviews repeatedly highlight its smooth ride and premium cabin. The overall ownership experience also gets strong marks from drivers across the model years in the data.

• Owners rate the Lincoln Aviator between 4.6 and 5 out of 5 stars across all model years in the data.

For used buyers, long-term ownership risk is most tied to how well the vehicle has been maintained and whether its premium features have been cared for over time.

What should I look for when buying a used Lincoln Aviator?

Across all model years, accident-free inventory is solid at 86.9% — always verify the vehicle history report.

Key things to evaluate:

• Safety package: Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Drive 2.0
• Infotainment: Lincoln Digital Experience with a 13.2-inch infotainment touchscreen and smartphone projection support
• Fuel efficiency: 17 mpg city, 25 mpg highway, and 20 mpg combined

Which Lincoln Aviator trim should I buy?

The 2026 Lincoln Aviator offers these trims:

• Premiere: The entry trim brings the Aviator’s premium feel, synthetic leather upholstery, a 10-speaker audio system, and the Lincoln Digital Experience with a 12.4-inch digital instrument cluster and 13.2-inch infotainment touchscreen.
• Reserve: This is the best-value trim, adding real leather upholstery, LED fog lights, ambient lighting, quad-zone automatic climate control, a power tilt/telescoping steering column, a head-up display, a Revel 14-speaker audio system, a wireless phone charger, and larger 21-inch wheels.
• Black Label: This top trim adds the most luxurious cabin treatment, a 30-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, heated and ventilated rear seats, standard AWD, and 22-inch wheels.

What Lincoln Aviator do most buyers choose?

The Lincoln Aviator years with the most listings are 2024, 2022, and 2023.

Those higher-volume years tend to be popular because they give you more inventory to compare, which can make it easier to find the right trim, mileage, and price combination. They also often sit in the sweet spot between newer features and lower used-car pricing.

What is the Lincoln Aviator's resale value?

The table shows broad downward movement across every listed model year, which can work in your favor if you're shopping used. The largest drops are in the double digits, so recent-model Aviators have become meaningfully more affordable over the past year. The smallest declines are still sizable, which suggests stronger value retention at the newer end of the lineup.

The 2024, 2025, and 2020 model years have held their value best, with the smallest year-over-year price changes.

Is the Lincoln Aviator safe?

• 2026: 9/10
• 2025: 9/10
• 2023: 8/10
• 2021: 9/10
• 2020: 9/10

Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Drive 2.0 is standard on the latest Aviator, bringing a broad suite of driver-assistance features including automatic emergency braking, lane-keep assist, lane-centering steering, blind-spot monitors, adaptive cruise control, reverse automatic braking, a surround-view camera system, and BlueCruise hands-free highway driving.

For the safest used buy, the 2020, 2021, 2025 and 2026 models all post the highest confirmed score of 9/10.

Should I buy a used Lincoln Aviator now or wait for the next model?

Buy now if:

• Price trend: The 2025 model is at −12.61% versus a year ago, and the 2024 model is at −10.65%.
• Deal availability: The 2025 model has 32% good and great deals, and the 2024 model has 31.9%.
• Sweet-spot year: The 2024 model has the most listings at a current average price of $48,907. The Lincoln Aviator offers a quiet, upscale cabin that makes it especially appealing if you want a relaxed luxury-SUV experience.

Consider waiting if:

• Powertrain/efficiency: The Aviator is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 that makes 383 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque, and it can hit 60 mph from a stop in less than six seconds.
• Tech: The Lincoln Digital Experience includes access to apps such as Google Assistant and the Google Play store, along with a 12.4-inch digital instrument cluster and a 13.2-inch infotainment touchscreen.
• Safety: Lincoln Co-Pilot360 Drive 2.0 includes forward-collision warning with pedestrian detection and intersection assist, automatic emergency braking, lane-keep assist, lane-centering steering, blind-spot monitors, adaptive cruise control, reverse automatic braking, a surround-view camera system, and BlueCruise hands-free highway driving.
• Starting price: The Premiere started at $58,605 including a mandatory destination fee.

If you're buying used today, the 2024 model year offers the best mix of value and availability. If you want the latest tech and features, it may be worth waiting for the next model year's inventory to build up.

How does the 2022 Lincoln Aviator compare to the 2022 Ford Explorer?

Read our full side-by-side expert comparison here.

These recommendations are based on CarGurus' proprietary market data from October 21, 2026, CarGurus experts' opinions, and generative AI.