New 2025 Ford Explorer Beefs Up the Tech, Trims Down the Trims
Ford is giving its bestselling Explorer a big overhaul for 2025, making it the first under the Blue Oval to feature the Ford Digital Experience and the latest to receive BlueCruise hands-free technology. The 2025 Explorer will also see several aesthetic enhancements — including a fresh interior with new soft-touch materials — and a more refined trim lineup.
There’s Now a 2021 Ford Explorer Enthusiast ST
You wanna get a new Ford Explorer? You just keep getting more and more options. Like a buffet of Explorer in here. Now on the menu: The 2021 Ford Explorer Enthusiast ST, a somewhat cumbersomely named trim that gives you all that knockout power at a lower price. Another Knockout: 2021 Ford Bronco coming this […]
Ford Explorer Earns 2021 IIHS Top Safety Pick+
The 2021 Ford Explorer is one of 49 new vehicles to take home Top Safety Pick+ honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS handed out more than twice the number of TSP+ awards in February than it did last year. The Ford Explorer is one of the vehicles from this year’s list that […]
[Photos] 2021 Ford Explorer Adds King Ranch Trim
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Finally, Ford is extending the Texas-sized luxury of the popular King Ranch trim to the bestselling SUV in American history. The 2021 Ford Explorer adds the King Ranch to its lineup, serving up Lone Star levels of luxury to match the Explorer’s legendarily rugged capabilities. Speaking of Rugged: The all-new Ford F-150 sets a new […]
2020 Ford Explorer Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced on Monday that the 2020 Ford Explorer is the latest vehicle to earn its Top Safety Pick+ award. Ford’s newest Explorer earns the IIHS’ top honor for safety by acing the organization’s six crashworthiness tests, adding yet another award to the SUV’s expansive legacy. The Latest from Ford: […]
2020 Ford Explorer Goes Adventuring in the Middle East
The all-new and improved Ford Explorer is primed and ready to hit the dunes. The 2020 Explorer has launched in the Middle East, bringing with it the exceptional off-road capabilities of Intelligent Four-Wheel Drive and the Terrain Management System. Originally launched last year in other global markets including the United States and dubbed “the greatest […]
How’s the 2020 Ford Explorer ST Doing in Canada?
Ford revealed this month that the new Explorer ST has been quite the hit stateside with 21 percent of cumulative sales for the next-gen Explorer going to its first-ever Ford Performance variant. But how is the Explorer ST doing up north in Canada? By all indications, not too bad so far. In June of last […]
Ford Explorer XLT Sport Appearance Package Back for 2021
Ford has revealed that the upcoming 2021 Ford Explorer will reintroduce the popular XLT Sport Appearance Package, bringing back an option that pairs prettay, prettay well with the bold styling of the latest-gen model. The 2021 Ford Explorer XLT Sport Appearance Package adds Carbonized Grey grille, skid plates, Explorer hood badging, dual chrome exhaust tips, […]
2020 Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid Gets 5-Star Euro NCAP Rating
The new 2020 Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid isn’t just one of the most dynamic and efficient seven-seat SUVs on offer in Europe. With the news that it earns a 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating in crash testing, the new Explorer PHEV is also among the safest options in the segment. This makes the Explorer Plug-In […]
Bride of Frankenstein Holoride Makes Ford Explorer VR Playground
It’s alive! By it, we of course mean the partnership between Ford Motor Company, Universal Pictures, and holoride, which has led to the creation of a unique new in-car VR experience. Between Oct. 14 and Nov. 9, Universal Monsters Presents Bride of Frankenstein holoride-equipped 2020 Ford Explorers can be picked up at the Universal CityWalk […]
2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid Fuel Economy Revealed
Upon announcing the new 2020 Explorer Limited Hybrid at the beginning of the year, Ford promised that its more efficient version of the SUV would return an EPA-estimated 500 miles per tank of gas with rear-wheel drive. This month, that figure has been confirmed, as have 2020 Ford Explorer Limited Hybrid fuel economy numbers. When […]
Spanish-Language 2020 Ford Explorer Commercial Explores the Unknown
September 15 through Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month, and Ford has launched a Spanish-language 2020 Ford Explorer commercial that shows driver how its new SUV is adept at tackling “The Unknown.” The 60-second spot titled “Lo Desconocido,” or “The Unknown,” is part of Ford’s efforts to build on the idea of “What’s next?” and […]
2020 Ford Explorer Production Begins in Chicago
Ford has kicked off production on its 2020 Ford Explorer at its Chicago Assembly plant this month ahead of the next-generation SUV arriving at dealerships nationwide this summer. Ford announced in February at the 2019 Chicago Auto Show that the Explorer — as well as the all-new Police Interceptor Utility vehicles and Lincoln Aviator — […]
2020 Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid Revealed for Europe
Ford revealed at its Go Further event in Amsterdam this month that Europe will get a plug-in hybrid version of the all-new Ford Explorer. The 2020 Ford Explorer Plug-In Hybrid, available in ST-Line and Platinum trim levels, will pair the 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6 with an electric motor to generate 444 horsepower and 620 lb-ft of […]
2020 Ford Explorer Stops Flats Flat with Michelin Selfseal Tires
We’re living in the future, y’all. Ford has revealed that will Michelin Selfseal tires are available for the upcoming 2020 Ford Explorer. Standard for the 4WD Explorer Platinum and Explorer Limited Hybrid and available for the 2WD and 4WD Explorer Limited, these tires boast a rubber sealant that closes up to 90 percent of quarter-inch-diameter […]
2020 Ford Explorer Will Be Crazy Quiet on the Inside
If you consider your vehicle your temple, your home away from home, your Zen garden for deep thinking and meditation after a long day at the office, you’re probably going to want to give the 2020 Ford Explorer a look. Thanks to the first-ever implementation of a dual-wall dashboard, acoustic glass, and available Active Noise […]
2020 Ford Explorer Priced from $33,860; Explorer ST Gets $55,835 Price Tag
We’re probably still a ways away from seeing a configurator for the 2020 Ford Explorer, but we now know just how much the next-generation SUV will set drivers back when it arrives in the summer. Motor Trend reached out to Ford to get an idea of how much the 2020 Explorer will cost, and it […]
2020 Ford Explorer Offered With Yakima Accessories
We can pretty well tell at this point that the 2020 Ford Explorer is going to be one of the most versatile vehicles on the road, never mind in its class. Not only do the 2020 Ford Explorer ST and Explorer Hybrid change the game by offering the most powerful and likely most efficient Explorers […]