The Ford Explorer has been a favorite family hauler since its introduction for the 1991 model year. This midsize SUV offers three rows of seating, generous cargo space, respectable towing capability, and a broad range of trims. Ford continues this successful…
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Few vehicles changed suburban America as thoroughly as the Ford Explorer. Introduced for the 1991 model year, it took a truck-based four-door SUV and sold it to families who had previously driven station wagons and minivans, and the timing was perfect. Within a few years Explorers were everywhere, and the SUV boom that followed reshaped the entire industry. The nameplate survived a bruising chapter around 2000, when tread separations on its Firestone tires led to a massive recall and congressional hearings that still come up in safety discussions.
The Explorer has reinvented itself several times. A move to a car-like unibody platform in 2011 made it smoother and more efficient, and the current generation, launched for 2020, switched to a rear-drive-based architecture that brought better balance, a sporty ST version and a hybrid, along with criticism of cabin quality and early production problems. In police form the Explorer became the Police Interceptor Utility, the vehicle that replaced the Crown Victoria as America's most familiar patrol car.
Today the three-row Explorer fights in one of the busiest classes in the market against the Toyota Grand Highlander, Honda Pilot, Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade, Chevrolet Traverse and its own corporate cousin, the Lincoln Aviator. In Europe the Explorer name now belongs to a compact electric crossover built in Germany on Volkswagen underpinnings, which makes for confusing conversations across the Atlantic. Recent years have brought a steady procession of recall campaigns, a sore point for owners waiting on parts.
The Explorer's story now moves on several fronts at once: model-year updates for the American three-row, comparison tests against a very deep field of rivals, police-fleet news as departments renew their patrol cars, and the European electric Explorer's progress in a market far from Detroit. Recall notices and reliability reports matter more than usual given Ford's recent record, and any word on the next generation of one of Ford's most important family vehicles will draw plenty of scrutiny from owners and analysts alike.
The SUV that taught America to swap station wagons for 4x4s, now a rear-drive family hauler, a police cruiser and, in Europe, an electric crossover.
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