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Ford Explorer

For the Explorer-based pickup truck, see Ford Explorer Sport Trac. For the battery electric compact crossover for the European market, see Ford Explorer EV.

Ford Explorer
2011 Ford Explorer (U502)
Overview
ManufacturerFord
Production1990–present
Model years1991–present
Body and chassis
Class
Chassis
Chronology
PredecessorFord Bronco II
SuccessorFord Territory (Oceania)

The Ford Explorer is a range of SUVs manufactured by Ford Motor Company since the 1991 model year. As the first four-door SUV produced by Ford, the Explorer was introduced as a replacement for the two-door Bronco II.[5] Within the current Ford SUV range in North America, the Explorer is slotted between the Ford Edge and Ford Expedition. As with the Ford Ranger, the Explorer derives its name from a trim package previously offered on the Ford F-Series pickup trucks.

The Explorer has been offered in multiple chassis and powertrain layouts. The first two generations were directly derived from the Ford Ranger, switching to a model-specific chassis for the third and fourth generations. The fifth generation was repackaged as a crossover SUV, adopting a variant of the Ford Taurus chassis architecture.[3]

Alongside the five-door Explorer wagon, a three-door Explorer wagon was offered from 1991 to 2003, officially referred to as the Explorer Sport after 1999, serving as the direct replacement of the Bronco II; the 2001–2010 Ford Explorer Sport Trac was a crew-cab pickup derived from the model line. For police use, the Ford Police Interceptor Utility has been derived from the fifth and sixth-generation Explorer to replace the Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor (and the later Taurus-based Police Interceptor Sedan). Through rebranding, Mazda, Mercury, and Lincoln have sold versions of the Explorer; Lincoln currently markets the sixth-generation model line as the Lincoln Aviator.

For the North American market, the first four generations of the Explorer were produced by Ford at its Louisville Assembly Plant (Louisville, Kentucky) and at its now-closed St. Louis Assembly Plant (Hazelwood, Missouri); the model line is currently produced at Chicago Assembly Plant (Chicago, Illinois).

In 2020, CNBC reported the Ford Explorer range as the best-selling SUV of all time in America.[6]

  1. ^ "1996 Ford Explorer". Iihs.org. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNET was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "2011-19 Explorer". cars.com. Retrieved March 9, 2024. In a major change, Ford moved the Explorer from a truck-based, rear-wheel-drive body-on-frame platform to a car-based, unitized front-wheel-drive platform. Though still marketed as an SUV, it was now more accurately a crossover.
  4. ^ Ramey, Jay (June 19, 2019). "2020 Ford Explorer First Drive: Crossover for the New Decade". Autoweek. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Udy, Jason (June 18, 2019). "Three Decades of the Ford Explorer: A Look Back at the SUV's History". Motortrend.com. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Why Ford Dominates The Market For Police Vehicles (current affairs). CNBC. August 1, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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