If you have an outdoor or work-oriented lifestyle, what you really need is part truck, part passenger-friendly SUV. Ford, among others, attempted to fill that need with the Sport Trac, introduced in late 2000 as a 2001 model based on the second-gen Explorer.
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Last of a Dying Breed - One of the most popular and recognizable SUVs in history is entering its final year of production. Fortunately, the Ford Explorer is not going to the automotive graveyard per se, but waiting in the current incarnation's shadow is a completely different vehicle that shares the
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The 2008 Explorer can still get the job done in a way that most of today's smaller crossovers cannot.
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The first-generation Ford Explorer Sport Trac rode on the bones of the 1991 Explorer (which was itself derived from the 1980s-era Ranger), and while its combination of an SUV cabin and a short pickup bed was intriguing, its meager underpinnings betrayed its ap
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The Ford Explorer has been wildly successful, selling 5.5 million units since its appearance in 1990.
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Stronger And Better, But Can It Wheel?
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Ford's Explorer is feeling the strain. Not too long ago, it sat comfortably on its throne as the best-selling SUV in America.
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The new Explorer has been face-lifted both inside and out, and even better, base prices have been slashed across the range. What more could you want?
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The current version of the Ford Explorer has been America's best-selling sport/utility vehicle for 14 years, offering a desirable midsize package with a solid structure, responsive road manners, seating for up to seven passengers, an available V-8 engine, and available all-wheel drive.
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The current version of the Ford Explorer has been America's best-selling sport/utility vehicle for 14 years, offering a desirable midsize package with a solid structure, responsive road manners, seating for up to seven passengers, an available V-8 engine, and available all-wheel drive.
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Here are some of the finest midsize SUVs on the market: Ford's best-selling Explorer, the GMC Envoy (Motor Trend's 2002 SUV of the Year), and the freshly revised Jeep Grand Cherokee, a former version of which took home the North American Truck of the Year award in 1999.
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A battle for the title of Queen of the Mall.
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Chevrolet Suburban, Ford Explorer, Honda CR-V, Isuzu VehiCross, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Wrangler, Land Rover Range Rover, Lexus RX 300, Lincoln Navigator, and Mercedes- Benz M-Class
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Ford Motor Company was one of the first vehicle makers to fully exploit the market potential in sport/utility vehicles when it introduced the 1991 Explorer as a replacement for the two-door Bronco II.
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It's our guess you could've heard a pin drop the day the Ford Explorer development team sat around some conference table deep within the darkest hallways of Dearborn.
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Building on a segment-buster
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Building on a segment-buster
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Comparison Test: The biggest, most excruciating Death Valley Torture Test ever!
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Comparison Test: The biggest, most excruciating Death Valley Torture Test ever!
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The evolution of the sport-utility vehicle has been an interesting one. Starting out as a completely utilitarian piece, the SUV has evolved into something resembling a luxury car with four-wheel drive. We know all about the evolution of the SUV because every y
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It's not often two head-to-head competitors are completely redesigned from the ground up in the same model year.
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Since its introduction in 1990, the Ford Explorer has been the best-selling SUV ever, with more than 3.6 million units sold. However, the SUV market has undergone radical change since the Explorer’s launch, with today’s market featuring a sea of SUVs
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We've examined these variants and, after track tests and hundreds of miles of street use, learned the ups and downs of each path to a user-friendly sport/utility vehicle.
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Concept One For The Street
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It's our guess you could've heard a pin drop the day the Ford Explorer development team sat aroun...
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