new 2011 ford explorer

[gary s]

not quite understanding the placement in ford's line up with the new explorer.

imo, edge/flex are somewhat similar.





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[Bud Williams]

Is it me or does the back end resemble a sequoya?

 

[Art Garcia]

i dont know about you all. but i love it.



if i had the money id buy a 2010 white ST adrenalin and this white explorer.





i would prefer this explorer to have the black grille like the adrenalin and the new edge sport

 

[swshawaii]

That front end would have been sick on a Gen 3 Trac. :cry:

 

[Robert Caffyn]

Its not bad. Kinda like it, even though it looks a bit like an Edge and a Flex had a baby...Bob

 

[Robin Cox]

Do not understand this either....looks like a combo of both the Edge and Fles as Bob says....but the Explorer has a name of its own to look up to....I like it....just wish it had a bed and was called Sport Trac.........

 

[Shaun Tucker]

That front end would have been sick on a Gen 3 Trac.

agreed.

 

[Bas Jussen]

The Flex and Edge have been mentioned, but what about the Land Rover LRX, there's some similarities too. Apperantly the guy (Jim Holland) that designed the new Explorer used to work for Land Rover. It's a nice car but the ST just looks rougher and tougher.

 

[Todd Z]

Watch them faze out the flex and edge now...



Todd Z

 

[EddieS'04]

Pleasing to look at. Im glad they done away with the 3 bar chrome grill.

 

[Art Garcia]

+1 Bas Jussen



Due to that reason, this new EXPLORER sits on its own land rover frame/chassis

 

[Carey Frennier]

This doesn't have a full frame. It's a unibody. Not that it's really a big deal unless you tow near your current ST's max. If you do, an F150 would do it better if you're ok with the size.

 

[Bill Koonce]

I doubt that the vehicles themselves will be fazed, but I sure am by the glut of roughly equivalent crossovers in Ford's lineup. The 2011 Explorer has the same capabilities and capacities as the Flex. The Escape and Edge also seem to be too close in features and capacities to warrant separate models, although their price points are different. Wouldn't it be easier to add more trim levels to one model, and drop the redundant one?



Or is every motorcar sold in America going to end up being a bland crossover?

 

[Mark K 2]

Those front turn signals need to be clear with amber LEDs.

 

[Gavin Allan]

Ford didn't learn their lesson with the Mustang II. All they are going to do is cannibalize the Edge and the Flex sales. Meanwhile, the former Explorer buyers are going to go else where.



Speaking of elsewhere, the new Dodge Durango sure does look sharp! Built on the same Daimler Benz platform as the Jeep Grand Cherokee. If only Chrysler would build a Dakota based on the Durango...

 

[H D]

Besides a lack of trust for Dodge on my part, I really hate the severe underbite look.



I don't like the new Explorer either. The design is ok, I guess, kind of bores me and is redundant, but I like tough looking SUVs, not cute ones. My mother would love it.



That's part of why the Gen2 ST never appealed to me. Its just too urban for a country boy, I guess.

 

[Tom Schindler]

Ford didn't learn their lesson with the Mustang II.

History is repeating itself.



The Mustang II was one of the top selling Mustangs of all times.



If that is a failure, I don't know what success is.





Tom

 

[Gavin Allan]

I had a '74 Rustang II notchback, complete with the 2.3 liter 4-cylinder and the 3-speed automatic transmission. I loved to floor the thing and listen to it yawn. That was it- just a yawn. No accelleration.



Got rid of it in '76 when stuff from the trunk kept falling out of the holes behind the rear wheel wells. Yep, it rusted completely through with fist-sized holes on both sides. What a total POS.

 

[Olivia Snyder]

Looks like a GMC Acadia to me. Def not original like the old explorers.

 

[Art Garcia]

i thougth the same thing liv1185.

in which i do like the acadia