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AMERICA'S EXPLORER; Ford's Detroit concept rewrites the SUV playbook.
Byline: BOB GRITZINGER
What you're seeing on these pages (and in the illustration on our cover) is nothing less than a revolution in sport/utility vehicles, and not just for Ford.
Make no mistake: The Ford Explorer America concept revealed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit will become the production Ford Explorer when the next generation of America's best-selling ute arrives in 2010 as a 2011 model. While the next Explorer retains its SUV silhouette, the America concept indicates that just about everything else changes-along with America's concept of an SUV.
Start with the chassis, which switches from the tried-and-true body-on-frame formula to a unibody design. The new setup, likely based on the Taurus/Taurus X, will save weight and increase fuel economy while giving the Explorer vastly improved ride and handling. Yes, Dora, the Explorer-the vehicle that turned 6.5 million baby boomers into SUV lovers since its introduction 18 years ago-will technically become a crossover.
The next giant leap comes under the hood, where the Explorer will get its power from a line of all-new direct-injection, turbocharged gasoline engines, dubbed EcoBoost. Ford product development vice president Derrick Kuzak says the direct-injection turbo ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, AMERICA'S EXPLORER; Ford's Detroit concept rewrites the SUV playbook.