Or, if it’s slippery, it can power all four wheels with its fancy Terrain Management System. This ST is a throbbing 400-horsepower missile ready for launch with a twin-turbo 3.0-liter Ecoboost V6 to pump power into those rear wheels. The 2020 Ford Explorer ST AWD has dual sunroofs.
Most will opt for the base or XLT, or maybe the Limited model, all with torquey 2.3-liter EcoBoost I4s that generate a healthy 300 horses and rate a modest 19 mpg city and 27 mpg highway.
It’s also not the Explorer most families will buy. This version is a rocket, and I’m not using that term loosely. My great looking Atlas Blue Metallic (dark metallic blue) test truck was the upscale performance-minded ST model - not at all what most folks picture as an SUV. And, after its restyling, the Explorer continues to offer something for everyone needing, or wanting, a mid to large-size SUV. Thirty years after its launch, the 2020 model gets a full remake with a new rear-wheel-drive platform that is still truck-like, but is said to further refine the ride and handling of the Explorer. After just a few years on the market, it became one of the top 10 best-selling vehicles of the year. At its peak, it was selling more than 400,000 units a year.
There are a lot of Explorers on the road and to be honest, Explorer was one of the first super popular SUVs to persuade car buyers to switch to trucks. It’s likely today’s 20- and 30-somethings think of Explorer as what mom and dad, their uncles, cousins and maybe a brother or sister drove, or still drive. Ford’s Explorer is the ubiquitous family SUV.
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