VERDICT
Better to drive than rivals, but at a cost
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TESTERS’ NOTES
Ford’s foray into the most brutally competitive new vehicle class in recent memory – the midsize electric crossover – is necessarily something of a pulled punch, owing to the Explorer’s Volkswagen-sourced architecture, but there is nonetheless plenty to recommend here. This hastily developed model has its own identity in the way it looks and, to an extent, drives. Its front-of-cabin ergonomics are excellent, and it is impressively efficient, especially in terms of everyday driving. Over-delivering against the stopwatch is never a bad thing, either.