Ford Explorer
Electric SUV is the first Ford to emerge from a new partnership with Volkswagen On sale Late 2023 Price from £40,000 (est)
Darren Moss darren.moss@haymarket.com
LEADING LIGHT
The LED headlights widen their beams when the windscreen wipers are in use, to better illuminate cyclists and pedestrians in poor weather conditions.
IN THE ENTERTAINMENT world, for UK-based talent,‘breaking into the US’ is a big deal, because that country is one of the largest and most affluent on Earth. If you can make it there, they say, you can make it anywhere.
Of course, the opposite can also be true. Take the new Ford Explorer, for example; in the US and mainland Europe, it’s been a household name for years, representing one of the brand’s larger SUV offerings. But its first attempt to gain a foothold in the UK – back in 1996 – wasn’t exactly a flying success.
This brand new Explorer, though, has a much better chance. Underneath, it shares much with the Volkswagen ID 4 electric SUV, the Explorer being born from a technical collaboration between the two brands. Don’t think this will be a ‘same script, different cast’ exercise, though, like so many US versions of UK TV shows; the new Explorer has a look all of its own, with a much boxier shape than the ID 4.