Report: End of the Road for Ford Explorer Sport Trac - PickupTrucks.com
Automotive News reports that 2010 will be the final year of production for the Ford Explorer Sport Trac. Ford is killing off the midsize, crew cab, body-on-frame pickup truck after a decade of manufacture as the company prepares to relaunch the Explorer nameplate as an all-new unibody crossover, and in the wake of dramatically slowing demand for the... The first generation 2001-05 Ford Explorer Sport Trac went on sale in 2000 (see our original road test ) after overwhelmingly positive consumer response to the 1996 Ford Adrenalin concept truck. Prior to the Adrenalin concept, most U. S. crew cab pickups had been available only as extra-large heavy-duty trucks, while similar small crew cab pickups had long been popular in overseas markets before 1996. The Adrenalin name was formally... In 2005 a new Ford Sport Trac Adrenalin concept debuted at the New York auto show based on the second-generation 2007-10 Sport Trac (please see our first drive ). Buyers were able to purchase this new Ford Sport Trac Adrenalin in 2008. Ford has... Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
