2016 Ford Explorer: First Drive - Yahoo Autos (blog)
Ford has updated the Explorer for 2016 keeping one idea in mind: Don’t screw it up. Change a few things on the margins, do what’s necessary to goose fuel economy, make some minor engineering twists, get rid of what customers haven’t liked, throw... In fact it’s been selling a little better in each subsequent year of its five-year (so far) life. And while some new elements of the revivified Explorer are impressive – the newly available 2. 3-liter turbocharged EcoBoost four at 280 horsepower is super sweet – others are trivial. Maybe the best things about the updated 2016 Explorer is that it could induce some dealers to bargain more aggressively on their 2015 models. The changes are subtle – less mass in the hood, slimmer headlights with LED elements, driving lights integrated into the bumper cover and a grille that’s more Ford truck and less Remington Flex Twin Foil shaver – but the 2016 Explorer is... The wheelbase has somehow stretched a massive 2/10ths of an inch longer than in the 2015 model, while the front and rear track widths stay at 67 inches. Ford is proud that the center console armrest is now calibrated to the same height as the armrests on the doors, but the big improvement is on the dash where real dials and switches replace the. Source: www.yahoo.com
