Ford Unveiled the 2025 Explorer With a New Look and Better Tech

by Chris Teague

Published: February 1st, 2024

ford unveiled the 2025 explorer with a new look and better tech

The Ford Explorer has been among the top-selling SUVs for years, but the current generation is a bit stale. Ford’s solving that in 2025 with a refreshed Explorer that brings a new face, an updated interior, and new tech.

The new Explorer comes in Platinum, ST, ST-Line, and Active trims, each with a unique look. The Platinum gets a satin chrome and black grille, while the ST and ST-Line move to a gloss-black grille. The Active trim gets a sawtooth design with a black mesh grille and chrome. Seven new wheel options grace the lineup, ranging in size from 18 to 21 inches, depending on the model.

A turbocharged 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine is standard, but a 400-horsepower turbocharged 3.0-liter six-cylinder is available. The Explorer remains rear-drive-oriented, and four-wheel drive is available for all trims. That V6 produces a whopping 415 pound-feet of torque, making the SUV surprisingly quick with it equipped.

Interior updates are notable and include a new 13.2-inch touchscreen. Ford also equips a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster, heated and power-adjustable front seats, eight USB ports, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Alexa functionality, and more.

The SUV is available with a range of options, depending on the trim, including the Platinum Ultimate Package, the ST-Line Premium Package, and the ST-Line Street Pack, which add powertrain upgrades and unique interior finishes. Ford's excellent hands-free Blue Cruise is also available.

Though we’re talking about a 2025 Explorer, Ford plans to release the new SUV in the second quarter of this year. The order books open today, and the SUV’s price starts at $41,220, including destination.

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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William Piper on Feb 02, 2024

So….the basic trim is now called “Platinum”? Kind of an odd trend of switching what were once “top of the line” trim names downmarket.

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- EBFlex on Feb 02, 2024
  
  No, platinum is still platinum. Base is now called active.
  
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NJRide on Feb 03, 2024

Boringggg. Im sorry this looks too much like a 2011 Explorer to be potentially still being sold in the late 2020s. This is the car version of gerontocracy. Ford can obviously design nicer looking trucks like the Bronco whats the problem here?

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- EBFlex on Feb 04, 2024
  
  The Bronco is an awful design. And this looks nothing like the 2011 Explorer
  
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