Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Our new reality of EVs and SUVs means that midsize cars like the Ford Explorer operate in the battleground that once was occupied by cars like the Mondeo or even the Focus.

So, does the new Explorer retain the elements that make Fords feel like Fords, or has it bled into a seascape of indistinctive blandness that so many of its rivals seem to have?

Jordan Katsianis takes us through all the Explorer's good and bad points.