Ford refreshed the sixth generation of the Explorer SUV in early 2024, five years after the model’s introduction, and the 2025 model year came with significant changes.

The sixth generation of the Ford Explorer was launched at the North American Motor Show in 2019 and it shared its platform with the Lincoln Aviator. It represented the return to the RWD platform.

FORD Explorer

Despite its controversy and the competitors, the Explorer was the best selling mid-size SUV of all times at the time when the fifth-generation arrived, in 2011.

Ford introduced the fourth generation of the Explorer in 2005 as a 2006 model, and the carmaker improved its exterior and technical sides.

Ford made a decisive step forward with introducing the Explorer's third generation since it developed it on an entirely new platform.