2023 is the most volatile year in the history of China's car market, and since the beginning of the year, price wars in various levels of the market have been rising one after another, in the medium and large SUV market, many models have given a lot of concession space, but the Ford Explorer is an exception, and the terminal market basically maintains the guidance price. A friend from the Northeast has just bought an explorer, and when asked why he chose it, he gave two key words: powerful, hardcore; With the appearance of the Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition, the keyword for buying Explorer will increase, that is, "luxury".
On August 25, the Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition officially debuted at the Chengdu Auto Show, and simultaneously opened pre-sale, with a pre-sale guidance price of 399,800 yuan; on September 7, Changan Ford held a new car tasting activity at the Shanghai Ford Innovation Center, as the new "luxury" representative of the Ford Explorer family, the Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition is luxurious and advanced on the basis of inheriting the hardcore genes of the Ford Explorer family, with a more stylish Caribbean gray body color, a more dazzling Hypo gold front grille, and a more textured Yaozhu gray interior. The top-of-the-line luxury car Homologous Savannah full-grain semi-aniline leather seats and a number of luxury configurations meet the needs of users for more extreme luxury cars, and set a benchmark for the strength of large-scale hardcore luxury SUVs.
More visually striking domineering design
The Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition continues the exterior design inspired by the shape of a luxury land yacht, with a golden ratio body that is more than 5 meters long, more than 2 meters wide and nearly 1.8 meters high. A more stylish Caribbean gray body color has been added to meet the needs of users for higher taste. The gold front grille design of the sea wave, inspired by the golden color of the first rising sun on the sea wave, makes the design of the land yacht more visually striking. The dazzling Hyperion Gold is also cleverly used in the details of the scuff strip trim, and the high-gloss design gives the whole car a more luxurious style. The Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition follows the design of ST-Line headlights and black tail light panels, and blackens the body surrounding, including the lower edge of the front and rear bumpers, scuff strips, and wheel fenders, making the appearance of the whole car more domineering and recognizable. The black "EXPLORER" logo further highlights the luxurious personality. The shining sealight sill strip emits a light blue ocean brilliance, and the moment you open the door, you can enjoy a luxurious and distinguished riding atmosphere.
The new car features a more textured luxury interior: a bright and premium interior colour scheme in Yaozhu grey, a dashboard and central control trim with a fine texture in arc oak wood, and headrests with a 3D embossed yacht logo. The "exclusive" luxury seats tailored for Chinese users are made of Savannah full-grain semi-aniline leather, which is the same origin of million-dollar luxury cars, and the proportion of semi-aniline in the entire automotive industry does not exceed 10%. High-end genuine leather is mainly divided into three grades, usually high-end brand models use lightly trimmed genuine leather, and the surface is relatively flat and smooth; Luxury brands generally use Nappa genuine leather, which has a higher grade and a thinner finish; The Explorer Red Gold Edition uses semi-aniline genuine leather that only top luxury brands use. The explorers chose the first layer of cowhide, each of which is only 40%-50% high-quality, with one million micropores per square foot, known as "breathing skin", and a semi-aniline-grade light finish, which preserves the natural beauty and comfort of genuine leather to the greatest extent.
The million-class luxury car seats are also equipped with heating and ventilation for the main and passenger drivers, multi-functional massage in the front row, heating in the second row of seats, second-row motor long seats with one-button electric front leaning, second-row window sunshades, and third-row seats with power folding, each of which enjoys luxury and comfort. The steering wheel with a double-color design with a dark exterior and a light interior is wrapped in the same Savannah leather as the seat, which is delicate and soft to the touch and is not easy to deform when pulled, and is equipped with a steering wheel heating function to enjoy warmth in the cold season. The luxurious space is also equipped with 14-speaker B&O speakers, so you can enjoy cinematic quality sound throughout the whole time.
Luxurious hardcore performance in the bones
It is understood that explorers have a very large market in the northeast, and the luxurious hard verification power in their bones is the most important weight to impress consumers in the northeast. It adopts a longitudinal rear-drive luxury SUV platform, and the luxury gene in its bones: 50:50 golden balance (front and rear counterweight, torque distribution), emergency braking does not shake the head, and the emergency parallel line is more stable; Comparable to sports car-level handling performance, precise steering, where to hit; 5.9m turning radius (smaller Audi Q3 with 6m turning radius); The new car has the only front and rear aluminum alloy lower swing arms in its class: class-leading double-ball joint structure front suspension + H-arm integral multi-link rear suspension, and the front and rear use of all-aluminum alloy lower swing arms, which effectively reduces the unsprung mass, reduces the body's own weight while ensuring body rigidity, and provides structural support for safety, handling and fuel economy.
The Explorer is equipped with the fourth-generation 2.3T EcoBoost® engine of the "Ward Top Ten Engines", with a maximum burst of 276 horsepower and a peak torque of 425Nm, mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission, smooth and efficient gear changes, and surging power to enjoy the excitement of driving. The intelligent four-wheel drive system, which is rare in the same class, can adjust the power distribution between the front and rear from 0:100 to 50:50 to realize the millisecond switching of two-wheel drive/four-wheel drive, plus the TMS™ terrain management system with six different driving modes, calmly cope with various road conditions and further expand the radius of life. In addition, the Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition also has ultra-high safety, the maximum strength of the high-strength cage body can reach 1700Mpa, and the proportion of high-strength steel above 600Mpa exceeds 50.8%, escorting every adventure trip.
Class-leading 27-inch giant screen + SYNC®+2.0 system
Based on Ford's new generation of electronic and electrical architecture FNV intelligent interconnection network architecture, the Ford Explorer Red Gold Edition is built with a 27-inch high-definition 4K giant screen + 12.3-inch LCD instrument cluster that directly fills the sense of luxury and technology, and the interactive experience is convenient and smooth. One-button start, the central control screen boot animation first comes into view, adding a sense of ceremony to each departure. 17-inch high-definition full-color TFT HUD head-up projection display, important driving information can be controlled at any time, efficient and safe. The center control screen is equipped with SYNC®+2.0 infotainment system, which supports 70+ semantic pendants and can control various functions in the car, so as to understand the needs in seconds. The L2+ Ford Co-Pilot 360™ intelligent driving assistance system can realize 18 advanced driver assistance functions, and is also equipped with the vehicle-road coordination system V2I, making travel more predictable and efficient.
An adventure pioneer and fashion darling, the Explorer Red Gold Edition is not only hardcore in performance, but also has a luxury car-level experience. Since entering the Chinese market, Ford Explorer has won the favor of countless users with its strong power, excellent handling and luxury quality, and has become a model of hardcore luxury flagship SUV value. In the face of users' constantly upgrading car needs, Ford Explorer has never stopped, taking hardcore luxury as the background, and constantly expanding its product lineup to meet users' more extreme and diversified car needs. In addition to inheriting the luxury genes of the Ford Explorer family in terms of platform layout, power technology, safety configuration, etc., the luxury quality falls into more details such as interior and exterior design, seats, and configurations, with the ultimate interior and exterior luxury, once again refreshing the new standard of "luxury" of large hardcore luxury SUVs.