In the past one or two years, as the domestic auto market has become more and more volatile, ordinary joint venture brands and luxury brands have rarely been able to find models that do not reduce prices, especially some models with unsatisfactory sales, and the price reduction is even more "scary......
But the Ford Explorer is an exception, this 300,000 price of medium and large SUV, in the case of monthly sales hovering around 1,000 units, there is not a penny discount! Maybe Ford thinks that this car is cheap enough and can't be lowered anymore, otherwise it will lie flat.
Aside from the price reduction, the overall reality of the Explorer is still quite strong, first of all, this car is a medium and large SUV with a length of 5063mm. The car is available in 6-seater and 7-seater versions, with good size and space, and a top-of-the-line power configuration.
Before the test drive explorer, what left a deep impression on us is its power, this car is equipped with a 2.3T Eco boost turbocharged engine, the maximum horsepower is 276Ps, the peak torque is 425N·m, with a 10-speed automatic transmission, the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 7.6 seconds - 7.8 seconds (the two-wheel drive model is slightly faster), in the performance of this part, it is also very interesting.
Some models of the Explorer are also equipped with a timely four-wheel drive system, with a multi-plate clutch and a variety of driving mode options, which has a certain moderate off-road ability, at least worthy of its hard-core appearance.
Although the explorer is domestic, Ford still adheres to the design essence of the explorer, with a relatively square exterior shape, rough lines and corners, whether it is the front face, side, or tail, the style is extremely resolute, and the overall style belongs to the more hard-core type.
The interior of the Explorer is much more delicate than the rugged exterior as a whole. Entering the car, the 27-inch fish screen runs through the left and right, integrating the central control screen and the co-pilot entertainment screen, and the integrated design is more convenient for the left and right switching of the display content, and it is still more convenient to use. Other than that, the Explorer continued to use Ford's family-style knob-shift mechanism, but for one thing, the knob wasn't refined enough.
However, the seat of the explorer is very high in comfort and wrapping performance in the 300,000-level fuel car, the leather is delicate, and the length of the cushion is in place to set off the thighs, and the overall deserves a good evaluation.
Although the Explorer has a rugged appearance, this car is not a car that is hard to drive, with the blessing of the front two-ball joint MacPherson and the rear multi-link independent suspension, Ford has still been tuned for comfort orientation. In addition, the acceleration ability of this car is not bad, and the gearbox responds quickly, so it does not have the bulky feeling of some big cars, and the overall is very light.
The last is the configuration, the explorer in the driving assistance configuration, seems to pay special attention, the entry-level model is equipped with active braking, lane departure warning, front collision warning, lane centering and other configurations, to meet the use of non-intelligent driving enough! At the same time, the whole system is equipped with remote start, automatic high and low beam headlights, 4G networking, OTA upgrade, leather steering wheel, full LCD instrument, etc., and the overall configuration level is very high.
In my opinion, the explorer in the case of sales is not high, stunned not a point, insistence, stubbornness, I would like to call it 300,000 "most kind" joint venture SUV model, after all, even the previous price increase Highlander, now the price has been greatly reduced. Maybe in Ford's view, compared with relatively best-selling models such as Highlander, the size, power, and configuration of the Explorer are all at the upstream level, and there is no way to reduce the price, maybe they forgot that brand recognition is also "priced".