Ford's Explorer Sport Trac Concept Coming to Detroit - - Source: The Car Connection

Ford's aging Explorer Sport Trac could be getting a replacement - if a new concept bowing at the Detroit auto show is any indication. The Explorer Sport Trac concept due at the January show, Ford says, will deliver "more of everything that helped the original sport utility truck launch one of the fastest growing segments in the industry." With competitors like the Honda Ridgeline coming to the party, Ford seems prepared to grow the Sport Trac into a size class larger than it occupies now: the new concept is almost 5 inches longer, 2 inches wider and 2 inches lower than today's Sport Trac, giving it a "street" look, according to a press release. Powered by a version of Ford's 4.6-liter V-8, the Sport Trac concept also gets Roll Stability Control, which Ford says it will put on more than a half-million vehicles this year. The 21-inch wheels add to the bling factor of the concept, which loses door handles in favor of a keyless remote for the doors. An independent suspension is fitted in the rear, and Ford promises more cargo options in the Sport Trac's bed. The Detroit auto show opens to the media on Jan. 9.

 

Looks like it belongs in the family......

 

lets hope its new, and doesnt use the old Explorer frame anymore...hope its not like what they did with the Focus.

 

I hope it looks like that...that looks nice as hell

 

very much like the lightning concept

 

Wonder if this will be based on the freestyle, like the freestyle fx concept

 

Sure looks that way...

 

Looks good. Very good.

 

Source: automotorundsport.de

 

Good luck closing the doors when the handles are down there...

 

^^ Good point! Who the hell designed that?!?!?!

 

Hehehe...

 

^^^ Lmao

 

Pearl white concept = AWESOME.

 

damn ford

 

New pics I think!

 

^^ Much nicer concept, but there is no way those LED's are gonna make it to the final product.

 

I wish my car had LEDs...

 

That new one looks like the Ridgeline..............

 

Can we kill the Ranger already? Please?

 

They LED'd the hell out of that!

 

Looking better, that concept interior is the same as the explorers...

 

It needed some competition aside from the Avalanche...


Personally, I like the white concept better, looks beefey-er, bolder, and overall better looking...The red one still looks pretty good though, and thats alot of LED's...

 

Nice.