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2025 Ford Explorer Gets New Looks and a Better Infotainment System
The adventure continues. Ford Explorer – America’s all-time best-selling SUV – sets a new standard again with an updated lineup of models, all featuring a redesigned interior, advanced new technology and bolder exterior styling to create Ford’s best Explorer yet.
For more than three decades, Explorer has helped define SUV comfort, performance and functionality. The new 2025 Explorer lineup – from well-equipped Active to stylish ST-Line to high-performance ST and top-of-the-line Platinum – continues that legacy with a more refined cabin that features sophisticated new color, texture and material choices, and introduces the new Ford Digital Experience infotainment system.
And for the first time, Explorer drivers who opt for ST-Line, ST and Platinum models can enjoy the convenience of Ford BlueCruise hands-free highway driving.
“For nearly 35 years, families have chosen the Ford Explorer, making it America’s all-time best-selling SUV. We have refined almost every part of the new Explorer – focusing on a redesigned interior, additional technology like BlueCruise hands-free highway driving and special editions like the 400 horsepower Explorer ST. It’s the right combination of delivering what the next generation of customers want and love in a large SUV."
Andrew Frick, president, Ford Blue.
A New Level of Explorer Comfort
The redesigned interior catches the eye with fine details, surfaces and colors, including new wrap-and-stitch soft-touch surfaces on the center console, door panels and redesigned dashboard, and available ActiveX durable and premium synthetic seating material. Silver mesh accents further the premium feel of the updated interior.
The dashboard has been pushed forward to give front-row passengers a more open and spacious cabin. An integrated tray below the touchscreen houses an available wireless phone charging pad and there are USB connections to charge mobile devices in all three rows.
“The new Explorer starts with a great foundation. Customers told us they love the way it drives and the choice of rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive. So, we focused on improving other areas including redesigning the interior with new materials, textures and colors to make sitting inside Explorer as enjoyable as driving one." - Kelley Clark, Explorer chief engineer
Explorer brings new standard interior color schemes across the lineup:
Platinum
Mojave Dusk leather instrument panel, door panels and console with matched accent stitching
Mojave Dusk leather seats with matched accent stitching
ST
Black Onyx instrument panel, door panels and console with red accent stitching
Black Onyx ActiveX® seats with Miko suede inserts and red accent stitching
ST-Line
Black Onyx instrument panel, door panels and console with red accent stitching
Black Onyx ActiveX® seats with cloth inserts and red accent stitching
Active
Ultra Dark Space Gray instrument panel, door panels and console with Harvest Bronze accent stitching
Dark Gray soft-touch seats with Black Onyx inserts and Harvest Bronze accent stitching
Explorer is the first Ford vehicle to include the new Ford Digital Experience, which allows customers to access their digital life inside the car. It is designed to allow greater connection and personalization for our customers through profiles, content and apps, helping make time behind the wheel more enjoyable, even when parked.
The displays on the 13.2-inch touchscreen allow for easy control, and integration with Google Maps allows navigation screens to be displayed on both the touchscreen and the 12.3-inch digital cluster.
New Face of Exploration
For 2025, the new Explorer boasts a bolder appearance and stance, with options that allow Explorer owners to further personalize their ride.
Uniquely styled front ends include a larger grille, sleeker all-LED headlamps, front skid plate and lower, wider air curtains that help lower the vehicle’s visual center of gravity.
Further enhancing the look, there’s a new black-painted roof option for Platinum, ST and ST-Line.
The updated liftgate maintains the premium appearance, with LED taillamps extending from the vehicle’s corners onto a horizontal nameplate appliqué that stretches across the liftgate.