Actually, Ford was hilariously profitable after just a couple years.

Straight up natural carbon fiber...actually cellulose fiber, but who’s counting

Definitely spruces it up.

Say what you want, but the man’s got Balsa

Did they even look in the trunk?

Cop to driver: “Let me axe you a question about your suspension...”

Don’t leaf me hanging. Who’s deciduous was it not to include pictures?
(He’s barking up the wrong shock, 2nd place).

sounds like playing Bop-It

JEEP: Just Ended Ensign Pavel

They probably figure (correctly, I think) that directly competing in that space isn’t smart. They’re basically ceding the HP war to others and differentiating their products in other ways. I’m not opposed to a turbo V8 from them, however.

You think that’s how it’s going to go down?

I think spell check took over when you typed amazing and it turned to horrible.

Deflector dish maglock controls from First Contact.

“On another note, the 3 engines are too much, especially when the base 4 and is 10 hp down on the mid level 3.5, and the Ecoboost is just the same engine with turbos on it.” 

Three engines really aren’t too many. Explorer buyers can be very picky, and there are a ton of folks who refuse to buy the 2.3L because “I don’t want that dang EcoBlast crap” according to them. The volume seller is the XLT with the 3.5L NA V6. Base model buyers don’t much care either way and Ford tries to push the…

its a vehicle that starts in the mid 30s and goes to almost 60 grand just like the 3 series why is three engine choices such a big deal?

Quad exhausts are cool, mostly as a visual sign that cool noises and a lot of power might be coming from whatever the four pipes are connected to. That’s not really the case on the 2018 Ford Explorer, but it still looks cool.

that was a thing that ended 12 years ago...

At least you wouldn’t forget it there.