Loved the way the Ford man couldn't bring himself to say ' yes this is a shared VW platform ' , maybe he would be vaporised instatantly if he said the 'vw' word 🤔 😂😂
I've been a VW driver for more than 30 years, but I'd take this over an ID.4 or ID.5 every day of the week. The interior is just so far above the ID.4, it's remarkable! I hope the pricing is in line with the VW.
sadly they ford went with capacitive touch buttons on the steering wheel just like VW did. but yeah. it looks better than the ID4. now let's just hope that they didn't sacrifice range for the better looks. also how the hell did they manage to have less bootspace than an octavia while having a way bigger vehicle?
@@oliverstemp9132 yeah being smaller doesn't mean much regarding aerodynamics. an f150 is significantly more aerodynamic, as in has a lower CdA, than a lamborghini countach with the rear wing despite being way larger.
I agree, but that is much of corporate America now. People are conditioned. I lived in the US for 11 years and it was such a false environment and I felt like I was surrounded by parrots. To clarify what I mean, even if this person doesn't reside or originate in the US, he will be influenced by Ford corporate culture and the way he is instructed to present the car. Maybe I am being unfair to him specifically and was too quick to comment, but it was what I got from the video.
He did a good job I thought. Not everything is about jokes and banter. (Although an electric, Europe-only Ford Explorer is as much of a joke as a car can be.)
So Ford is basically saying - "Hey remember the affordable, fun to drive cars that we're known for like the Fiesta and the Focus? Well we're going to replace them with SUVs based on a VW platform!"...Just brilliant stuff.
so they will ride terribly and have terrible electrics. VAG cars are becoming well known for it. ive known it for over a decade now, but the VAG fanboys are finally waking up!
Ford will go extinct in Europe if they continue down this path. Jeep have proven there is limited interested in American looking SUVs in the European market. That said most manufacturers are dumping small cars as they go EV. Sure there are some packaging challenges but it also points to laziness. What’s the point in going EV to be green if the weight and size doubles?!
Hey Jonny. Thanks for the vid mate. Great job, as ever 👍👍👍. Always enjoy the content, whichever vein it may be - reviews, mods, finds - but I like it best when you find an old Ford hiding in a hole somewhere 😁. I've one little favour to ask, can you publish your vids with a louder volume level? For some reason they're always fairly quiet and are better with headphones. And no, it's not my phone, or ears 😂. For instance, the Black Circles voice ad about halfway through really jumped up in volume, then it all went quiet again. Seeing as we hang on your every word, it'd be nice to hear you more easily. Again, thanks for the share 🙏🙏🙏. 😎
I am sick to death of SUV after SUV. I had a drive in a Twizy 80 yesterday, enough car for most journeys and no more. It felt fun drive drive. Costs nothing to run, nothing to maintain, park anywhere, and can get a a Twizy plus all my other junk in my garage, where's this bloatmobile wouldn't even get in the door. The world needs more small Twizy style cars and less of these samey huge SUVs designed by someone who thinks in corporate buzzwords.
ich brauche keinen geländewagen, sondern einen praktischen kombi der ins parkhaus passt. geländewagen sind etwas für minderwertigkeitskomplexe und lifestyle grüne
@@Geraldbuernun live gibt es das Auto noch nicht, aber es ist kein Geländewagen, so wie es viele SUV nicht mehr sind. Im Grunde sind fast alle neuen SUV geringfügig höher gelegte Hochdachkombis. Und das Höherlegen der Achsen und des Bodies ist bei den vielen Schwellern zur Temporeduzierung, und manche sind brutal, man sieht die Aufsetzer reichlich, ein Segen
@@psrfpsrf - Mir ist es vollkommen egal welche Kunstbegriffe man für solche Autos erfindet - für mich sind es Geländewagen, auch wenn es primitive Imitate sind. Ich will einen normalen Kombi und die erhöhte Bodenfreiheit um mit Vollgas über Temposchwellen zu fahren, die brauche ich nicht.
I love the design language of the whole package and the fact that there’s no fake grille at the front. A thing that BMW, Audi and others seem to be stuck with.
The front end looks awful and cheap and like a toy car. I don’t get why automakers are making EVs that look stupid. And I’m over the whole car into suv thing. This “explorer” is an insult to the traditional explorer
Well it’s better looking than the bland IDs at least and might well be the change in direction they need to make money in Europe. You gotta love designer speak “we’ve scaled up the logo” translation: we made the badge bigger FFS😂
As a former car designer myself, I'd say they did a very good job inside and out. If they get the price and range just right, I can easily see Ford selling all the Explorers it can make.
@@kurtfader as a former detective inspector I can confirm you are correct. I used to doodle concept cars in 5th grade too though does that make me a former car designer 😂
Thank you Johnny for a really nice first look at the Explorer. It looks a great looking and practical vehicle for the masses. Just hope it is nicely priced.
I was fortunate enough to get to explore the Explorer at the Women Drive Electric launch of the vehicle last week and not only was it an interesting experience as my first ever launch, but also how the marketing and styling of the vehicle was explained to us - we had the wonderful Cerife show us around the car. Completely different to what I usually look at but I can definitely see the appeal of it!
I feel like they all got offered slightly different pitches. Suspect FC boys had to get an earlier look and be embargoed due to FC live based on what they had to tell versus the other two.
for an SUV this doesnt look too tall, I am getting ever more convinced that the motor industry is gradually morphing SUVs into estates in the pursuit of efficiency (thankfully because SUVs are disgraceful). according to the specs ive found this is only 150mm or so taller than my volvo V50 estate. with 19" rims and a 3" drop in the suspension (can quite easily see that much arch gap) you'd have yourself a nice looking estate car. by the time i actually get round to getting an EV im sure there will be plenty to choose from that with a little suspension drop i'd be quite happy with something like this.
I think I prefer the look of the Explorer to it's VW ID cousins. Interior quality looks better too. Side note: Another great video but please sort the audio.. The dialogue is very quiet yet the Black Circles plug is really loud?!
Great! Another faux SUV electric vehicle with a (highly likely) affordable price of £40000 and a (highly useful) range of 250 miles! Not sure the market needs another vehicle like this as it’s already saturated with very expensive and low range (compared to ICE) electric vehicles!
Looking at this I'm reminded of Jonnys Element. Still to date nothing beats the design and function of the Element IMO it just needs to be electrified.
I'm not sure about the Tupperware styling nor that it is going to appeal that much to the former Focus buyers that Ford's model range has abandoned, but an interesting vehicle nonetheless.
Hopefully this is essentially a mass-market MEB-platform car without the awful infotainment on the Volkswagen/Seat/Skoda offerings. That would be something to get excited about, considering how good that drivetrain can be. Still holding out for the ID.3-based Focus, though ;)
shhh, Ford paid lots of money to some privileged troll changing out the VW logo 🤣🤣 Buy one, use one, don't complain. Soror and Schwab wish you a happy life, just keep complying 🤣
Another good product from Ford. Impressive how Johnny is able to put this young designer at ease and get him to warm up. Great first look, can't wait for the drive.
Before this interview someone at Ford sat down with the Ford rep and gave him a list of crap he couldn't say or how to say what he could say. Making for a very awkward interview... Love it!
Wouldn’t want someone to do “bumper-touch parking” in that!! Rather than deflecting a plastic bumper & it springing back afterwards, you’re going to be bending the boot lid 😅
Get rid of the Haptic Feedback buttons, and the Gloss Plastic, reduce the price by 10k, and you will already be on a winner. Hopefully trully to see this on the roads by 2025. Yes, 2025 is the more realistic time frame.
Really nice looking Ford, exterior and interior, looked beefy and muscular even just over 4,5 meter. Liked that big screen, sleek design and functionality. Great work Jonny.
That’s the first EV vehicle I’ve seen that I’d actually entertain the idea of owning. Very nice design, especially the interior. A shame they won’t be selling it here in Canada. I think they’d sell a lot of them. Nice work Ford 👍🏻
Agreed, Chris. I think Ford may reconsider and offer this in North America to compete with the Equinox, there is a large market for vehicles of this size with a practical design.
For the love of God- the first mid range company to get an estate car with 300 mile range and useable (and not stupidly filled with useless tech and a massive tablet) for sub 30k will corner the market. Why ANOTHER SUV?
When you think of ford's from the 80s and 90s compared to this new era of fords its sad. Just think of all the RS turbos, the cosworths, XR2i, 3, 4 etc.. sierras, fiestas, capris and escorts! They all had versions that we grew up loving. Ford basically selling white goods now 🥱
The interior is a step up from the current VW ID range (although VW is going to be upgrading the interior soon to the ID3 and the iteration after that should get rid of the current infotainment system). I prefer the looks of the explorer over the ID 4. I'm pleasantly surprised. What they price is at is key.
What a fab looking machine. I think I'll add the explorer to my list of potential cars when the PCP is up on my MG4 in a few years (sadly I won't be buying another MG). The exterior is going to be marmite for many (its not a traditional style) though I do like it. The interior is lovely, and its not swaddled in piano black which not only gets covered in finger prints it scratches easily too. Looks like another winner from Ford.
Thank you Johnny for this excellent video - you certainly have beaten FCed getting into the car :D! If I saw the Explorer on the road without knowing the badge I'd think it's coming from Landrover... Looking very good though and I might hold back on my new Kona Electric 2023 order. Very, very tempting!
Reminds me of a Discovery Sport from the side, and you can tell its based on the MEB platform as the proportions are very similar to the ID4. Nice enough but moulds into the bland world of the current crop of SUV's.
Nice video thanks. Too quiet though, had to turn way u. In the middle of watching a bunch of videos, this one was really low volume. Until the Black Circles ad, then it blew my head off and I had to turn it right down again. I am not joking, sound at 20% for the Black Circles ad, 80% to hear the voices (when they weren't being drowned by 'background' music).
Quite like the side profile and the back end. Less enthused by the front. The bonnet looks unnecessarily large proportion wise (maybe camera angle?) so I hope they have a front trunk. Need to see it in the metal really. You've very smartly allowed Mr. Demkiw to explain a lot of the car features which I find very helpful for these types of "car launches". I'd love to get your opinion on this when driving on the road and interacting with the final product. Cheers!
Hi Johhny, would you and your team please take a closer look at your audio balance onwards? I don't know what or how your audio setup on the editing suite is like, but so often your videos are so quiet that in this one, the two you are practically whispering that i have to max the volume everywhere i can.... until the music jumps at you and have to readjust the volume again.. and readjust again when the music's gone. It's a hassle viewing experience, if i'm being honest. Cheers 🍺
Looks like a hit to me, the interior looks leagues ahead of the vw id cars and the chunky exterior styling is actually quite charming. Well done Ford 👏🏻
Sat in this very car a few hours ago. 1) On the whole, looks decent. Better than ID3 and Model 3. 2) Build quality was good inside and out, and this was a pre-prod model. 3) Dash / MMI seemed to be of a good quality. 4) Comfy seats. Though vegan "leather" would be better in fabrics. 5) Seemed at least as big as a Mac-E with regards to useful space. 6) Couldn't open boot or frunk. They said the frunk was very small which seems at odds with the very massive front-end. Overall, quite a decent efort.
I want to congratulate you on the way you allow the client / host to speak and you inject a slight tempter to stimulate their expression and conversation. This one would have been tough for a PR frontman. It was clear your profession journalistic background and years of road testing was a simpler more absorbable language for the masses. I have watched a heap of tubers on this Exploroer launch but yours is the most evocative. 🤜🤛
Well, that is most kind to say, Thank you. We wanted to let the designer explain the first look at this car, as Jonny enjoys sometimes getting the words from the horse's mouth.
Dear Ford - you may have lights but Haptic buttones are still not real buttons! And they don't need lighting if you design them properly so they can be identified without taking eyes odd the road.
Something I don't understand: The designer talk at length about the shape of the front end, and how hard the worked to lower the first point of contact with the air to help the aerodynamics. So far so good. But then they put it on stilts making that first point of contact a good six inches higher than it should be. Just imagine if it was a regular hatchback or estate, it would be a thousand times better.
I’m hoping it comes to Australia too as size wise it seems a perfect fit for me and I quite like the design, but not holding my breath given its not a Ranger!
Too small, low luggage capacity, low range, excessive charging time, too expensive for the real world... finally, you'll never get 200K miles out of it or over 10 years before it's valueless! How about a Diesel-Electric hybrid?
Loved the way the Ford man couldn't bring himself to say ' yes this is a shared VW platform ' , maybe he would be vaporised instatantly if he said the 'vw' word 🤔 😂😂
I noticed that 😂
“Ummm, it’s part of ‘an’ alliance.” Hahaha.
I thought the same. He really drew attention to the fact he didn’t want to about the shared platform from VAG 😂
Guess VW borrowed new Ranger to be their Amarok.
Maybe they swapped each other's cars?!
@@graysono lots of sharing. Like the next transporter is a badged up ford transit custom and the new transit connect is a badged up vw caddy
I've been a VW driver for more than 30 years, but I'd take this over an ID.4 or ID.5 every day of the week. The interior is just so far above the ID.4, it's remarkable! I hope the pricing is in line with the VW.
sadly they ford went with capacitive touch buttons on the steering wheel just like VW did.
but yeah. it looks better than the ID4. now let's just hope that they didn't sacrifice range for the better looks.
also how the hell did they manage to have less bootspace than an octavia while having a way bigger vehicle?
in line with a VW ?? the thing is a FORD... it should be WELL cheaper.... FORD Found on Rubbish Dump.
It’s smaller than the ID4 so should be, it seems they’ve got their aim on Tesla so hopefully it will be priced sensibly
@@oliverstemp9132 yeah being smaller doesn't mean much regarding aerodynamics.
an f150 is significantly more aerodynamic, as in has a lower CdA, than a lamborghini countach with the rear wing despite being way larger.
@@anonym3017 no
This designer is an absolute cherry. Total corporate drone with as much personality and charm as a watering can
I agree, but that is much of corporate America now. People are conditioned. I lived in the US for 11 years and it was such a false environment and I felt like I was surrounded by parrots. To clarify what I mean, even if this person doesn't reside or originate in the US, he will be influenced by Ford corporate culture and the way he is instructed to present the car. Maybe I am being unfair to him specifically and was too quick to comment, but it was what I got from the video.
😂😊
He did a good job I thought. Not everything is about jokes and banter. (Although an electric, Europe-only Ford Explorer is as much of a joke as a car can be.)
The design is automotive beige.
Watering cans everywhere are offended
Dude really had to choose his words carefully to say it wasn't actually just a Volkswagen.
So far this is the only review that able to show the actual interior space at the moment 😊
So Ford is basically saying - "Hey remember the affordable, fun to drive cars that we're known for like the Fiesta and the Focus? Well we're going to replace them with SUVs based on a VW platform!"...Just brilliant stuff.
so they will ride terribly and have terrible electrics. VAG cars are becoming well known for it. ive known it for over a decade now, but the VAG fanboys are finally waking up!
@@petelattimer6808 Yeah, that's true. One good thing is that at least it doesn't have VW's horrible infotainment system 😆
Except EV replacements for the fiesta and focus will come.
@@JohnnyZenith I wouldn't call a bit smaller SUV, based on the ID3 platform a proper replacement for the Fiesta, but ok.
Ford will go extinct in Europe if they continue down this path. Jeep have proven there is limited interested in American looking SUVs in the European market. That said most manufacturers are dumping small cars as they go EV. Sure there are some packaging challenges but it also points to laziness. What’s the point in going EV to be green if the weight and size doubles?!
Hey Jonny. Thanks for the vid mate. Great job, as ever 👍👍👍. Always enjoy the content, whichever vein it may be - reviews, mods, finds - but I like it best when you find an old Ford hiding in a hole somewhere 😁. I've one little favour to ask, can you publish your vids with a louder volume level? For some reason they're always fairly quiet and are better with headphones. And no, it's not my phone, or ears 😂. For instance, the Black Circles voice ad about halfway through really jumped up in volume, then it all went quiet again. Seeing as we hang on your every word, it'd be nice to hear you more easily. Again, thanks for the share 🙏🙏🙏. 😎
Yes... it was VERY quiet...! 🤔
I am sick to death of SUV after SUV.
I had a drive in a Twizy 80 yesterday, enough car for most journeys and no more. It felt fun drive drive.
Costs nothing to run, nothing to maintain, park anywhere, and can get a a Twizy plus all my other junk in my garage, where's this bloatmobile wouldn't even get in the door.
The world needs more small Twizy style cars and less of these samey huge SUVs designed by someone who thinks in corporate buzzwords.
Another SUV sadly when we really want/need a smaller more practical estate car.
I couldn't help thinking that thing would look pretty brilliant squashed down closer to estate height.
ich brauche keinen geländewagen, sondern einen praktischen kombi der ins parkhaus passt. geländewagen sind etwas für minderwertigkeitskomplexe und lifestyle grüne
*laughs in american*
@@Geraldbuernun live gibt es das Auto noch nicht, aber es ist kein Geländewagen, so wie es viele SUV nicht mehr sind. Im Grunde sind fast alle neuen SUV geringfügig höher gelegte Hochdachkombis. Und das Höherlegen der Achsen und des Bodies ist bei den vielen Schwellern zur Temporeduzierung, und manche sind brutal, man sieht die Aufsetzer reichlich, ein Segen
@@psrfpsrf - Mir ist es vollkommen egal welche Kunstbegriffe man für solche Autos erfindet - für mich sind es Geländewagen, auch wenn es primitive Imitate sind. Ich will einen normalen Kombi und die erhöhte Bodenfreiheit um mit Vollgas über Temposchwellen zu fahren, die brauche ich nicht.
I love the design language of the whole package and the fact that there’s no fake grille at the front. A thing that BMW, Audi and others seem to be stuck with.
@markyes that's funny, with the big chunky nose, I thought it looked too American
The front end looks awful and cheap and like a toy car. I don’t get why automakers are making EVs that look stupid. And I’m over the whole car into suv thing. This “explorer” is an insult to the traditional explorer
@@vin2689ny And this is why you are not a designer.
Well it’s better looking than the bland IDs at least and might well be the change in direction they need to make money in Europe. You gotta love designer speak “we’ve scaled up the logo” translation: we made the badge bigger FFS😂
As a former car designer myself, I'd say they did a very good job inside and out. If they get the price and range just right, I can easily see Ford selling all the Explorers it can make.
You've never designed a car. You're lying to everyone. Why are you lying?
@@kurtfader as a former detective inspector I can confirm you are correct.
I used to doodle concept cars in 5th grade too though does that make me a former car designer 😂
@@R2D2trashcan I'm a former Detective and Car Designer too and I can confirm that you are correct.
@@kurtfader If you check out his You Tube channel and a do a cursory bit of research you'll find he used to design for Fiat
@@R2D2trashcan Toy Designer, Maybe...........Paul
You should watch "Jay Emm on cars' recent video relating to Ford's plan for the future.
Thought that was really interesting. Not sure I see anything here that would change his mind either.
Thank you Johnny for a really nice first look at the Explorer. It looks a great looking and practical vehicle for the masses. Just hope it is nicely priced.
I was fortunate enough to get to explore the Explorer at the Women Drive Electric launch of the vehicle last week and not only was it an interesting experience as my first ever launch, but also how the marketing and styling of the vehicle was explained to us - we had the wonderful Cerife show us around the car. Completely different to what I usually look at but I can definitely see the appeal of it!
"Man-made vegan leather" = plastic seats.😂
When are they going to stop with the vegan leather BS.
You really make the best videos (in comparison to all the rest of the same vehicle). I've watched 3 and I could have done without the other two
This and Fully Charged for me so far.
I feel like they all got offered slightly different pitches. Suspect FC boys had to get an earlier look and be embargoed due to FC live based on what they had to tell versus the other two.
11:00 that background track needed to fade away much sooner
That lockable storage box under the display is really clever!
for an SUV this doesnt look too tall, I am getting ever more convinced that the motor industry is gradually morphing SUVs into estates in the pursuit of efficiency (thankfully because SUVs are disgraceful). according to the specs ive found this is only 150mm or so taller than my volvo V50 estate. with 19" rims and a 3" drop in the suspension (can quite easily see that much arch gap) you'd have yourself a nice looking estate car. by the time i actually get round to getting an EV im sure there will be plenty to choose from that with a little suspension drop i'd be quite happy with something like this.
I think I prefer the look of the Explorer to it's VW ID cousins. Interior quality looks better too.
Side note: Another great video but please sort the audio..
The dialogue is very quiet yet the Black Circles plug is really loud?!
To be honest, the music overrunning after the ad improved the conversation with the designer
Best car on the MEB platform yet. Looks awesome and very well designed. Congrats to Ford and VW watch out!
Still has poor VW Touch sensitive buttons and sliders and the 2buttons 4 windows control
The talking is very quiet, I almost jumped out my skin when the black circles bit started!
Looks great, too bad the Ford dealership/servicing situation is absolutely terrible and puts me off ever owning a Ford ever again.
Take it to a VW dealer then😊
@@jimmyh6601 don’t have experience with VW I’m afraid
"layered and horizontal approach"
What a ponce
Great! Another faux SUV electric vehicle with a (highly likely) affordable price of £40000 and a (highly useful) range of 250 miles! Not sure the market needs another vehicle like this as it’s already saturated with very expensive and low range (compared to ICE) electric vehicles!
I love the way the corners nicely wrap around the car.
😂😂
Looking at this I'm reminded of Jonnys Element.
Still to date nothing beats the design and function of the Element IMO it just needs to be electrified.
Or not.
Hi Jonny, watched this earlier but there's something wrong with the audio levels, the main video is really quiet compared to the ads.
I'm not sure about the Tupperware styling nor that it is going to appeal that much to the former Focus buyers that Ford's model range has abandoned, but an interesting vehicle nonetheless.
@DiscoCol , until I got to your remark I thought that I was the only one who had reservations about the styling . I’ll see if it grows on me .
You NAILED that chat, nice one ! Ford have done well with the MEB platform.
What a tidy piece of design. I wasn’t expecting to like this but Ford have done a great job with it.
Hopefully this is essentially a mass-market MEB-platform car without the awful infotainment on the Volkswagen/Seat/Skoda offerings. That would be something to get excited about, considering how good that drivetrain can be.
Still holding out for the ID.3-based Focus, though ;)
It looks like a facelifted ID4. I wonder why that could be....🤔
Looks like they raided the VW parts bin, even the on/off button isn't Ford.
shhh, Ford paid lots of money to some privileged troll changing out the VW logo 🤣🤣
Buy one, use one, don't complain. Soror and Schwab wish you a happy life, just keep complying 🤣
Except it doesn't look like a facelifted ID4.
@@carlarrowsmith So?
@@JohnnyZenith ?
Jonny looks like he’s just stepped out of a sci-fi movie set. In a good way. Love the channel❤
Cheers David.
Within 6 months the front of that, certainty in the UK will look like a colander and need a complete repaint.
PPF
Back side profile looks like the horrible Mini Countryman with the way it drops. Looks like a mobility car! 👀
Another good product from Ford. Impressive how Johnny is able to put this young designer at ease and get him to warm up. Great first look, can't wait for the drive.
Not an EV fan especially but I do like a nice design. Well done Ford.
Just you just hate designer jargon. Just should have left Jonny on his own to talk us around it
Before this interview someone at Ford sat down with the Ford rep and gave him a list of crap he couldn't say or how to say what he could say. Making for a very awkward interview... Love it!
Wouldn’t want someone to do “bumper-touch parking” in that!! Rather than deflecting a plastic bumper & it springing back afterwards, you’re going to be bending the boot lid 😅
Great content Johnny!! Loved the walk around!
Get rid of the Haptic Feedback buttons, and the Gloss Plastic, reduce the price by 10k, and you will already be on a winner. Hopefully trully to see this on the roads by 2025. Yes, 2025 is the more realistic time frame.
Really nice looking Ford, exterior and interior, looked beefy and muscular even just over 4,5 meter. Liked that big screen, sleek design and functionality. Great work Jonny.
Ford Man in his brain "i must not mention VW, I must not mention VW" i thought that was funny when you asked about the platform. :) nice looking car
I anticipate Volvo will feel flattered at how much this looks like one of theirs.
Why would they? They own some design IP's from Volvo. Everything wasn't sold
Pssst... don't tell anyone about the secret storage bin!
Wow. I was hoping they could have made the Ford emblem on the front grill a bit larger. Maybe cover up the headlights and windshield a bit...
Very pure and clean design!I’m in love with this car🤩😍
That’s the first EV vehicle I’ve seen that I’d actually entertain the idea of owning. Very nice design, especially the interior. A shame they won’t be selling it here in Canada. I think they’d sell a lot of them. Nice work Ford 👍🏻
Agreed, Chris. I think Ford may reconsider and offer this in North America to compete with the Equinox, there is a large market for vehicles of this size with a practical design.
finally correct touch screen placement at an angle
Loved the walk-through with the designer. Why is the volume so low on this video?
When the Ford guy say "17 litres of extra storage" I hear "more space for the wife to store crisp packets and used coffee cups"...
Mate, ask them where is the Ka or the Fiesta EV
So now we know what a press release would look like in human form
Can't help to see some Mk3 Cortina cues around the rear door/fender 👀
For the love of God- the first mid range company to get an estate car with 300 mile range and useable (and not stupidly filled with useless tech and a massive tablet) for sub 30k will corner the market. Why ANOTHER SUV?
Think the designer did a great job. Think it’s by far the best looking car from this platform.
Why do manufacturers all seem to think that the public is happy with having NO SPARE WHEEL???
When you think of ford's from the 80s and 90s compared to this new era of fords its sad.
Just think of all the RS turbos, the cosworths, XR2i, 3, 4 etc.. sierras, fiestas, capris and escorts! They all had versions that we grew up loving.
Ford basically selling white goods now 🥱
The glove box space looked amazing 😻
My private locker, I had one of them under my bed as a teenager, just filled with magazines with the pages stuck together.
The interior is a step up from the current VW ID range (although VW is going to be upgrading the interior soon to the ID3 and the iteration after that should get rid of the current infotainment system). I prefer the looks of the explorer over the ID 4. I'm pleasantly surprised. What they price is at is key.
What a fab looking machine. I think I'll add the explorer to my list of potential cars when the PCP is up on my MG4 in a few years (sadly I won't be buying another MG). The exterior is going to be marmite for many (its not a traditional style) though I do like it. The interior is lovely, and its not swaddled in piano black which not only gets covered in finger prints it scratches easily too.
Looks like another winner from Ford.
That front end is ugly
Thank you Johnny for this excellent video - you certainly have beaten FCed getting into the car :D!
If I saw the Explorer on the road without knowing the badge I'd think it's coming from Landrover...
Looking very good though and I might hold back on my new Kona Electric 2023 order. Very, very tempting!
Really great design. Ford are doing great designs at the moment, even the current Focus I think is such a good looking car.
Great video.
Reminds me of a Discovery Sport from the side, and you can tell its based on the MEB platform as the proportions are very similar to the ID4.
Nice enough but moulds into the bland world of the current crop of SUV's.
Absolute magic styling, totally practical.
Sorry Johnny - I couldn't finish the video. I'm allergic to corporate w*nkspeak and that was quite the corporate w*nkspeakfest.
Very Citroen looking from the side, particularly the rear quarters.
yeah like a citroen /kia Soul had a baby.
Nice video thanks. Too quiet though, had to turn way u. In the middle of watching a bunch of videos, this one was really low volume. Until the Black Circles ad, then it blew my head off and I had to turn it right down again. I am not joking, sound at 20% for the Black Circles ad, 80% to hear the voices (when they weren't being drowned by 'background' music).
look amazing - can't wait to see one in the flesh...
Quite like the side profile and the back end. Less enthused by the front. The bonnet looks unnecessarily large proportion wise (maybe camera angle?) so I hope they have a front trunk. Need to see it in the metal really. You've very smartly allowed Mr. Demkiw to explain a lot of the car features which I find very helpful for these types of "car launches".
I'd love to get your opinion on this when driving on the road and interacting with the final product. Cheers!
Hi Johhny, would you and your team please take a closer look at your audio balance onwards? I don't know what or how your audio setup on the editing suite is like, but so often your videos are so quiet that in this one, the two you are practically whispering that i have to max the volume everywhere i can.... until the music jumps at you and have to readjust the volume again.. and readjust again when the music's gone. It's a hassle viewing experience, if i'm being honest. Cheers 🍺
Wrong launch colour. Would have looked so much better in a dark Oregon green.
Good to see an Aussie leading design
Looks like a hit to me, the interior looks leagues ahead of the vw id cars and the chunky exterior styling is actually quite charming. Well done Ford 👏🏻
Sat in this very car a few hours ago.
1) On the whole, looks decent. Better than ID3 and Model 3.
2) Build quality was good inside and out, and this was a pre-prod model.
3) Dash / MMI seemed to be of a good quality.
4) Comfy seats. Though vegan "leather" would be better in fabrics.
5) Seemed at least as big as a Mac-E with regards to useful space.
6) Couldn't open boot or frunk. They said the frunk was very small which seems at odds with the very massive front-end.
Overall, quite a decent efort.
I want to congratulate you on the way you allow the client / host to speak and you inject a slight tempter to stimulate their expression and conversation. This one would have been tough for a PR frontman. It was clear your profession journalistic background and years of road testing was a simpler more absorbable language for the masses. I have watched a heap of tubers on this Exploroer launch but yours is the most evocative. 🤜🤛
Well, that is most kind to say, Thank you. We wanted to let the designer explain the first look at this car, as Jonny enjoys sometimes getting the words from the horse's mouth.
Dear Ford - you may have lights but Haptic buttones are still not real buttons! And they don't need lighting if you design them properly so they can be identified without taking eyes odd the road.
Let's hope that Ford can do the same with the EV versions of the Fiesta/Focus replacements.
Something I don't understand: The designer talk at length about the shape of the front end, and how hard the worked to lower the first point of contact with the air to help the aerodynamics. So far so good. But then they put it on stilts making that first point of contact a good six inches higher than it should be. Just imagine if it was a regular hatchback or estate, it would be a thousand times better.
Yep agree…I’d want estate and smallish cars not bloody blocks of suv….they all look the same anyway.
And yet again another EV out of reach price wise to most people 😞
"Its lamps are assertive without being aggressive". Who knew!!!!
Nice design. Hope will come to Australia. !
Ford Australia's standard reply to anything new or electric that isn't a ute or large SUV, "There are no plans to bring it to Australia".
I’m hoping it comes to Australia too as size wise it seems a perfect fit for me and I quite like the design, but not holding my breath given its not a Ranger!
Nice, but where's the affordable replacement for the Fiesta?
Too small, low luggage capacity, low range, excessive charging time, too expensive for the real world... finally, you'll never get 200K miles out of it or over 10 years before it's valueless!
How about a Diesel-Electric hybrid?
I hope that they bring this to the Australian market
The Review was very Good 👍👍👍👍
That tiny bit of wing in front of the base of the a-pillar gives the MEB/MQB origins away...
No one else in the market with a 4.5m EV SUV/cross over. Sorry, you lost me after that. Should have called it a VW ID 4ORD…
great looking car, can't wait to be able to test drive one.
Unfortunately I couldn't hear most of what was being said. The camera work and presentation is good as usual though!
watch in on a tv with soundbar, sounds fine here
Nice one Johnny.
What’s not to like? Looking forward to seeing the road tests.
The side view is more Fisker Ocean looking
That's the one :) Knew it reminded me of something else. Thanks :)