2020 Ford Explorer ST Review: Now That's Better!

You'll have to get used to it: Ford has its sights on every category remotely to do with with “utility" at the moment. The era of Ford cars in North America is over - with the exception of the Mustang, of course. Make way for SUVs, crossovers and trucks of all kinds.

Of course, when it comes to models that respond to the wants of the thrill-seeking motorist, the Mustang remains the choice of the masses – there’s the Ford GT, but that thing is in a class of its own. The other adrenalin-packed vehicle in the Ford lineup is the F-150 Raptor, but that mastodon is aimed at a very specific audience.

That's why the automaker's decision-makers repatriated the ST badge on the Ford Edge last year and, more recently, on the Explorer ST 2020.

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The difference between the only two vehicles available with the ST badge is that the former was a rapid transformation of an older vehicle, while an Explorer ST edition was part of the strategy from the very beginning of the model’s redesign. This is a new vehicle that's only just arrived on our roads.

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