fordtech1 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lXK2AMbkLag Not sure if this has been posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) I think one of those just in the quick glimpse in the video might be an Aviator Edited September 23, 2017 by fuzzymoomoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Heavy cladding is about all you will see for now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman351 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Glad someone posted something. Saw one tonight on I75 south a little past where 275 joins 75. Had the current Explorer taillights as the disguise. Since it was my first time seeing a prototype anything in real time I was a little too excited. But anyway it appears wider, lower, and longer. The sides didn't appear to have the curves of the current version. Also had quad look headlights. About the time I thought to take a pic, guess I had rode beside it to long and the driver slowed way down. One more thing, it had more of the zebra covering than cladding in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Wider, longer and lower makes for interesting departure form today's higher ride height...Or maybe it's the Aviator.... Also interesting to see the Camoed Focus hatch off to the side at 1:15.... Edited September 24, 2017 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 More importantly is it CD6 or whatever they are calling it and RWD? The Ranger video is interesting too...the Asian looking front end is gone and it looks more like a F-series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman351 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 It's definitely not current platform. The door sills seem much lower on the one I saw. Also the exhaust configuration to suspension seemed different. Had a single exhaust also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) The more I look at it, the more it reminds me of a reworked Flex with a sloping tailgate. If Ford is looking to make Explorer longer and more roomy as a three row Utility, longer wheelbase is the key. Could it be that the next Explorer takes on some of Flex's features, swallowing it up and ending the need for it. Edited September 24, 2017 by jpd80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 The main difference in the side profile (other than being lower) is the front wheels are much further forward of the cockpit than the current explorer. The wheel placement is more typical to RWD vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2b2 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 ^^ think you just clarified everything, Jpd ....for me anyway ^ i don't remember... when the cD6 was first talked about, was there anything definite about it descending from CD4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Windshield back it looks like an explorer (dimensionally) Not wider or longer. It's a mule. It looks like a Freestyle;) Edited September 24, 2017 by sullynd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 I don't think CD6 has anything to do with CD4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevensecondsuv Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Idk, looked to have plenty of overhang past the front axle like you'd find on a typical fwd transverse powertrain platform 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Photos always help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 2018 camo 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The main difference in the side profile (other than being lower) is the front wheels are much further forward of the cockpit than the current explorer. The wheel placement is more typical to RWD vehicles. From the firewall forward it is much longer. The D pillar possibly looks like it might be at a steeper angle, but hard to tell The ride height is different. But from the A to C pillar it looks identical to the current car. I'm going with attribute mule for the next gen Explorer and aviator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sevensecondsuv Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 If it's as low as it looks, that could be a sign that they're making room for a four door bronco that's about the same size but much taller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTAUS Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Holy overhangs, that sucker looks FWD and I hope it's not... That will not clear my driveway at all, nope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) Well it's not an Aviator, I compared the photo silvrsvt posted to the drawing I have I thought it was too early for that Edited September 25, 2017 by fuzzymoomoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I thought it was too early for that Bronco? Something else all together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Bronco? Something else all together? too early for Aviator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZanatWork Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 It kinda looks like a Flex and a Range Rover made a camo'd baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 too early for Aviator Not for early mules, A Spring 2019 (2020MY) launch would only be 18 months away. In the past 2 weeks I've seen Explorer, Ranger, Escape, Transit Connect, and Focus mules around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Not for early mules, A Spring 2019 (2020MY) launch would only be 18 months away. In the past 2 weeks I've seen Explorer, Ranger, Escape, Transit Connect, and Focus mules around. Parts models for Aviator are only just coming due from suppliers, and its on an all new platform so it's not like they can do with it what they're doing with the Bronco mules driving around right now and hacking up something from the same platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 That said, I think Lincoln will show a concept version before we start seeing mules driving around. They've been doing that a lot recently, most notably with the Continental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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