"The new ford Explorer starts with proportions and stance," Betancourt said. "Explorer has the height, stance, ground clearance and SUV cues that clearly indicate its off-the-beaten-path capabilities." The ford Explorer design team was challenged with reinterpreting the segment-defining icon as a modern, contemporary SUV for the 21st century. "We believe that's because it's a contemporary interpretation of the same capabilities ford Explorer has always stood for, without compromise." "The all-new ford Explorer combines bold, evocative design language with a wind- and noise-cheating aerodynamic shape on a rigid unibody platform," said Melvin Betancourt, design manager. "ford has changed everything about the all-new Explorer, yet it's still instantly and instinctively recognizable as a ford Explorer," said Moray Callum, executive director of North America Design.
The 2011 ford Explorer has been redesigned from bottom to top, inside and out, to reflect a contemporary vision of what customers today want in a modern SUV.