All-Electric Ford EXPLORER Review: The Tesla Rival That's Really A VW | 4K

Alex Legouix reviews the new all-electric Ford Explorer. Will Ford's new family EV, which uses many of the same parts as a VW, find favour with families on the lookout for a Model Y?

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[viator]

Yay! Another SUV, because we don't already have enough of those

[garrycroft]

It’s a VW id4 with a blue oval badge and a massive price tag.

[samm]

4:12 The fact you're wearing shoes with a 2" platform might have something to do with the fact your thighs aren't touching the seat.

[mikadavies]

So Ford are pinning "all it's hopes on"... by selling you a re-badged VW iD4...!! To me it shows that Ford doesn't give a monkey's about selling in Europe.

[actuallypaulstanley]

Saw one at the Electrify Everything London show in May and was really impressed. The one big negative is the £1, 050 additional charge for the heat pump…

[Kingjay]

Does Ford not sell the Mach-E over seas? That’s their Model Y competitor imo. It’s also their own platform as opposed to a VW creation.

[STALLIAN-tdeg]

They thought they were doing something different with the window buttons, honestly it looks like old school technology

[matthoover]

Piece of advice, don't blame the vehicle you're tasked with reviewing for your clothing choices. Of course your seating position felt terrible, you added 2.5" to the length of your calf, your body isn't used to sitting at any of those angles but a taller person would be fine cause it's "normal". Your feet also woulda fit just fine under the seat, big feet don't mean they're the same size as your platforms. Don't start slipping this early, Autotrader has been enjoyable to say the least and Rory is awesome but this is an easily avoided strike rarely seen in review videos.

[use-ocmjn]

The reviews don't really give any justice to this car. Went to test drive one and was blown away. Ford have really made a winner 🏆

[mtickner]

Hilarious how you YouTube journalists think £45k is a reasonably priced car 😂

[DangerousDac]

I'm sorry, it's way too expensive, It's ugly, it's such a misguided move on Fords part. I'm still shocked the Fiesta was killed.

[johndinsdale]

So yesterday you criticised the C3e aircross at 25k for having a cheap interior. Today you are lording a 50k id4 rebadge. I guess ford had a larger marketing budget.

[danmayberry]

£50k for screen controls, fingerprinty gloss black, hard plastics everywhere .. hard swerve.

[timmybikester]

I’ve been a Ford man for over 40 years. I never thought I would say it but I prefer the Renault Clio hybrid at half the price. RIP Ford

[ibdam]

Dear Ford, I'm writing this to you from Dearborn, MI USA. Please bring back the Ford Focus, Fusion and Taurus. Do so in Hybride and EV formats. You had a Hybrid Fusion so why stop producing it. Thank you Auto Trader for your always honest reviews.

[Redix]

Hey, I just want to let you know that you did a great job giving an honest review of the car. Well done! I don't like how lazy Ford was by just transferring all the little VW bits, like the window controls. The range is decent, though.

[philth]

The extended range rwd Select model might be 46k rrp but is really cheap on my salary sacrifice scheme. Roughly £100pm less than a standard Model 3. Very tempted to go for it.

[PlastaSin]

4:09 Your ties aren't flush against the seat because of your "Spice Girl" trainers.

Nice review though. Cool.

[holsteincowboy]

using a touch screen is just as dangerous as fiddling with a phone while driving. You have to take your eyes of the road to use both

[beatlessale]

Second hand Enyaq for half the price would be a better bet….if you really wanted an VAG based EV in your life. RIP Focus and Fiesta.