There was a report in this morning's paper saying that Ford will change the Explorer to a car-based vehicle at the next major update in three years. It said that the new Explorer would be based on the same platform as the 500 and Freestyle. This sounds like the plan is to do a major upgrade to the Freestyle and call it an Explorer. It seems reasonable given the plunging sales figures for the Explorer and Freestyle. Could be the plan is to sell Expeditions to those wanting a truck base.
Anyone have more information about this?