Ford Explorer (United States of America, 2011-present)

Accompanied by a major social media campaign, the Explorer 2011 was unveiled on July 26th, 2010, on New York’s Herald Square. The fifth generation has a monocoque structure based on the D4 platform. Ford claims the 2011 Explorer has the best fuel economy in its class and its driving dynamics and terrain management system was improved. Safety systems and infotechnologies were also contemplated in this generation's updates.

With the new Explorer 2011, Ford attempts to follow the footsteps of the first Explorer, which is regarded as iconic in the sense that it changed the American way of driving, pioneering a large market for sports utility vehicles and being the bestselling SUV in the mid-size segment over years.