UKExploder
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- March 23, 2007
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- City, State
- near Liverpool,in the Wirral {England}
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1994 Limited, US spec.
2008 X features.....
1st things 1st, a Escape and a Maverick are not the same vehicle, a Maverick is sort of a Nissan Terrano-like FORD.{ A diesel optioned UK Explorer} (pull up "UK Ford Maverick" on a google search then you'll see the difference) Your 1st gen. will last as long as you keep it up mate.....be that 10 or 30-40 yrs......and what 1 person calls a "real 4x4" is as different as people are different....
I hear you, but my 1st gen (1992) won't last forever, though I give it a lot of care. So, would an Escape (called a Maverick in the UK, I believe) be a better choice for a "real" 4X4?
I would really like to see a picture of the 2009 (redesigned?) Explorer.
Frankly, I don't see the point of making the next Explorer a unibody design. Cost savings? Fuel economy? But... The Freestyle (now Taurus X) which is a unibody built on the XC-90 platform, gets about the same fuel economy, within 2 mpg, and costs more than the Explorer.
Bob
1st things 1st, a Escape and a Maverick are not the same vehicle, a Maverick is sort of a Nissan Terrano-like FORD.{ A diesel optioned UK Explorer} (pull up "UK Ford Maverick" on a google search then you'll see the difference) Your 1st gen. will last as long as you keep it up mate.....be that 10 or 30-40 yrs......and what 1 person calls a "real 4x4" is as different as people are different....