Body Colored Door Handles [?] on Ex incl a kinda lame Yahoo article about AWD

[isiwibi]

Hey All,

Here's a not-so-serious thread just posted for discussion/speculation about one small aspect of our 2011+ Explorers...

Here's the link to the article if you wanted to check it out: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/putting-wheel-drive-winter-test-165310222.html and a direct link to the image alone:

The Yahoo article does seem/read like a thinly-veiled advertisement for Ford versus a real report on the actual benefits of 4WD/AWD and considering any other makes/models.

I've seen talk on this forum before regarding the 2011+ Ex's door handles being either Black on the Base Model/Police Interceptor or Chrome [covered?] on the XLT/LTD/Sport and thought this image of what I suspect is a Sport [based on the grille/hood badge since it is halfway under snow and the wheels are obscured] might be a sign of what might be available on the MY 2014s[?].

Although, IMHO I still think the Sport would look better if the black-out theme was carried through the door handles and the body-colored/monochromatic handles was limited to the Limited [pun intended] and the Chrome/Silver Door handles [maybe] just for the XLTs...but again that's just my opinion.

What's yours?


Mike [isiwibi]

 

[Bryceb]

Sure those handles are white? When I zoom in, it looks like they are not the same color as the rest of the white paint. Maybe chrome reflecting the white snow?

 

[isiwibi]

Ah, yes...Good Point! You're probably right and I just jumped the gun in assuming they've changed things. [Now if it was a Black Explorer it would've been totally obvious, and I wouldn't even have made this post, LOL!

Oh well, now that I've put it out there, there's no taking it back now!

I just figured the press mules that Ford provides for these tests/articles are usually the newest/latest models with the Manufacturers Plates and such and I guess I was just hopeful that they've made some little changes. Anyhow...