With little more than three years behind him, the 2023 Ford Explorer has undergone a slight facelift, although for now it has only been seen on the outside and especially the Chinese model. Some very interesting aesthetic improvements that have given it an important extra presence as these interesting spy photos show.
The sixth generation of ford explorer premiered in 2019 in the United States, an important model to which the blue oval brand gave a global production role, taking it to China and also to Europe. In this market, it is especially important, since It is only offered with a plug-in hybrid mechanics, with a large interior space and a brutal towing capacity. The key model that the brand has been missing in the Old Continent for a long time and that the Edge was able to cover.
With an elegant and sporty design, thanks to spy photos, we can see how the Ford division in China has applied some changes in the exterior aesthetic plane. The Explorer is marketed in the Asian giant thanks to an alliance that the American firm maintains with those of Changan, using the Hangzhou facility for the production of this model to Chinese specifications. Some changes that have not transformed the image, but just enough to make the air more modern and sophisticated.
Significant improvements receive the Ford Explorer Facelift 2023 for China
Just look for a few moments to appreciate that the front of the Explorer is different from the model sold in the United States and Europe. The headlights are thinner and narrower, premiering a new light signature with a bead of LEDs that extends along all outer edges and it also enters the radiator grille extending along the upper edge, which serves as a union with the headlight on the opposite side. What’s more, the grille also differsboth in the more vertical design, and in the sportier finish.
Even the bumper also presents some new lines, with chrome vertical strips as Asians like this decoration so much. The Explorer retains her name on the edge of the hood. At the opposite pole of the SUV, the news is not as visible, but the advance reveals that the rear will change more than necessary. Pilots now transform into very generously sized headlamps, extending into the tailgate and premiering a new light signature. An improvement that presents a cleaner design reinforcing the horizontality thanks to a chrome strip.
Eye, because the interior has also changed. now one large touch screen occupies the dashboard like in the recently new Ford Evos, attached to the instrument panel under the classic visor. In addition, the most eldorado aspect is also appreciated in the new center console design, with slimmer air vents and new switches. A radical transformation more on the inside than on the outside, but which we hope will also reach Europe in the middle of next year 2023, taking advantage of the pertinent half-life facelift that it has to offer.
Source: Automotive Journal