2013 Ford Explorer: The Explorer Sport boasts charcoal black leather seating, which can be ordered with contrasting Sienna inserts. Sport models gain unique steering wheel stitching, new instrument panel appliqués, floor mats with the Sport logo, and illuminated door sill plates. Yet the Explorer Sport isn’t just about show. While other Explorer models make do with a turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4 or a naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6.
The Explorer Sport is only offered with Ford’s twin-turbocharged, EcoBoost 3.5-liter V-6. Press materials note the engine makes “at least 350 horsepower,” but fail to give a definite specification. In the 2013 Flex, that engine is good for 355 hp at 5700 rpm and 350 lb-ft of torque from 1500 through 5250 rpm. In the 2013 Taurus SHO, the horsepower figure rises to 365 hp @ 5500 rpm.
2013 Ford Explorer
2013 Ford Explorer Interior
2013 Ford Explorer
2013 Ford Explorer