EV Rider reviewer Dan Scanlan takes a test drive in a 2026 Ford Explorer Tremor 4WD, basically the police package of this SUV for the civilian who wants to play with serious off-road equipment.
The 2026 is a 2025 refresh of the revamped 2020 model, the Tremor’s new grill getting wider, a copper bar accent across the black honeycomb mesh between LED headlights with strip DRLs. Black alloy wheels, one spoke done in copper, wear off-road oriented 18-inch Bridgestone Dueller A/T rubber. It’s recognizably an Explorer, but with off-road lights flanking the Ford emblem.
Inside, the 2025 refresh of the Explorer eliminated a lot of physical controls – perforated aluminum Bang & Olufsen speaker grills accent doors over more stitched armrests, while dash center, a wider touchscreen that handles almost every infotainment function you wish, albeit some a menu tap or two down. Plush leather and suede seats get heat, cooling and massage, plus more copper stitching and “TREMOR” embroidered in the seat uppers. Captain’s chairs in the second row have great head and leg room with a usable if low rear 2-person bench seat – second and third rows fold flat to really expand space.
There’s a 3-liter EcoBoost V-6 with 400 hp, easily tackling a muddy, pot-holed mud path next to a salt marsh. On the road, in Sport mode, the Explorer seems to pull out of the hole quicker en route to 60 mph in a quick 4.8 seconds. And in corners – all-wheel-drive is invoked in Sport mode – power distribution is sent to the wheels as needed, so it stayed neutral with a little body roll around corners.
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