福特新款锐界ST是一款功率达到250千瓦/335马力的高性能SUV。这款车具备高性能车的外观特性，从内到外，还有动力强劲的引擎，当然，这不会是福特系列中唯一一款高性能车型。最近谍照记者拍到了探险者ST照片。虽然车身进行了重度伪装，几乎遮住了整个车身，包括格栅和前大灯都被遮的严严实实，但仍能看出一些细节。它的车身姿态更具侵略性，轮圈更大，这体现了其性能的突出。而尾灯组也采用了全新灯条设计，让这款车看起来更显档次。计划于2020年发布的第六代探险者预计整个系列都将有大幅升级。新车采用更灵活的CD6平台，后轮驱动。新车将提供六种引擎，其中2.3升四缸引擎取自现行版，而据传还将搭载取自F-150皮卡的新的3.3升V6引擎。当然，ST版本将搭载动力最强劲引擎。该车有望搭载一台3.0升V6双涡轮引擎，搭载相同引擎的林肯大陆功率超过298千瓦/400马力，扭矩542牛米。这将超过现行版探险者运动版的272千瓦/365马力和474牛米。新一代探险者将于明年发布，而ST版本则要晚一些上市。

 

Ford Explorer ST With 400+ HP Spied For The First Time

The new Ford Edge ST is the 335-horsepower (250-kilowatt) hot SUV that was truly unexpected. Complete with performance styling cues, both inside and out, and a more powerful engine, it won’t be the only SUV in the lineup to get the treatment. Reports suggest that an Explorer ST is also on the way – and now we have images to prove it.

 

Though it’s well covered up, this is what appears to be the new Ford Explorer ST. Camouflage covers nearly every inch of the body, and the grille and headlights are under mesh, but there are still some key details that might give away the SUV’s performance credentials. Its more aggressive stance and larger wheels and tires point to performance. The taillights, too, feature an all-new light bar design that gives the Explorer a more unique look.

 

Scheduled to make its debut sometime in 2020, the sixth-generation Ford Explorer is expected to receive some significant updates throughout the range. A flexible new CD6 platform will be at the heart of it all, with a rear-wheel-drive bias. Four engines will be available for the sixth-gen SUV. The 2.3-liter four-cylinder currently offered will carry over, and rumor has it that the new 3.3-liter V6 found on the F-150 will too. The most powerful engine, though, will come on the range-topping ST trim.

 

A powerful 3.0-liter biturbo V6 is the most likely candidate for the high-powered ST model, and will undoubtedly deliver more than the 400 hp (298 kW) and 400 pound-feet (542 Newton-meters) of torque found in the Lincoln Continental with the same engine. It should be a vast improvement over the current 365 hp (272 kW) and 350 lb-ft (474 Nm) of torque found on the Sport model.

 

Expect to see the new Explorer sometime in 2019, and the ST model later down the line.