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Ready for some Texas-size Reed Factor automotive news you can use? The Lone Star state is proving that everything is bigger in Texas, including their desire for sport utility vehicles. While demand for Ford SUVs is climbing across the United States, drivers from El Paso to Houston continue to show why Texas drivers are so crucial to automakers’ SUV portfolios.
Ford is celebrating its position as the best-selling vehicle brand in Texas by unveiling to crowds at the State Fair of Texas four new special-edition models designed to give buyers of large SUVs more options in the vehicles they love.
The four 2019 new special-editions available in the United States are Expedition Stealth Edition, Expedition Texas Edition, Explorer Limited Luxury Edition and Explorer Desert Copper Edition
Texas is known for loving their Ford SUVs and Ford Trucks, The SUVs are on their way to setting another record year in 2018 following 37 percent growth over the past six years. The Ford Expedition is most popular among Texans, with a 95 percent year-over-year spike in August; one in four Expeditions sold in the United States is sold in Texas.
“Texans love their SUVs and these four special-edition models were created very much with them in mind,” said Craig Patterson, large SUV marketing manager at Ford. “Each of these vehicles is a proof point that Ford takes seriously the need to continuously freshen an SUV lineup that is so popular with so many.”
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Where else would you show off the new Ford SUVs other than the Texas State Fair? All four new special-edition models are shown at the Texas State Fair, which opened this weekend, September 28- October 21, 2018. These beautiful masterpieces will be available for order later this year.
Expedition Stealth Edition
The Expedition Stealth Edition features a black gloss like color for the accessories, for a more unique appearance over the current Limited Series. It travels on a 22-inch premium black-painted aluminum wheels, which also has continuously controlled damping. Gloss-black features include grille, mirror caps, roof rails, running boards, tailgate appliqué, rear bumper skid plate and hitch cover, headlamp housing, fog lamp bezels and taillamp housing. A Black “Expedition” badging adorns the front, and the tailgate features a black “Limited” badge. Door handles are body color, and red interior stitching accents the interior.
Expedition Texas Edition
The Expedition Texas Edition adds 22-inch wheels to the vehicle. The new Texas Edition badging to build upon the existing Special Edition Package available for Limited models that already offers a collection of features to make hauling, towing and parking easier. These include the Cargo Package, Heavy-Duty Trailer Tow Package and enhanced active park assist.
Explorer Limited Luxury Edition
The Explorer Limited Luxury Edition comes with customizable options. It offers available appearance upgrades on the Limited series. The Explorer owners can opt for 20-inch premium painted machined aluminum wheels, multi-contour seats with Active Motion®, Nirvana leather seats with micro-perforation, an upgraded leather steering wheel, door trim with leather inserts and chrome mirror caps.
Explorer Desert Copper Edition
Explorer Desert Copper Edition upgrades an XLT model to include 20-inch polished aluminum wheels, chrome mirror caps, Ebony Black leather-trimmed first- and second-row seats and door trim panel. The interior features copper highlights and stitching and Ebony Black vinyl third-row seats with copper accents.
More and more people are turning to SUVs thanks to increasing technology that allows you to have a vehicle with the same or more power of a sedan, with the extra room and comfort of an SUV.
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