| 1990 | May 4, 1990 - Explorer is the first serious challenge to the four-door Cherokee, popular among yuppies and suburban families - and starts about $1000 less. ``Clearly the Explorer is a good vehicle and the Cherokee got hurt a little,'' says auto analyst Christopher Cedergren at JD Power ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55992912.html?dids=55992912:55992912&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+04%2C...R...Ford+Explorer...
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| 1995 | Jun 21, 1995 - Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that the Mercury Mountaineer, a luxury version of the Ford Explorer, might be built at its assembly plant in Hazelwood. ... Color Photo by Sam Leone/Post-Dispatch - Ford Motor Co. employee Linda Wilford installs door locks in a Ford Explorer at the company's ... docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SL/lib00171,0EB0831532A3D5AC.html
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| 1996 | Aug 18, 1996 - The Mountaineer is Lincoln-Mercury's upscale version of the best-selling Ford Explorer and the first sport-ute offered by the division. ... "I toyed with buying a Ford Explorer for about a year," said [Landa] Leichtling, a mother of two and a credit collection manager for a local water ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/17416750.html?dids=17416750:17416750&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+18%2C...to...
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| 1999 | Mar 2, 1999 - In the test results released today, a Chevrolet Lumina mid-size sedan, a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle, a Chevrolet S-10 pickup and a Dodge Caravan mini-van were each crashed at 35 miles an hour into the front driver's-side corners of Honda Accord sedans moving in nearly the ... www.nytimes.com/1999/03/02/us/study-cites-fatal-design-of-sport-utility-vehicles.html
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| 2000 | Sep 16, 2000 - A month ago, Ford officials had said that the pressure would be 30 pounds in the front and in the rear for the new Explorer. ... Extra tire capacity to carry weight is needed because Ford will start offering a third row of seats in the Explorer, he added. Mr. Baughman said that Ford ... www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/business/questions-raised-about-ford-explorer-s-margin-of-safety.html? pagewanted=2
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| 2001 | Jun 1, 2001 - THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: We have not heard the last of the problems between Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford. ... premium.edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0106/01/lad.01.html
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| 2002 | Feb 13, 2002 - By DANNY HAKIM. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today denied a request by Bridgestone/Firestone to investigate safety defects in the Ford Explorer, saying crash data indicated that the Explorer was not markedly different from comparable sport utility vehicles. ... www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/business/safety-agency-rejects-request-to-investigate-ford-explorer.html
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| 2004 | Aug 10, 2004 - Aug. 10--Sport-utility vehicles fared worse than passenger cars in the federal government's latest rollover ratings, with the Ford Explorer Sport Trac posting the lowest score of all models. The Explorer Sport Trac, an SUV with an open cargo bed like a pickup truck, scored two stars ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-8845340.html
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| 2005 | Dec 28, 2005 - Since its debut in 1991, Ford has sold more than 5.5 million Explorers. So when Ford selected Lake Placid for its ride-and-drive Explorer debut for journalists because of the company's sponsorship of the Ironman Triathlon Competition, recently held there, it didn't come as a surprise. ... www.businessweek.com/autos/content/dec2005/bw20051228_580952.htm
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| 2006 | Jan 24, 2006 - Jan. 24--Detroit's hard-pressed auto industry is reeling in an icon of the 1990s' automotive excess. Dogged by dismal sales of the Explorer SUV, Ford said Monday it will close its main Explorer plant in St. Louis. It's part of a wider plan by Ford to idle 30000 workers, shut 14 plants ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-12445756.html
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