That guy who does the review, "Raities" does good reviews but I hate it when they bow to the pressure of the OEM by suckholing.
I watched his review of the 2025 Tahoe/Suburban, in it he specifically points out how he loves the fact that Chevrolet went paint all the way down the fender and didn't cheap out with a ugly plastic trim. But here he says he loves the black plastic trim.
In all the years owning an Explorer and being on these forums I have never heard anyone say they wanted to paint the roof black, seems odd Ford thinks its a customer want and charges $5000 for it.
Interior is nicer then current model but 13" screen is small by today's standard.
Too many deleted options with supply chain issues no other OEM seems to have.
The showstopper for me is the wheel design and colour. Ford chooses to market the ST as a "Blacked Out" trim but throws in grey wheels as only option?....WTF .......that colour is nowhere else on the vehicle. Plus the little things like the Mustang with black wheels gets black OE lugnuts but here the ST gets chrome?.....I thought this was "Blackout"
Every other Ford model with "Blackout" gets black Ford ovals......my kids Escape with BlackPak has black Ford badging, but the $60,000 Explorer gets Blue Ovals?
The biggest issue Ford faces with any Explorer is the Quality Control or lack there of. Chicago Assembly has huge issues and no matter what they change there will still be issues.
Too bad really but this reveal has been my ultimate deciding factor for a 2025 Tahoe RST in the summer.