Ford Explorer Sport Trac (also abbreviated to Ford Sport Trac ) is a truck manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for North America. The first mid-size pickup truck produced by Ford, Sport Trac is marketed from 2001 to model year 2010 (past model year 2006). The size between the Ranger (variant cabin crews sold outside of North America) and the F-150, Sport Trac mostly compete with cabin-crew variants of Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon, Dodge Dakota, Nissan Frontier, and Toyota Tacoma.
Produced over two generations, the Ford Explorer Sport Trac shares the chassis and many parts of the Ford Explorer SUV (with pickup truck beds specially designed for the model track). All production is sourced from the Louisville Assembly Plant in Louisville, Kentucky (taking the place of the Ford Ranger).
When Ford developed the fifth-generation Ford Explorer SUV for the 2011 model year, Sport Trac was removed from the model line, with production ending in October 2010. Originally expelled from North America, the global Ford Ranger entered production at the end. 2018. Moving from the compact segment to the middle segment, the Ranger SuperCrew 2019 will serve the same market function as the Ford Explorer Sport Trac.
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First generation (2001-2005)
Introduced in February 2000 as a model in early 2001, the Ford Explorer Sport Trac was introduced. Although marketed as a variant of the Ford Explorer SUV model line, Sport Trac is functionally a mid-size pickup truck cabin crew. Built among Ford Ranger SuperCab (Ford Rangers Ford was never marketed in North America) and the F-150 SuperCrew, Sport Trac became Ford's first pickup truck. In terms of layout, Sport Trac is followed by Chevrolet Avalanche and Honda Ridgeline, both of which are cabin pickup trucks coming from SUVs.
Chassis
Ford Explorer Sport Trac share Ford UN105 platform with second generation Ford Explorer. To accommodate the addition of a pickup bed, the Explorer Sport Trac wheelbase is extended from 111.6 inches to 125.9 inches (matching the Ford Ranger SuperCab). Like the Ford Explorer and Ford Explorer Sport, the rear-wheel drive is standard, with the ControlTrac four-wheel drive as an optional powertrain configuration. When the 5.0L V8 ends production, 210 hp SOHC 4.0L V6 is the only machine on offer. The five speed manual transmission is standard, with a five-speed automatic transmission available as an option.
During the 2001 model, the 4.0L V6 underwent a revision, shifting from the intake manifold alloy to the composite design; the oil filler cap switches the location from the driver's side to the passenger side of the engine. For 2002, the chassis was given four-wheel disc brakes (replacing the rear drum brakes); the fuel tank is enlarged from 20 gallons to 22 gallons.
Body
Built on an extended Ford Explorer chassis, the Sport Trac is built using parts of three Ford vehicles, with the addition of a model-specific pickup truck bed. Dividing front fascia and fender with Explorer Sport two-door, four-door cabin built from Ford Explorer four-door (with modified back door). Designed specifically for Sport Trac, a 50-inch long pickup is built entirely from plastic composite materials; tailgate divided by Ford F-150 SuperCrew. To add additional loading space for shortened pickup beds, Ford offers a metal load loading tool for use with a truck bed. Other options include a removable hard-tonneau plastic cover for the pickup bed.
Sharing its interior with a two-door Explorer and four doors (which share many dashboards with Ranger), Sport Trac retains the folding rear seat of the four-door Explorer to expand its storage space. The full rubber floor is standard (as in a pickup truck based), with a berber-style floor carpet. Sport Trac is configured with a retractable "Breezeway" rear window (the latest feature Ford used in the 1965 Mercury line) instead of the sliding window at the rear.
During 2002, several changes were made to the exterior badging, with "Explorer" removed from the door and "Sport Trac" (on the back door) turned into chrome, from red/white plastic. In another revision, the B-pillar is converted from black to body color. For 2004, the gray bumper and the dark side skirt; the new option offers bumpers and side skirts of color-body.
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In line with the fourth-generation Ford Explorer four-door, starting in 2002, the Ford Explorer Sport Trac is offered in XLS trim levels (steel wheels, cloth seats) and XLT trim levels (alloy wheels, leather upholstery). Second generation (2007-2010) Second generation >
In 2006, Ford released the second generation Ford Explorer Sport Trac. After adopting the 2006 model year, new designs were released for the 2007 model year. Adopting many of Ford Explorer/Mercury Mountaineer 2006 design anniversaries, Sport Trac received a redesigned frame and the introduction of several safety features, including stability control and active rollover protection (named AdvanceTrac and Roll Stability Control by Ford, respectively).
Chassis
The second generation Ford Explorer Sport Trac shares Ford U251 chassis with fourth generation Ford Explorer. As part of the redesign, the wheelbase is extended to 130.5 inches (4.6 inches longer than previous generations). In a break from its predecessor, Sport Trac 2007 adopted an independent four-wheel suspension from Ford Explorer; with the exception of Honda Ridgeline and Hummer H1, Sport Trac became the first pickup truck with such a suspension layout.
As a standard engine, the second-generation Sport Trac retains the 4.0L V6 from its predecessor. For the first time, Sport Trac offers the V8 engine option, offering 292 hp 4.6L 24-valve Modular V8 from Ford Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer. The five-speed manual transmission is stopped, with a five-speed automatic being standard equipment with a 4.0L V6; 4.6L V8 is equipped with six-speed automatic transmission.
Body
Again derived from the extended Ford Explorer, the second generation Sport Trac comes from the Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with plastic truck pickup truck bed. Because the two-door Ford Explorer Sport was discontinued in 2003, the second-generation Sport Trac adopted a four-door Explorer front fascia. In a minor style shift, while the large front fender flare is drawn, the rear is kept, laid out similar to the FlareSide Fl-150 pickup bed (from which Sport Trac comes from taillamps).
Most share the rear doors with Ford Explorer (with the lack of rear wheel pieces at lower angles, due to the longer wheelbase), Sport Trac maintains Hofmeister's tap in the rear quarter window. As with its predecessor, Sport Trac maintains a retractable "breezeway" rear window.
For 2008, the Adrenaline appearance package (see below) was added, along with the addition of SYNC as an infotainment media system.
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Unlike the Explorer SUV, the second-generation Sport Trac is offered with just two trim levels, both common for Explorer. In Sport Trac, XLT (mid-range in Explorer) serves as a standard trim level, with Limited portion as an enhanced trim level. Along with the standardization of many of the optional features of XLT, monochromatic Limited replaces chrome grille and XLT's lower body trim with grille and body-color trim.
During the development of the second-generation Sport Trac, Ford SVT developed the Sport Trac Adrenaline. Supported by a supercharged version of the 4.6L V8 (yielding 390 hp), Adrenaline is intended as the 2007 successor to the F-150 Lightning pickup truck. As part of The Way Forward, the Sport Trac Adrenaline project was canceled. For 2008, Adrenaline became part of the Sport Trac model line as the preferred package. While the SVT-supercharged V8 is not included, many design elements of the model are included, including black lights, black grille, model-specific bumper, model-specific front fenders (differentiated by side vents), monochromatic interior trims, integrated walking boards, and velg 20 inches. Maps Ford Explorer Sport Trac
See also
- Ford Explorer
References
- "Demands Met: Ford says V8, cabin space is key to Sport Trac change". AutoWeek . Retrieved April 10, 2006 . Ã,
External links
Media related to Ford Explorer Sport Trac on Wikimedia Commons
- Trac Sports Owner Club is Trac's Sports Owner and Sports Owner
- Trac's Sports Owner Club: Facebook Discussion Board
- Trac's Sports Owner Club: Ford Truck & amp; Blog SUV
- MySportTrac.com is a trac fan sports website
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