Ford increasing EcoBoost power

hellfirehydra wrote:
Not going to lie, I'd love for the wife to get a Ford SUV with 475ft/lbs of torque! I bet they are a hoot to drive. Anyone have an idea of what the explorers actually sell for in a mid level trim these days?

I'm a wife and I have a 2016 Explorer Sport with the EcoBoost (so, 2nd highest trim level I guess, behind the Platinum), bought in July for around $42,000, which was invoice price. I test drove a fully loaded one with a sticker of close to $50k. Mine doesn't have every single bell and whistle (namely no power liftgate or sunroof and a bench second row vs captain's chairs) but it's pretty fully loaded otherwise. Used ones that were a few years old with 20-30k miles were in the 37-38k range which is why I opted for brand new.

I'm close to 18,000 miles in, and I love love love it. It's a blast to drive and it looks really nice, I have the charcoal gray "Magnetic" color, with full window tints. It was my daily until April, when we decided to get a Fusion commuter car (also with an EcoBoost!) to share. I get around 21mpg with combined back roads/stop and go driving. I was getting close to 25 when on a multi-state road trip. My previous was a 2013 Edge with a 3.5 and I got only slightly better mileage on that....like .5-1 more, and this Explorer has way more guts than that Edge did. My only minor complaint is that it really does need Premium fuel, so that hurts a bit... not as much now that I don't drive it every day.