The 2025 Ford Explorer will get an update in the middle of its model cycle that cuts the number of types from eight to four. The new Base Active costs $2765 more than the base model from last year, but it starts at $41,220 and comes with a lot more good features. Prices have gone down for the Platinum ($53,120) and the ST-Line ($45,980), but the 400-hp ST’s starting price has gone up from $5,100 to $56,800. Ford has changed the prices and added garden shears to the 2025 Explorer range. The Explorer also has a new look and a better infotainment system. The 400-hp sport-tuned ST costs a little more than $5,000, but the base price of the 2018 Explorer is almost $3,000 more than it was last year. The Platinum and ST-Line trim levels, on the other hand, are about $4200 and $2600 less expensive. Let’s talk about it. How much the 2025 Ford Explorer costs? There used to be eight trim options for the Explorer: Base, XLT, ST-Line, Limited, Timberline, ST, King Ranch, and Platinum. Only four will be made for the 2025 model year, with the new Active trim being the base model. The last three are the ST-Line, the Platinum, and the ST. They are listed from least expensive to most expensive. The Active takes the place of the Base and XLT. The Base came out last year and cost $38,455. The 2025 Explorer Active starts at $41,220, which is $2765 more than the 2024 model. However, it comes with a much better set of basic features. Every Active model comes with new styling on the outside and inside, as well as a 13.2-inch touchscreen that shows the new Ford Digital Experience infotainment system, a fully digital 12.3-inch gauge cluster, a 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat, heated front seats, a power liftgate, and a trailer tow package. In 2025, the ST-Line starts at $45,980, which is $2,615 less than the year before. The new look and better technology in the Explorer help this car, and you can get it with the $3735 Street package. The ST’s 21-inch Magnetite-painted wheels and the higher trim’s improved brakes with red-painted calipers are both part of this. The Premium option ($2740) is part of the Street package for rear-drive cars. It adds ambient interior lighting, heated second-row seats, rain-sensing windshield wipers, and a third row-that can be folded down automatically. To get all-wheel drive, you have to choose the ST-Line Street choice that doesn’t come with Premium equipment, which costs $2995. Before 2024, the Explorer’s Platinum trim level, which costs at least $57,310, was the most expensive. As of 2018, the starting price has dropped from $4,190 to $53,120. This is partly because the 400-horsepower twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6 engine has been replaced with a 300-horsepower turbo 2.3-liter four. The second engine is still a possibility, though, since it comes with the $4,615 Ultimate package that includes quilted leather seats and 21-inch wheels. This more luxurious interior is part of the $1695 Lux Leather package, but it doesn’t come with the engine update. The last car is the Explorer ST, which is designed for speed. Its starting price goes up from $51,700 in 2018 to $56,800 in 2025. A Ford spokesman told Invoice Pricing that the $5100 price rise is because of items that were once optional but are now standard on the ST Street, Premium Technology, and ST High packages. The 2025 Explorer ST can have a black roof, just like the ST-Line and Platinum models. This choice costs $4895. For an extra $2,000, the Explorer Active and Platinum models can come with all-wheel drive. It also comes with rear-wheel drive.
