The refreshed 2025 Ford Explorer debuted in early February sporting a host of updates, but also, a few surprising omissions. Aside from the lack of a hybrid powerplant option for retail consumers, that list also included the off-road-focused Timberline that joined the lineup in 2021. However, that particular model was always expected to rejoin the lineup at some point, though for some time, it seemed likely to diverge from the rest in terms of styling. Shortly thereafter, The Blue Oval threw us a bit of a curveball when we learned that it was ditching the Timberline for this – the 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor that was just spotted testing for the very first time.
The 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor will indeed follow the recently-revealed 2025 Ford Expedition Tremor in retiring the Timberline nameplate amid a bit of a strategy shift, even though the latter model isn’t much different than last year’s Timberline in terms of equipment. Regardless, there are some notable features present on this 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor prototype – including its front end, which largely mirrors the Chinese Explorer Timberline in terms of appearances, save for the presence of fog lights – which the China-exclusive model doesn’t have and are also different than the ones present on the current North American 2025 Explorer.
Otherwise, there aren’t too many styling differences between this 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor and the outgoing Timberline, as both sport the same wheels, albeit different tires. This prototype is equipped with Dueller A/T Revo 3 rubber, as opposed to the Bridgestone all-terrain tires that were used on the Timberline. In terms of what we can expect to see under the skin, it’s fairly safe to assume that the 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor will follow the Expedition Tremor’s footsteps in retaining most of what the old Timberline had to offer.
If that is the case, it means that the 2025 Ford Explorer Tremor will offer customers slightly more ground clearance than the regular Explorer models thanks to those beefier tires, along with improved approach and departure angles, a variety of steel skid plates, specially-tuned shocks and springs, a unique steering calibration, a Torsen limited-slip differential, Terrain Management System with Hill Descent Control, and some unique touches inside and out. Regardless, we should learn many more details about the new Explorer Tremor very soon.
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Hope they offer the V6 instead of the 4 which would be a better match for the offroad version of the Explorer.