2017 Ford Explorer Platinum Review: Putting It to the Single-Female Test
I test-drive luxury cars for a living. But with so many women buying Ford Explorers, I had to see what all the fuss was about.
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Earlier this year, IHS Automotive reported that the Ford Explorer is the most preferred midsize SUV for female buyers.
Ford sold 128,952 Explorers nationwide through July of this year, with retail registrations to female buyers up 8 percent over 2015, according to data from IHS Automotive. All told, women have provided 40 percent of Explorer sales in the U.S. for the first half of this year, up from 37 percent in the first half of last year.