{"id":439592,"date":"2010-03-17T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/17\/reader-spy-next-ford-explorer-with-lincoln-esque-grille-caught\/"},"modified":"2010-03-17T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T14:30:00","slug":"reader-spy-next-ford-explorer-with-lincoln-esque-grille-caught-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/439592","title":{"rendered":"Reader Spy: Next Ford Explorer with Lincoln-esque grille caught in LA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Spy Photos<\/a>, SUV<\/a>, Crossover<\/a>, Ford<\/a>, Lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n

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Lincoln-grilled 2011 Ford Explorer spy shot – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nGranted, these aren’t the clearest set of spy photos you’re going to see this week. Regardless, they are interesting as they show what appears to be a next-gen 2011 Ford Explorer<\/a> with the familiar face of the current Lincoln<\/a> lineup grafted in place. Sure, it’s not terribly surprising to see a luxurious Lincoln created from a more pedestrian Ford<\/a> product – it happens all the time – but why the Explorer?<\/p>\n

Consider that Lincoln already offers a pair of crossovers that are based on existing Ford models, namely the MKX<\/a> and the MKT<\/a>. Consider too that the next Explorer will migrate to a smaller, car-based crossover platform… and one wonders just how many CUVs the Lincoln brand could support.<\/p>\n

So, just what is this camo’d vehicle we see roaming the streets? Could it be a new Navigator<\/a> (or a revival of the ex-Explorer-based Aviator), just a cobbled together mule from spare parts that doesn’t have any production intent whatsoever, or something new altogether? Beats us. Feel free to take a look at the pictures and judge for yourselves. Thanks for the images,<\/span> George!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Gallery: Ford Explorer spy shots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reader Spy: Next Ford Explorer with Lincoln-esque grille caught in LA?<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Spy Photos, SUV, Crossover, Ford, Lincoln Lincoln-grilled 2011 Ford Explorer spy shot – Click above for high-res image gallery Granted, these aren’t the clearest set of spy photos you’re going to see this week. Regardless, they are interesting as they show what appears to be a next-gen 2011 Ford Explorer with the familiar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439592\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}