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title: "First Look at 2025 Ford Explorer ST, Platinum"
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published: "2024-02-15T16:52:40+00:00"
modified: "2026-08-19T16:30:30+00:00"
image: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/first-look-at-2025-ford-explorer-st-platinum.jpg"
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# First Look at 2025 Ford Explorer ST, Platinum

By Tim Esterdahl

Published: 2024-02-15T16:52:40+00:00
Updated: 2026-08-19T16:30:30+00:00

![Featured image](<https://pickuptrucktalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/first-look-at-2025-ford-explorer-st-platinum.jpg>)

We got our first look at the 2025 Ford Explorer ST and a Ford Explorer Platinum at the [2024 Chicago Auto Show](<https://www.chicagoautoshow.com/default.html>). Publisher Tim Esterdahl and Managing Editor Jill Ciminillo do a walk around. What do you think? Did they do enough?

 

Check out this [post](<https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2024/02/2025-ford-explorer-revealed-what-you-need-to-know/>) for the details on what’s new for the 2025 Ford Explorer.

## Related vehicle coverage

- [2025 Ford Explorer](<https://pickuptrucktalk.com/vehicles/ford-explorer/2025-ford-explorer/>)

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