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The current Ford Explorer lineup will get a little smaller in 2010 when FoMoCo drops the Explorer Sport Trac and the Mercury Mountaineer SUV. The move will come when Ford switches the Explorer from a body-on-frame to a unibody platform, suppliers told Automotive News. The unibody 2011 Ford Explorer, based on the D3 platform used on the [...]

Ford’s assembly plant in Chicago will be responsible for building the next-generation version of the Explorer SUV, reports the Chicago Tribunal. Union leaders said that Ford executives agreed to produce the new Explorer at its Chicago facility as a part of a recent deal with the UAW to cut pay and benefits. When asked, Ford said [...]