With this in mind, the Expedition has been thoroughly revised for 2007 to make it a platform for family-friendly adventures. Finally, three-generation families are becoming a substantial part of the vacation picture, so plenty of passenger seats are a necessity, not just a convenience.
Sales of personal watercraft have increased 9.2 percent since 2005, while there will be some 6.3 million households with tow-able recreational campers by 2010. Moreover, Ford notes that the place of the sport-utility in American life isn't going to disappear. Some 84 percent routinely carry more than three passengers behind the front row of seats. Some 60 percent use it to transport outdoor sports gear, while 40 percent of Expedition owners use the vehicle's towing capacity. To start with, Ford's research shows that 92 percent of the Expedition owners use their big SUV for vacations. When it's equipped with four-wheel drive, the Expedition will also get you there whether the road is dry, wet, snowy, or even when there's hardly any road at all.įord reminds us that full-size sport-utilities can still play an important role in our everyday lives. The Expedition offers towing capacities in the 9000-pound range. It carries people, hauls gear, tows boats, and pulls campers. The Expedition is meant for utility, not profiling. But Ford also reminds us that fuel prices have simply chased away the people who really shouldn't have been driving a full-size sport-utility in the first place. But even as you pour 28 gallons of regular unleaded into the Expedition's gas tank, you can take heart in this sport-utility's ability to make a family vacation not only possible but also practical.įord is the first to admit that the sales of full-size, truck-based sport utilities have dropped some 40 percent since 2004 as people turn to smaller, more fuel-efficient, car-based utilities for their daily transportation. When it comes time to fill up the tank, it's not easy to justify a full-size sport utility.
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