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2005 Ford Explorer Xlt on 2040-cars

US $7,995.00
Year:2005 Mileage:137589 Color: Blue /
 Gray
Location:

6904 Johnston Street, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

6904 Johnston Street, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
Advertising:
Fuel Type:E-85/Gasoline
Engine:4.0L V6 12V MPFI SOHC Flexible Fuel
Transmission:5-Speed Automatic
Condition: Used
VIN (Vehicle Identification Number): 1FMZU73KX5UB48153
Stock Num: PL2568
Make: Ford
Model: Explorer XLT
Year: 2005
Exterior Color: Blue
Interior Color: Gray
Options:
  • 4-wheel ABS Brakes
  • ABS and Driveline Traction Control
  • AM/FM stereo
  • Anti-theft alarm system
  • Automatic locking hubs
  • Auxilliary transmission cooler
  • Bucket front seats
  • Cargo area light
  • Center Console: Full with covered storage
  • Chrome grille
  • Clock: In-radio display
  • Cloth seat upholstery
  • Coil front spring
  • Coil rear spring
  • Compass
  • Cruise control
  • Cruise controls on steering wheel
  • Curb weight: 4,480 lbs.
  • Dual illuminated vanity mirrors
  • Electrochromatic rearview mirror
  • External temperature display
  • Fold forward seatback rear seats
  • Four-wheel Independent Suspension
  • Front and rear reading lights
  • Front and rear suspension stabilizer bars
  • Front fog/driving lights
  • Front Ventilated disc brakes
  • Fuel Capacity: 22.5 gal.
  • Fuel Consumption: City: 15 mpg
  • Fuel Consumption: Highway: 20 mpg
  • Fuel Type: Flexible
  • Gross vehicle weight: 5,420 lbs.
  • In-Dash single CD player
  • Independent front suspension classification
  • Independent rear suspension
  • Instrumentation: Low fuel level
  • Leather steering wheel trim
  • Manual front air conditioning
  • Manufacturer's 0-60mph acceleration time (seconds): 8.3 s
  • Max cargo capacity: 86 cu.ft.
  • Metal-look dash trim
  • Metal-look door trim
  • Overall Length: 189.5"
  • Overall Width: 72
  • Overhead console: Full with storage
  • Passenger Airbag
  • Plastic/rubber shift knob trim
  • Power remote driver mirror adjustment
  • Power remote passenger mirror adjustment
  • Power steering
  • Power windows
  • Privacy glass: Deep
  • Rear bench
  • Rear Stabilizer Bar: Regular
  • Regular front stabilizer bar
  • Remote activated exterior entry lights
  • Roof rails
  • Short and long arm front suspension
  • Short and long arm rear suspension
  • Spare Tire Mount Location: Underbody w/crankdown
  • Stability control with anti-roll control
  • Steel spare wheel rim
  • Suspension class: Regular
  • Tachometer
  • Tilt-adjustable steering wheel
  • Tire Pressure Monitoring System
  • Total Number of Speakers: 4
  • Trailer hitch
  • Trip computer
  • Variable intermittent front wipers
  • Vehicle Emissions: LEV
  • Wheel Width: 7
Drive Type: 4WD
Number of Doors: 4 Doors
Mileage: 137589

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These days, the software running a vehicle's myriad of electronic systems seems to be getting nearly as much development focus from automakers as the traditional mechanical parts that keep a car going. Constantly improving that technology requires a lot of experimentation, though, and Ford is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley with the just-opened Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto to make that progress possible. Ford opened its first office in the country's technological hub in 2012 to draw talent and devise ways to deal with vast amounts of sensor data. Apparently, setting up shop in Silicon Valley was deemed a success because the Blue Oval decided to create this new lab in the Stanford Research Park to focus on five areas: connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, customer experience and analytics. Among the center's potential projects, Ford is hoping to develop better natural speech recognition, which is absolutely vital for improving infotainment systems. Assuming the tech eventually works well enough, your voice might even be used to adjust a vehicle's power seats, according to the automaker. The Blue Oval is also letting engineers from Stanford University test autonomous driving algorithms on a self-driving version of the Fusion. In a smaller stakes venture, researchers are working to get a Nest smart thermometer to automatically adjust the temperature at home depending on if an owner's vehicle is leaving or coming back. To really show that its serious about these ventures, Ford hired Dragos Maciuca away from Apple as the center's technical leader. The automaker also wants to have 125 researchers at work there by the end of the year.

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As a segment, fullsize vans are stealth-fighter invisible on most consumers' radar. Visit a dealership for any of the four brands that offer them and you'll be lucky to find even one on display. These are commercial vehicles primarily, even more so than pickup trucks. Vans are the shuttles for plumbers, caterers, carpenters, concrete layers, masons, electricians, florists and flooring, and a huge part of this country's productivity is accomplished using them. At the moment, Ford is the 800-pound gorilla in that room - fully 41 percent of commercial vehicles wear a Blue Oval. So when Ford announced three years ago it would be ditching its commercial bread-and-butter E-Series, it meant the Transit that would be replacing the Econoline had huge, 53-year-old shoes to fill.
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