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Algie C. Gatling: Life Cycle Analysis Of The Ford Explorer

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Ford Explorer Algie C. Gatling Texas A&M University Central Texas Life Cycle Analysis the Ford Explorer Where the Explorer Originated There is no reference to exactly where the Ford Explorer was originally made. It is safe or nostalgic to say that it was incepted in Dearborn, MI. Ford has manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico and Argentina to name just a few countries (Ford, Staff). The Ford Explorer debuted in 1990 starting with the “91” model. The base model of the Explorer was the XL and the top of the line model was the Eddie Bauer Edition. The Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) was quite popular; in 1990, Ford sold 140,000 Explorers and twice as many in the following year. The Explorer was introduced as a replacement for the Ford Bronco II. (Udy, 2014) Ford must have had a psychic on the payroll; by 1994 the Ford Bronco II was the most infamous vehicle to roll off of a Ford assembly line. The Resources Used to Design and Manufacture the Ford Explorer …show more content…

The concept of a versatile off-road ready family vehicle is what garnered consumer interest. Originally it started with a V-6, then a V-8 engine and continued to evolve to the more modern version of the six-cylinder engine that it has today. Ford continued to improve the Explorer with independent suspension and rollover preventive measures. Even though studies had proven that the majority of rollovers were due to operator error. The rest were due to faulty tires manufactured by Firestone in the 1990s. Ford Explorer were the first SUVs to have front airbags come as part of the standard vehicle package as well as the high mounted stop lamp in the rear of the vehicle (Jablansky,

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