Does your family need a vehicle that everyone will enjoy? Are you a busy mother, father, grandparent, or guardian looking for a reliable and modern SUV that’ll stand the test of time? Do you want a new SUV that’ll change your daily routine? If you answered yes to any of these questions, or you’re generally looking for something new in your life, consider picking up a Ford Explorer for sale in Milan. The Ford Explorer is one of the most family-centric midsize SUVs for its price, and today we’ve put together a list of the features we believe matter the most regarding your family’s well-being—safety, entertainment, and comfort will all be covered, so let’s get into it.
Keeping the Family Safe
Ford is known for its unmatched quality. Ford’s quality shines through every vehicle the company produces, and it’s why the phrase "Built Ford Tough" has rung through the ears of Americans for generations. Keeping everyone safe is a priority when driving, whether it’s your wife or husband in the passenger seat and your kids seated in the back. The Explorer stands up well in crash tests, but Ford goes further to actively avoid collisions with pedestrians and other drivers.
The only way for a vehicle to be safe from damage is to not be damaged. As trivial as it sounds, what we mean is that modern vehicles like the Ford Explorer have a collection of active safety tech features. These features can work wonders in shielding you from collisions, greatly boosting the feeling of security in you and your passengers. It’s a feeling that goes wherever you go, whether it’s on the way to work or driving through the morning traffic in Milan to get the kids to school. Let’s dive a bit deeper into these features.
The base level 2025 Explorer comes standard with Ford Co-Pilot360 Assist+, with Co-Pilot360 Assist 2.0 standard on the higher trims. Ford Co-Pilot360 Assist+ is the perfect standard safety suite because it ships with the fundamental features that we feel have the best chance of reducing collisions. We’ll break some of these features down more individually, but the ones that come standard with the Explorer include Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking and Auto High-Beam headlamps. A Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) with Cross-Traffic Alert also comes standard, joined by a Lane-Keeping System and more.
Pre-Collision Assist With Automatic Emergency Braking
Drivers must always be vigilant of their surroundings and ready to apply the brakes at a moment’s notice. Fail to brake in time, and disaster can strike. The problem is that sometimes a driver may take their eyes off the road. Whether it’s changing the radio station, grabbing their drink from the beverage holder, or putting on their sunglasses to avoid the glare from the sun, simple tasks that take your eyes off of the road can result in accidents. Whether you hit a pedestrian or another vehicle, you’re at fault, never mind the possible damage you can inflict on others.
To help prevent collisions, the Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking feature is designed to warn you if you need to hit the brakes. It will go one step further and apply them automatically if you fail to do so in time. The system activates if your car is dangerously close to striking a vehicle or pedestrian, and it keeps everyone around your car and your family within the car safe from collisions.
BLIS With Cross-Traffic Alert
BLIS with Cross-Traffic Alert is another feature we believe goes hand-in-hand with the Pre-Collision Assist system when it comes to keeping your loved ones safe. If your kids are sitting in the back seat of the car, they’re seated closest to your SUV’s blind spot. Being seated near the blind spot also means that when you’re reversing your vehicle out of a parking space, the area of the car where your kids are seated is the first to emerge from the spot. If you’re backing into a busy parking lot, that can be more dangerous for your kids than anything.
It’s commendable that Ford gives Explorer owners BLIS at no extra cost because other manufacturers have been known to withhold this feature until you spend more money. BLIS utilizes radars positioned on the sides of the Explorer. If a vehicle is driving in your blindspot, you’ll see an illuminated icon in your side mirror—cars on the left-hand side activate the icon on the left side mirror, and vice versa for the right. Cross-Traffic Alert is a feature that uses the same sensors to display warnings about vehicles passing behind you when you are in reverse, which makes it safer for your kids seated in the back when you’re reversing the car.
Keeping Everyone Comfortable and Content
Road trips used to be nothing short of boring and uncomfortable for passengers in the backseats of station wagons and town cars. Nowadays, in midsize SUVs like the 2025 Explorer, manufacturers have placed the wants and needs of passengers at the top with the type of comfort and convenience regularly reserved for the captain of the ship. For example, the Explorer comes standard with tri-zone automatic climate controls.
Traditional climate control had one setting for the entire cabin. Nowadays, the vents in a vehicle are broken down into zones. The 2025 Explorer has standard tri-zone controls, including separate zones for the driver, front passenger, and back seats. It gets better for second-row passengers because heated second-row seats are standard on every trim but the base Active, which is helpful for the occasional cool morning in the winter.
Now that you know the 2025 Explorer has what it takes to keep the family comfortable, does it have what it takes to keep them occupied? As a parent, you know that kids these days get most of their entertainment through devices like smartphones, tablets, game consoles, laptops, and more. Keeping the family occupied is as simple as keeping them connected to the internet and power flowing to their batteries.
To handle your family’s device charging, the second and third rows each have a pair of standard USB-C ports—an additional three USB-C ports and one USB-A port are up front. There’s more than enough power to go around, especially with the wireless phone charging pad and 110V outlet that are optional on the ST-Line and standard on the ST and Platinum. Keeping your family connected at all times is easy with the standard Wi-Fi hotspot. The hotspot uses 5G LTE connectivity, meaning it’s fast and has great coverage. It's also password protected, meaning strangers can’t eat into your data plan or invade your privacy.
You’re also part of the family, so do you get anything? The standard driver’s seat is an excellent 10-way power-adjustable heated seat, but higher-tier trims have a heated and ventilated seat—perfect for hot summer days in Milan. Whoever is sitting up front with you, such as your wife or husband, gets a standard four-way power-adjustable heated seat. An eight-way power-adjustable heated and ventilated front passenger seat is optional and comes on the higher trims.
The Family Shuttle Is Important
There’s nobody who needs capable vehicles more than drivers with families. Driving yourself around Milan is one thing, but you must also account for everyone's schedules, whether that's your parents’ doctor’s appointments, your children's after-school curriculums, or picking the dog up from doggy daycare. Living a busy life is no joke, and there’s no better way to ease your stress and make life more convenient and fun than purchasing a 2025 Explorer. If you’re driving an old car that isn’t cutting it anymore, or you’re in the market for the family’s first SUV, there’s no better way to enter the modern era of automobiles than with Ford’s beloved midsize SUV.