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Here’s why the Ford Excursion was the right truck at the wrong time

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In this episode I provide the history of the Ford Excursion, considered the largest mass-produced SUV at the time. It was based on the Ford Super Duty truck lineup that had been redesigned for 1998. The Excursion was immediately panned by critics for being unsafe and wasteful, so much so that after 69,000 sold in its first year of sales for the 2000 model year, sales dropped significantly each year after that, leading to its end in 2005. Today, used examples can sometimes go for over $60,000, as Ford never replaced the Excursion with an equally sized truck.
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@T3CHET 4 месяца назад

I recall seeing this at a gas station and thinking it was Dads answer to Moms Minivan.

@frizzvictor1535 4 месяца назад

"dads answer to moms minivan" they should have used that in ads for the car

@albertadams2095 4 месяца назад

That’s where most people saw Excursions 😌

@chris55top 4 месяца назад

In 2008 I remember seeing dads crying at the gas station filling these up.

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

@@chris55topthis car was phase out in 2005..

@000622477 4 месяца назад

@@rafapensonyou think they didn't last at least 3 years?

@LenTexDIY 4 месяца назад

I still want an Excursion.

@TJ-qz6hr 4 месяца назад

I bought a 2000 Excursion new, after 24 years and 350,000 miles, I still drive it everyday. I never get tired of it.

@Mattie_Ice Месяц назад

Heck ya.

@TheREALJosephTurner 4 месяца назад

I have a 2000 with the V10. It's great for camping trips, taking a bunch of people to concerts, and loading 50 sheets of drywall completely inside. She's a bit thirsty though.

@tinleo333 4 месяца назад

8 mpg city 15 hwy I know.

@brian5o 4 месяца назад

If Ford reintroduced the Excursion today, they wouldn’t be able to keep them on the lot. Just the fact that so many of these are still on the road all these years after the last Excursion rolled off the factory floor shows how much people love them and how much demand is there.

@kharnthebetrayer1575 4 месяца назад

It would be trash compared to the original. AND about 100k for the “base” model….

@shadowopsairman1583 3 месяца назад

Rarely see an excursion here, I see Suburbans and Tahoes, Yukons

@Alexs23743 3 месяца назад

They'd probably make it an EV, to "compete" with the revived Hummer. D:

@mikeks8181 3 месяца назад

Yes another EV Platform that weighs more than the original without it's True capabilities!! Just shove in More weight, Less distance, Batteries Don't like Cold or Heat! It's Good for the environment because when you drive These EV $ 85K + trucks?!?! Your helping the environment!

@WilliamHollinger2019 Месяц назад

@@Alexs23743 that what they should have made the f250 with a hatch. Ford your stock will rise if you reintroduce the excursion.

@fosterfuchs 4 месяца назад

Another nickname I remember for it was the Suburban Assault Vehicle.

@ml9867 4 месяца назад

Fun Fact: these were the exact same length and width as a regular cab long box F-250. They could have made one with 4 rows based on the crew cab long box.

@JasonJrake 3 месяца назад

Interesting. I just commented on the main thread here that I once saw a King Ranch trim Excursion that had three sets of doors, four total seating rows. I assume that this is part of the KR package, but it may have been a custom job unrelated to the KR trim. I have seen others since then on the road, but not close enough to know if they also have the KR badging and upgrades. If I had the money (including for fuel and repairs) and opportunity I’d certainly buy one like that. It was/is the longest non-commercial vehicle I have ever seen.

@MrTPF1 4 месяца назад

I was very interested in the Excursion with the 7.3L diesel when we had four kids, a dog, and all their gear to haul around. The only reason I didn't pull the trigger was because I was concerned about being able to park it some places. It was big, beautiful, and the interior was light years nicer than a Suburban.

@shadowopsairman1583 3 месяца назад

I've driven 4 fords over the years, only owned 1- the 92 bronco (2002 250, 2007 150, 350) and they drove like boxes, and were slugs, and the 2000 Suburban had a very nice interior.

@Lylelanley99 4 месяца назад

What a horrific thought: 8 Doug DeMuros.

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

😂

@nsh1980 4 месяца назад

This This This This This This This This

@anthroism26mc 4 месяца назад

the one we have is more than enough

@patrickracer43 3 месяца назад

Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug, Doug and Doug: "THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS"

@MrJayrock620 4 месяца назад

I started working for a Ford dealership in 2008. We had an Eddie Bauer edition come onto our used lot. Even listed at retail new pricing as a used car the phone was ringing off the hook for it.

@mazda9624 4 месяца назад

I remember being in this youth group/summer camp type thing as a preteen and our group leader borrowed a top of the line 2000 Ford Excursion from a friend for the week. Our 7-8 person group went everywhere in that thing and I couldn't believe just how massive it was. Must've been the biggest vehicle I'd ever seen at that point in time.

@joeseeking3572 4 месяца назад

We used to call these things the Ford Explosion - a dual knock on the size increase vs. the Expedition and the engine failures.

@shadowopsairman1583 3 месяца назад

Just like the Ford Exploder- pos engines

@keith_5584 4 месяца назад

7:55 And a revolutionary spark plug ejection system.

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

Built Ford tough

@Mach_Style 4 месяца назад

thats the 05 and up 3v engines. The 2v v8 and v10 were damn near indestructible

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

@@Mach_Style the two valves blew out spark plugs as well.... The three valves have bad Cam phasers

@conrasm 4 месяца назад

The 3V went the opposite way with the 2 piece spark plugs that could be impossible to remove without them breaking.

@matthewq4b 4 месяца назад

@@samholdsworth420 The 2 valves blew plugs as often as any AL headed engine of the era...

@Henry_Jones 4 месяца назад

The Canyonero Simpsons episode came out in 97. Ford shoulda listened.

@12yearssober 4 месяца назад

That was a classic!!!

@okenwa1983 4 месяца назад

Canyoneroooooo! CANYONEROOOOO!!

@12yearssober 4 месяца назад

@@okenwa1983 Can you name the truck with four wheel drive, smells like a steak and seats thirty-five.. Canyonero! Canyonero! Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down, It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown! Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero! [Krusty:] Hey Hey The Federal Highway commission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving. Canyonero! 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride! Canyonero! Canyonero! Top of the line in utility sports, Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!) She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine! Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero!

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

Sure.. 🤔

@darianthescorpion1132 4 месяца назад

They did. 😂 The Excursion WAS the Canyonero.

@paullaurent9771 4 месяца назад

the excursion was caricatured in the episode "canoniero" in the simpsons's serie !

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

Sure!

@lukemartin2476 4 месяца назад

I’ve been fortunate enough to have taken road trips in Mercedes S classes (to include a W220 S600), a Cadillac Deville, Lexus LS430, a couple of Lincoln Navigators, and several Grand Marquis. By far and away, the Excursion I took a road trip in was the most comfortable and least fatiguing of them all. Amazing vehicles in their own right.

@FrankDux-rq7go 4 месяца назад

these things were gargantuan. basically ford's suburban. The FDNY used these for a long time. In fact they retired the last one about five years ago and went with GM 2500 pickup trucks.

@gustavoalmanza2673 4 месяца назад

This is such an excessive vehicle that one would have a hard time driving on a daily basis. I’d like 2 please

@Henry_Jones 4 месяца назад

I got it for the towing cuz I might get a trailer..someday... -Every full size suv driver

@12yearssober 4 месяца назад

I never had one but I've always wanted one with a V10.

@buckyjr710 4 месяца назад

90s Soccer Mom: I like to sit up high! It was cool when gas was less than a dollar a gallon. What a time to be alive!

@markwilliams2620 4 месяца назад

Yes. The Saudi payback for Desert Storm.

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

Price before the energy crisis in mid 2000s. :(

@Planag7 4 месяца назад

I remember people like Rush Limbaugh getting all excited and hard on the radio waves with this it was rather disgusting. He also oddly had an opposite affection towards the Yugo

@bsosmoove 4 месяца назад

When I was little i carpooled to and from school with a kid who's mom drove one of these. It was so spacious and the plush leather seats were so comfortable. I was in love the moment I sat in it 😂

@claudiobizama5603 4 месяца назад

I remember seeing one as kid, and it dwarfed everything else on the street.

@mankind8088 4 месяца назад

Now every basic SUV is the size of one

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

It's the same size as a Suburban

@tractordave475 4 месяца назад

I wish they still made these. I still want one to this day. Can you do a episode on the Ford Explorer sport track?

@HeortirtheWoodwarden 4 месяца назад

Get the Expedition MAX, it's the modern-day equivalent of the Excursion.

@aaronswink8554 4 месяца назад

Part of it was that, compared to the Suburban, the Excursion seemed less refined for the money. The engines were horrid gas-guzzlers with the V8 and especially the V10 lucky to hit 10 mpg. They were unwieldy in most handling tests. And soon after this came out, the Middle East war(s) started, oil prices were all over the place and being a massive guzzler wasn't the best image, and there were far more smaller cars on the road then and the Excursion looked like it would crush them. Today, the huge SUVs/CUVs get far better mileage, are safer, and with tech, can actually handle. I'm surprised Ford hasn't tried this again and toss the Expedition stretch version behind.

@southerncross3638 4 месяца назад

We have an 01 V10, there are tricks to get the fuel milage up, we get 17 in Town 22 on highway, and who in God's name would have a 5.4 in a vehicle that weighs 8,000 lbs

@MongooseJakeNerf 4 месяца назад

@@southerncross3638 That's some great fuel economy. Thought ours doing 14/15 was fine, how'd you get to 17/22?

@BrianBourgeois- 4 месяца назад

The excursion was a 3/4 ton vehicle. It was designed as a much more durable vehicle.

@WALTERBROADDUS 4 месяца назад

There is definitely a place in the limo market for it if you made a Lincoln version. The big SUVs have pretty much replaced the Town Car.

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

The reason Excursion was phase out was the mid 2000s energy crisis.

@wyattgardner3552 4 месяца назад

As a kid I wanted a big dually truck and a big SUV for road trips. Suburban never offered a duramax version. So I just wanted a diesel Excursion. If I could afford a DuraBurb I'd buy one!

@southerncross3638 4 месяца назад

We have 2001 Ford Excursion LTD V10, we are the original owners, pulls a fully loaded 6 horse trailer like it was empty, 350.000 miles still going strong, there are a few tricks to improve gas milage, 17 in town 22 highway. We'll never sell it. 😅

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

You must live in a really flat part of the United States to get that kind of mileage I have a 99 c 2500 Suburban with a 454 and I get 12

@arieljones4595 4 месяца назад

17/22 MPG with the V10 is a hard pill to swallow. I've heard owners talk about single digits around town, 12ish on the highway and 6-7 pulling trailer.

@digitalwitness77 4 месяца назад

Better than Today's Suburban. New vehicles are over priced rolling trash cans.

@StCornerback 4 месяца назад

I like the nicknames they gave Excursion in the newspaper article.

@henryebeler7619 4 месяца назад

I recall the naming being more based on the fact that the explorer was for short exploration trips the expedition for mild expeditions. And the excursion for long excursions. Or that’s what the sales men used to say

@timothydurkan 4 месяца назад

This channel is so rad.

@chrisb2844 4 месяца назад

I use to love those, but never wanted to own one, but I would imagine it would be a beast on a nice long road trip though.

@Tool0GT92 4 месяца назад

This is a good used option for families that want to pull a medium size camper and bring a bunch of kids and a dog with them.

@samholdsworth420 4 месяца назад

The horsepower is kind of irrelevant for these large SUVs it's about the torque 😊

@Foryourinfo369 2 месяца назад

Got one yesterday, doing research post-purchase. Smart

@doodskie999 3 месяца назад

That v10 was also a gem, understressed and sounded sick when straight piped!

@hemiwarrior6226 17 дней назад

I live near Atlanta and import cars from Europe, Africa, and Australia. I make at least one trip a month to Charleston to pick up cars at the port in a 2004 Excursion with the Powerstroke. Great vehicle. And if I ever get tired on the way home, I'll park at a truckstop and take a nap or play on the PS2 hooked up to the rear entertainment center. Last trip I averaged 18 mpg with a 1997 Land Rover Defender 110 CSW on the trailer. Great vehicle.

@polarlicht4758 4 месяца назад

7.3 Diesel startup is just music

@Skittleman2341 4 месяца назад

You should consider doing a video on strange cars offered from automakers in the 1980s and 1990s. Like the Ford Durango, Ford SkyRanger, ASC McLaren Mustang, and the Dodge Dakota Convertible. I think that would be a great video.

@dawright1988 4 месяца назад

Those new wagoneers really are huge if you have stood next to one.

@CarringtonHollister 4 месяца назад

The Excursion isn’t dead it’s just reincarnated as the Expedition Max.

@MoctezumasRevenge1 4 месяца назад

Expedition as an excursion is Dick Grayson as the Dark Knight

@AllPainNoGains 3 месяца назад

No.

@josephtafur Месяц назад

No, the Expedition max is big but it's not Excursion big

@CF-3300 4 месяца назад

I’ve looked at a lot of online newspaper archives from the late 90’s to mid 00’s that dunk on the excursion for its size, weight and gas mileage.

@S-T-E-V-E 4 месяца назад

I love big SUV's, they just feel so good to drive in the Winter!

@jeremiahallyn4603 4 месяца назад

As long as you live in a state that actually gets winter weather 😂🌨❄️

@kencreten7308 4 месяца назад

I was waiting after the Ford Explorer, then the Ford Excursion, for them to come out with the Ford Extinction. Never happened.

@JasonJrake 3 месяца назад

Here in Texas I occasionally see the “King Ranch” version of the Ford Excursion. In addition to the KR fancy leather and other stuff that the trucks get, the Excursion gets an extra row of seating complete with a third set of doors. I can’t imagine how stiff that ride is. But it looks cool 😎.

@isaiahjasper96 4 месяца назад

i grownup with this vehicle and i head the best memory grow up

@77gmcnut Месяц назад

I remember seeing the excursion for the first time and being a little stunned how big it was

@levoidperry9868 2 месяца назад

HEY I LOVE IT 04EB BROUGHT IT IN 04 JUST TUNE UP 250,000 THOUGHT I NEED IT FOUND OUT THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM BUT I GOT IT BACK ON THE ROAD IT WAS A POWER SOURCE TO GAS TANK NOW SHE GOT 285000 AND STILL STRONG. THANKS

@OLDS98 4 месяца назад

Good video. I was going to mentioned the Expedition extended length and the Lincoln Navigator extended length, but you did. Good video. Nice explanations as well.

@vortigern4804 4 месяца назад

I never understood why they changed the name, Canyonero was so much better. 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of american pride!

@raverboyloki 2 месяца назад

I worked at a Ford dealership when these first came out. They were truly massive and dwarfed any other car on the road except the Hummer H1. I always thought they were incorrectly named and the names should have been swapped between the Expedition (long haul) and Excursion (Weekend Adventures).

@jwc3104 3 месяца назад

Fun Fact : There was a planned 6 doors (3 doors per side, 4 row SUV) Excursion. It would have been very popular as a limo.

@user-ro3hn2xp6p 4 месяца назад

Great vehicle. One other problem was how much value it lost driving it off the lot.

@RobsNeighbor 4 месяца назад

We had one with a v10 best truck ever, hauled the whole family and was great for trips, one of many many cars I wish I still had!

@dansimon1100 4 месяца назад

I remember those.

@omarzowila 4 месяца назад

There are companies that keep the Excursion’s alive such as MegaRexx and Custom Autos By Tim

@scottbogfoot 4 месяца назад

You need to do a video about the Mv1

@Rockport1911 4 месяца назад

This is wasteful? An enclosed body seems way more practical than a pickup bed thats empty 90% of the year. Body on frame is way more durable and based on the comments people still love these. The 7.3 diesel seems to make a bit more sense than a V10 tho :)

@Perich29 4 месяца назад

Marty Mcfly does review on Excursion.

@TJ-qz6hr 4 месяца назад

Great Scot!!

@kevin-yf2gx 18 дней назад

I never liked it when GM in 2000 moved the spare from inside to underneath the suburban, reducing the gas tank from 42 gallons to 32 gallons. They did this the same time the Excursion was coming out.

@stacypursell1135 22 дня назад

I'm buying one this week.

@user-zv7tm9tl3g 2 месяца назад

I have my 04 excursion and i love it

@DanoFSmith-yc9tg 26 дней назад

I dont really remember them being hated. Maybe by the people who couldn't afford one. But that's with everything

@derekgaliee4351 4 месяца назад

CABT stills builds them to customers specs & their own they do 6 door stretch specs

@RogerAlan 4 месяца назад

😂😂 is there really a company named after cock and ball torture?

@lhurst9550 4 месяца назад

i ordered an SD in 2000, i got $600 worth (which was a lot) of options for getting a manual trans. They were incentivizing so the autos could go in the excursions. The irony is I would have paid them extra for the maual.

@michaelhowell2326 4 месяца назад

Chevy should have taken some notes from the Excursion amd made a diesel version. Even today a 6.6 Duramax would be amazing.

@davidp2888 4 месяца назад

And to think, there are bigger SUV's available today.

@rafapenson 4 месяца назад

Sure, the hype of those vehicles is so high as f*ck today than the time when Excursion release..

@Perich29 3 месяца назад

don't forget the International, they made SUV much like the suburban in the old days. it was the International Travelall.

@Anthonyjt12 4 месяца назад

We had an one with four children. It was perfect

@_BusterHighmen 4 месяца назад

40 gallon tank!

@Hooptierescue 3 месяца назад

I would love to own excursion. Owend 86 F150 then hand 96 explorer then upgraded to 99 expedition. Then moved in to 03 f350 99 f350 and know 16 f350. But get a excursion on clean not beat the hell is just crazy prices

@maxconing812 4 месяца назад

How’d I miss this

@dnacenturion 4 месяца назад

The ford c150 and c350 from centurion was and still is the bigest suv and the only suv to be on a 1ton then and now

@pcwizzy460 4 месяца назад

Front faschia was also updated in 2002.

@padroooo 4 месяца назад

I was surprised Ford let Chevy have a big tow vehicle so long without competing. Every time I saw a Suburban it was towing some big camper trailers. Thank Pat, another great video.

@JoJoJoker 4 месяца назад

It’s a stretch to say 6 models years is “far too early to have a chance”.

@dudemp4 4 месяца назад

the right truck in the wrong time can make all the difference in the world

@tabobbiburnett6740 4 месяца назад

The excursion is the best thing an American company has done this century

@WorldwideHypercars 4 месяца назад

I’d love to see a video on the E38 BMW 7 series!

@davidsauls9542 4 месяца назад

I ordered a new diesel 4x4 one for 2000. It handled badly until adjustable rancho shocks, then it was the best car ever. Great mpg. I miss it.

@iznbrgwhite421 4 месяца назад

D o the ACURA INTEGRA PLEASE!!!

@mattycranswick448 4 месяца назад

2003 200000 miles, still puts throw away minivans in the graveyard. Godzilla swap and start the clock over! Let's go!!

@darrellasmith77 4 месяца назад

Still waiting for the CRX episode 😊

@bitterspice5525 4 месяца назад

Have you done the Dodge Shadow/Plymouth Sundance yet? I had a V6 Shadow stick shift. It was a lot of fun to drive

@MyOldCar 3 месяца назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-U82_rq4Jv2c.html

@joshuasteel2109 3 месяца назад

I’d like a new one now

@TaylorMMontgomery 4 месяца назад

Honestly it would probably do amazingly well today

@ILLAILLS 4 месяца назад

Loved this truck

@happilyham6769 4 месяца назад

I've always wanted one with the V10.

@benjaminrobinson3842 4 месяца назад

Once, I saw a black Excursion that had been stretched to have *six* doors. It didn't look like a limousine or professional car either -- just a factory-built four-row Excursion that the factory never built. (It also took up two parking spots.) I'd like to meet the guy who looked at an Excursion and thought, "I dunno ... I like it, but do you have anything, you know, bigger?"

@captaindreadnought212 4 месяца назад

I wish that intolerance for excessive size was a mentality that was still around today, it's just silly how big some cars and especially SUV's have become in the last 10 years

@wesleyclark947 4 месяца назад

Can you do a video on the Nissan sx cars?

@crisper1614 4 месяца назад

God I’ve always wanted a V10 Excursion. Soooo bad.

@JonathanMoosey 4 месяца назад

Doug DeMuro had a longer video on the Ford Excursion

@ericbritton9346 4 месяца назад

Did Ford came up with something similar to the Excursion, like a four door SUV Bronco in the late 80s early 90s? I saw few examples on the streets but it wasn't a Excursion name. They even had it in the late 70s early 80s versions as well.

@landyachtfan79 4 месяца назад

0:00...............AWESOME CALL!!!!!

@matthewq4b 4 месяца назад

Ford made an absolute killing off the Excursion as it was the most profitable vehicle in the line up by a fair wide margin. It was 15-20K more than similarly equipped Crew Cab Pick up truck ALL of which and more was pure profit.. It only cost Ford a couple grand more (or less) to build an Excursion over a similarly equipped crew cab pick up.

@davydigger708 4 месяца назад

Maybe this is a little new, but could you do an episode on the Buick Lucerne? I am considering potentially buying one.

@Hobotraveler82 4 месяца назад

I always like these. Would probably make a decent overland vehicle. 😊

@HashMaster1776 4 месяца назад

I’ve had two excursions in the family. Just felt like trucks. That’s it. Nothing special, literally an F250 with a connected bed & cover with third row seating.