Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Ford Explorer Sport Trac: which version to buy

Buy the Ford Explorer Sport Trac on the gearbox, not on a hunt for a different engine. In this catalogue every listed version uses the same 3996 cm³ Gasoline 6-cylinder V-shaped unit with No boost: 213 hp (157 kW) at 5250 rpm and 339 Nm at 4000 rpm. That is 53.3 hp per litre and 84.8 Nm per litre.

Buy the Ford Explorer Sport Trac on the gearbox, not on a hunt for a different engine. In this catalogue every listed version uses the same 3996 cm³ Gasoline 6-cylinder V-shaped unit with No boost: 213 hp (157 kW) at 5250 rpm and 339 Nm at 4000 rpm. That is 53.3 hp per litre and 84.8 Nm per litre. The four named versions — first-generation 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT (2000–2005) and second-generation 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT (2006–2010) — are all Pickup double-cab AWD. The only arithmetic split that actually exists here is Manual versus Automatic (both 5 gears). The only measured speed is 185 km/h on second-generation 4.0 MT; 0–100, mpg, kerb weight, gross weight, tank and wheels are not measured on every row, so they cannot decide the purchase.

People searching ford explorer sport trac v8, adrenalin, xlt, towing capacity, weight, dimensions, bed dimensions or engine swap will not find those figures in this data set. What the numbers do decide is which of the four named versions you are actually comparing.

Specs that do and do not separate the versions

Horsepower, torque, displacement, fuel, cylinders, layout, boost, gear count and drive are identical. Searching ford explorer sport trac hp, horsepower, engine size or engine options against this catalogue returns one engine option, not a ladder of engines. There is no second displacement and no V8 row. Trim names such as XLT and Adrenalin are not version keys here; the keys are 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT.

Shared hardware that still does not pick a winner: 2 valves per cylinder, distributed injection (multi-point), compression 9.7, bore × stroke 100.3 × 84.3, fuel 92, ground clearance 213 mm, front suspension Independent, spring, front brakes Ventilated disc. Engine position, rear suspension, rear brakes, wheels, tank, CO₂, eco class, kerb mass and gross mass: not measured.

4.0 MT vs 4.0 AT: what the extra gearbox actually changes

Inside each generation the choice is 4.0 MT or 4.0 AT.

Power does not change: 213 hp and 339 Nm on both. Drive does not change: AWD. Body does not change: Pickup double-cab. Clearance does not change: 213 mm. Fuel grade does not change: 92. Compression does not change: 9.7. The gearbox type changes; the gear count does not (5 on Manual and 5 on Automatic).

So the extra money, if an Automatic costs more on the used market, does not buy more litres, more horsepower, more newton-metres, more gears, or a different drive. It buys Automatic instead of Manual. That is the whole measured difference between 4.0 AT and 4.0 MT in generation 1, and the same difference in generation 2 except for one speed figure.

On second-generation 4.0 MT, top speed is 185 km/h. On second-generation 4.0 AT, top speed is not measured. On first-generation 4.0 MT and first-generation 4.0 AT, top speed is not measured. You cannot treat 185 km/h as a family figure for the Sport Trac; it is attached to one named version. You also cannot subtract Automatic from Manual and claim a km/h loss: the automatic’s maximum is not measured, not proven lower.

0–100 km/h is not measured on all four versions. City, highway and combined consumption are not measured on all four. Tank volume is not measured. Therefore mpg cannot be used to prefer 4.0 AT or 4.0 MT. Weight is not measured, so weight per horsepower cannot be calculated: you cannot say the automatic is heavier per hp because kerb mass is absent.

If you want the only version with a measured top speed, that is second-generation 4.0 MT (185 km/h). If you want Automatic, first-generation 4.0 AT and second-generation 4.0 AT are spec-identical on every measured engine and chassis field in this table; generation year is then the remaining filter.

First generation vs second generation: what actually changed

1 generation ran 2000-01-01 to 2005-12-31 (six calendar years). 2 generation ran 2006-01-01 to 2010-12-31 (five calendar years). Each generation lists 2 versions. Body stays Pickup double-cab. There is no restyling listed as its own generation.

Compare first-generation 4.0 MT with second-generation 4.0 MT: 213 hp, 157 kW, 339 Nm, 3996 cm³, Gasoline, 6, V-shaped, No boost, Manual, 5, AWD, 213 mm clearance — same numbers. The second generation adds the 185 km/h top-speed measurement; the first generation leaves that field not measured. That is not proof the first-generation 4.0 MT is slower; it is proof only one row was measured.

Compare first-generation 4.0 AT with second-generation 4.0 AT: every listed engine, gearbox, drive and clearance figure matches. Top speed is not measured on both automatic rows. A buyer who wants Automatic cannot use hp, Nm, litres or clearance to prefer 2006–2010 over 2000–2005. The generation change, in this data, does not buy +1 hp, +1 Nm or +1 mm of ground clearance.

Searches for 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Trac specs all sit inside 1 generation. Searches for 2007 and 2010 sit inside 2 generation. Year-by-year engine size does not step: 3996 cm³ is the figure for 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT in both generations. Years to avoid is not a measured field; this catalogue does not rank reliability by model year.

Production span is the one calendar difference you can count: six years of generation 1 versus five years of generation 2. That is a duration comparison, not a power comparison.

Engine, power per litre, and what a V8 search will not find

Ford Explorer Sport Trac engine specs in this file are one specification repeated four times.

• Displacement 3996 cm³, specific output 213 ÷ 3.996 = 53.3 hp/L and 157 ÷ 3.996 = 39.3 kW/L.
• Torque density 339 ÷ 3.996 = 84.8 Nm/L.
• Peak power at 5250 rpm; peak torque at 4000 rpm — 1250 rpm apart on every version.
• No boost: the 213 hp is not a turbo or supercharged figure.
• 2 valves per cylinder on a 6-cylinder V-shaped block.
• Fuel 92, compression 9.7, injection distributed (multi-point).

Engine options as a shopping question: there are not two displacements to choose. Engine size does not grow from generation 1 to generation 2. V8 is not a listed version. Engine swap and engine for sale are market phrases; this catalogue has no swap map and no price. Engine bay and engine diagram are not numeric fields here.

Because kerb weight is not measured, hp per tonne is not measured. Do not invent a power-to-weight ranking between 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT.

Performance and economy: use only the one measured speed

• 0–100 km/h: not measured on first-generation 4.0 MT, first-generation 4.0 AT, second-generation 4.0 MT, second-generation 4.0 AT.
• Top speed: 185 km/h on second-generation 4.0 MT; not measured on the other three named versions.
• City / highway / combined consumption: not measured on all four.
• CO₂ and eco class: not measured.

Mpg cannot pick a version. A claim that the Automatic uses more fuel is not supported here. A claim that generation 2 is quicker to 100 km/h is not supported here. The only performance number you can put next to a version name is 185 km/h on second-generation 4.0 MT.

Dimensions, weight, towing: what is measured and what is not

Ground clearance is 213 mm on all four versions. That is 0 mm of difference between 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT, and 0 mm between generation 1 and generation 2. Clearance is not a reason to pay more for a later year in this table.

Kerb weight: not measured. Gross weight: not measured. Tank: not measured. Wheel sizes: not measured. Length, wheelbase, overall size, bed dimensions: not measured. Towing capacity: not measured.

Searches for ford explorer sport trac weight, dimensions, wheelbase, length, size, bed dimensions and towing capacity do not have catalogue numbers in this data. Do not fill them from memory. XLT 2003, XLT 2004, XLT 2005, XLT 2007 are trim queries; the matching version names remain 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT with the years of the generation that contains that calendar year.

Front suspension (Independent, spring) and front brakes (Ventilated disc) are the same on every version. Rear suspension and rear brakes are not measured. They cannot be used to prefer one generation.

Which version to choose

Choose second-generation 4.0 MT (2006–2010) if you want the Manual 5-speed AWD Pickup double-cab and the only measured top speed in the set: 185 km/h, with the same 213 hp / 339 Nm / 3996 cm³ Gasoline engine as the rest.

Choose first-generation 4.0 MT (2000–2005) if you want the same Manual recipe — 213 hp, 339 Nm, 5 gears, AWD, 213 mm clearance — and accept that top speed is not measured on that row. You are not giving up horsepower versus generation 2 4.0 MT; the hp delta is 0.

Choose 4.0 AT in either generation if the requirement is Automatic. First-generation 4.0 AT and second-generation 4.0 AT share 213 hp, 339 Nm, 3996 cm³, 5 gears, AWD and 213 mm. The automatic does not add a measured km/h figure. It also does not add litres or cylinders. The generation choice for 4.0 AT is calendar window (2000–2005 vs 2006–2010), not a spec upgrade on this sheet.

Do not choose on V8, Adrenalin, XLT, towing, mpg, or weight. Those are search phrases without matching measured fields here. Do not choose on 0–100 — not measured. Do not choose on tank or wheels — not measured. Do not invent an engine hierarchy: 4.0 MT and 4.0 AT are the same 3996 cm³ 6-cylinder V-shaped Gasoline unit with No boost, 53.3 hp/L, in both generations.

The purchase rule from the numbers: pick Manual or Automatic first (4.0 MT vs 4.0 AT), then pick the production window (generation 1 through 2005 or generation 2 from 2006). Only one of those four cells carries a measured top speed, and none of them carries a measured fuel figure or a measured mass.