Ford CEO Jim Farley and his wife, Lia, recently gifted Pope Leo XIV a new Explorer SUV. The couple personally delivered the vehicle during a private audience with the American-born pontiff on Feb. 28.

In the fall of last year, Ford Motor Co. leaders assigned a small group of employees at the Chicago Assembly Plant a job to build a unique Explorer for "a VIP." It was the highest trim level: a ...

The current-generation Ford Explorer is certainly a nice three-row SUV, though it’s probably not the segment leader. Models like the Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade are generally more premium ...