The 2025 Ford Expedition MAX is the MUST own full size SUV!

Hey guys, what's up? It's Joe Radia from Radia's Rise. We are here at Walker 4 once again and guess what? We have it and it's all new. What am I talking about? I'm talking about this 2025 Ford Expedition. This particular one is an Expedition Max plus it's a platinum trim. But before we get into this super size, super luxe Ford SUV, let's talk about what's going on here. So go back to 1997. I was in college and that's when the Expedition came out. Since then, the Expedition really has been at that top of the spectrum when it comes to large and in-charge SUVs. Now, yes, Ford once upon a time had the Excursion which was on the F-250 chassis, but that vehicle no longer exists. This Expedition sitting on the F-150 chassis is the largest Ford you can currently buy. Now, for 2025, they've made some big changes, especially when we look at the technology on the interior. But what I want to find out is if you're looking for the best full size, especially a Max, do you go Suburban? Do you go this Expedition or maybe even a GMC Yukon? Let's go ahead. Let's dive into our Expedition and find out. Right off the bat, I love this color. It's called Space Silver. Get your space suit on. Watch out for the Martians because it definitely has that kind of vibe to it. Really love that silver white with the metal flake in it sparkles nice like a diamond. We're going to have all new lighting, LEDs on the turn signals, your headlights, and then you'll notice how the daytime running lamp actually hooks underneath the grill and goes all the way to the passenger side from one side to the other, gives it a signature new look for the Expedition. The rest is going to be gloss black and I kind of like the way they put some ridges in here, almost like a Ruffles potato chip, just to give it a little bit more pizzazz. Working our way down. What do we got going on? You do have functional corner air intakes for the air curtains. And then, like I said, that Space Silver really highlights the body lines of this new Expedition. Let me know what you think in the comment section. Now, as we come across that normal, what's supposed to be a blue oval, they blacked it out on this Expedition. Love the new Ford script. Of course, you're going to have all functionality, all gloss black. And then as we work our way down, you got the massive male slot vent in the center. And then you have a functional lower grill opening for the intercoolers. Because one thing that hasn't changed is that we have the EcoBoost power plant, forward facing camera. But I really think it's the signature daytime running lamp that what you're going to find at night is going to pop and let you know that this is an Expedition. Along the lower bottom portion on the platinum trim, it's all gloss black. Let me know your thoughts on that. And then you have about nine inches of ground clearance underneath this beast. Now, as we rise up, big, bold hood with that center indentation. I like the way it says Expedition on the hood, but I don't like the way that it's individual stick-on letters. I wish that they would kind of emboss the name into the hood. Just give it a cleaner look. Coming around the bend, what are we working with on our wheels and tires? So what you're going to find on the new Expedition, 22-inch wheels. Now there are optional 24-inch wheels, but 22-inch wheel is definitely large enough. Gloss black really pops nicely with the space silver and the other black accents. If you're wondering, well, what's the tire size? It's all four corners. You got 275 in the width, 50-series sidewall, and of course we have four-wheel drive with this Expedition. Now they went and worked the MagneRide suspension, updated all that, and also the chassis to give you a more rigid experience in the Expedition when it comes to driving, which is also going to give you a quieter driving experience. And I'll take you for a drive in this new Expedition. But let me know what you think about the wheels on this particular one. Like I said, you could go even larger, up to 24 inches in diameter. No flat black around the fender openings, everything that nice space silver. Coming down the side, you do have power folding side mirrors with some gloss black. Your LED turn signals, 360-degree cameras. From the side, as Steven drops back in the center here, you'll notice that extra length of the Max. It's like taking a piece of Laffy Taffy and just pulling it apart. When you open up the doors, you are going to have your automatic dropping running boards. And then up top, nice to see that raised roof rail. You could get your crossbars, but real clean the way they just brought some gloss black trim along the bottom. As we work our way towards the rear, because this is the Max, you're going to get that extra long rear quarter glass window. And you'll notice how the trim kind of flares out a little bit into the taillights. You see how it matches perfectly with the lighting? Now as we swing it around back, super clean. I like what they've done. No exposed wiper. Wiper is tucked underneath that long color match roof spoiler. Here's another thing. I don't know if you could spot right away, but you're actually getting exterior lighting. So what Ford wants this to be is that perfect sort of like tailgating vehicle for the whole team, or you could go camping with your whole crew and it's nice to have the additional exterior lighting. One of the things that I'm going to have to zonk is the amount of gloss black in the center here. Now it does hide the expedition name really well, which is great. But other than that, it's too gloss black heavy. They updated, of course, just like the headlights, all new taillights, all LED. You got your platinum badge trim and of course your max. If you people couldn't tell how long this thing is, they could tell now just how that sheer length is of this vehicle. And then working our way down, of course you have your gloss black like on the front grill area. This is removable and you got your full tow capability and the only exhaust that you have that are showing is on the passenger side. It would have been nice to have some finished tips like you find on the Suburban or the GMC Yukon. Spare is tucked underneath to give you more room in the cargo area. But while we go ahead, let's pop the hood and talk about horsepower with this expedition. All right guys, we got the hood open. As you can see underneath the hood, they don't put a cover anymore over the EcoBoost twin turbo V6. So you're going to see all the tubes, the hoses, the wires. But what do we have? It's still that 3.5 liter twin turbo V6. Is it a bad thing? I'm not so sure because you have 440 horsepower, 510 pound feet of torque. That's more horsepower, more torque than the Tahoe, the Suburban, or the Yukon. It's made it to a 10 speed automatic, zero to 60 in this beast in five seconds, top speed 124 miles an hour, and you now can tow up to 9,000 pounds. The vehicle weighs 6,030 pounds. And then when it comes to MPGs, you're looking at 15 in the city, 22 on the highway, and 18 combined. But if you're looking for full size, you're going to have to compromise on those MPGs. But while we go ahead, let's fire it up and hear what it sounds like. All right guys, we are inside this 2025 Ford Expedition Max, new for 2025. And I know you're probably saying, well, Joe, I have a football team that I need to get to each and every game on time, especially on the big game days. Thinking about Suburban, was thinking about a Yukon XL, but I'm liking this new Expedition. How much is it? MSRP for this one is right at $84,000. It is the platinum trim max. Let's see what else you get for the money. To the door panels. Love all the materials. Nice soft touch. You got contrast stitching, a little bit of silver aluminum trim. There's ambient lighting. And even the way they did not use any gloss black, it looks fantastic. B&O premium sound system. And then a door pocket large enough for that Arby's getaway. You can get yourself four beef and cheddars, some curly fries, and a vanilla shake to wash it down. Now going from the door panel to the dash. Look at the touches on the edge there by the AC vents. All the stitching. Loving this trim. Better than gloss black. And I'm glad it's not wood because I'm not a really big, you know, let's have natural wood on the interior. I'm really liking what they did here with the silver. You do have your B&O sound bar of speakers that goes across the width of the dash and then slide on in. What do we got going on here? Two screens. 24 inch driver display. This is not a touch screen. You can touch it. It's not going to do anything. This is like your massive head up display. This 13.2 inch screen is what you use. So you have all the familiar maps and icons. All the apps. You can play games on this. Watch Rady's rides. And then you could also change the information that's displayed from gauges to tire pressure. Whatever you want, you could have it displayed on that screen. Of course, on top of that, you have all the different ways you can adjust your settings. Driver memory seating and everything. Let me show you what the cameras look like. Actually pretty darn good resolution. Trajectory, which you're going to need the 360 to park this beast because it is one heck of a size vehicle. Continuing down, you got a real volume knob. This is going to control your 10 speed automatic. Like the way they stamped the expedition name in there with the ambient lighting underneath. Slide this open. Wireless charging. You got your pro trailer assist. USB-A, USB-C. Close it up. Two cup holders. Your Ford key fob. Looking great. And then you have more awesome stitching. Now here's the big party trick. You ready for this one? Push the button. The whole center console slides. So now think about it. You could put one of those like movie size buckets of popcorn and put it right here. Put your butter, your garlic salt, whatever you want to put on it. Stephen likes to put bacon bits on his popcorn to get a little extra protein. But boy oh boy, lots of room there. And then if you don't need it, you just close it up. Slides really nicely. Look at the way they did all the fine stitching. You got a nice place for your phone. You can put your phone here and it won't slide out. Open it up. Tons of room in here. Two USB-Cs, a 12-volt. And you could easily put, I would say, stack them up, five apple pies in here. Actually, you know what? The hell with that. I love pie way more than I love cake. I would do a little bit of assortment. A blueberry, an apple, a cherry, and a peach cobbler. And it'll fit in there. Seats, the leather, the platinum badge, all the fine stitching, heated, ventilated, all of the settings, full electric assist, of course. And then up top, you are going to get that panoramic sunroof. Nice power shade. But why don't you come over here to the business center? I want to show you probably one of the most unique steering wheels you'll ever see in a Ford coming over. I want to show you. Hi, guys. Business time behind the wheel. You do have your memory seat settings, of course. And then, like I pointed out, very easy to get to those seat controls. So much cushion for the pushing. Lots of room for your ego and extra space. And then here's the new wheel. This is it. Very minimalistic. A little bit of gloss black, which I'm not really a big fan of. You can see my palm prints. That looks really weird. But these are actually, you just glide your fingers over them, and you could actually make changes to the main screen. It is a tilting and telescoping wheel. Then you have that continuation of the full 25 inches of display. Working our way down. Before we forget, you do have your four-wheel drive controls and your drive modes, which are nice as well. And then you could open the rear hatch area very easily with the buttons. But while we go ahead, let's get in the mid-row and the third row, because I think your mind's going to get blown in this expedition. Hi, guys. Mid-row and third-row time. You know, it's one of those things that they want it to be like a BYOD experience. And if you're wondering, what the heck is that? Bring your own device. So instead of having like plasma screens back here and LED screens and all these entertainment systems, they want your passengers to bring their own stuff and then they'll have it set up so that they can use it properly. I'll explain in a second. Look at the seats. Love the way they're sculpted. They are manual adjustments, but, you know, nice captain's chair. Here's really the cherry on top. Look at this armrest. That is one of the beefiest captain's chairs armrest you're ever going to find. I absolutely love it. Back to the seats, the leather, USB-C's, easy plug-in. And then these pockets are supposed to be for all your devices. So bring your laptop, bring your Abacus, bring your Game Boy, bring your phone, bring your iWatch, bring all your electronic crap. And there's plenty of room back here. You got a nice little command center with your two cup holders, which are great. Your rear AC controls, heated seats, but no ventilated seats. I wish they could figure out how to get ventilated seats in here. You do have a home power source. And then watch this. When you slide, say you have kids that have shorter arms, you could slide the command center here closer to them so they don't spill their junk all over this beautiful interior. That's from the command center. And then, of course, you could just move it forward. Love the way that they have that. Really try to spoil your passengers. Plenty of room. I'm surprised they don't put sunshades in these things. Because they know you got kids and they're going to, the sun's in my eye. If I ever said that to my dad, he'd slap me upside the head. I was supposed to fear him, not the sun. Whoa. Oh my, this feels good, man. Oh, I could imagine getting a, just a massage right now. Your mind was going somewhere else, wasn't it? They do slide, which is great. And then we're going to do this all in one shot. Stephen didn't want to do it, but we're doing it. I'm not afraid. I love the way they have that electric get out of my way. And then look at this. Oh, now we're talking. I'm sitting high on the hog. Woo, recline, plenty of room, AC vents. I even got two sets of USB-Cs on both sides and a little trough for all sorts of food. Peanut M&Ms, peanut butter M&Ms, popcorn from up front. Whatever you got, some hot dogs, some of Stephen's turkey sticks that he likes to eat. Plenty of room back here. And my knees are nice and low. But while we go ahead, let's get in that cargo area and see just how many turkeys we could fit back there in this expedition. All right, guys, cargo area time. Still can't get past the gloss black. Now to open it up, obviously we hit the button. Nice electric assist. You see the new split gate. So this isn't like Watergate. Has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with the bottom portion. Now you could keep up or you could press the button and drop it on down. All electric assist. It's got the expedition name. So you remember what type of SUV you bought? And believe it or not, with the third row up, you're looking at 57 cubic feet of space. Now on the passenger side, here's where we have all that plug-in connectivity. 12 volt, two USB-Cs and a home power source. On the driver's side is where you're going to find all the switch gear. So push this. That's going to light up our exterior lighting. And then of course, one touch operation for that 60-40 split. And I wanted to put down the passenger side just to show you how flat everything is. So with the third row down, you're looking at 73 cubic feet of space. With the mid row down, believe it or not, you're looking at 121 cubic feet of space. That's more room than some apartments in New York City. Also, you'll see how I was pointing out on that third row, you got two USB-Cs per side and you also have storage underneath for the Twinkies, maybe some Ho-Hos, maybe some Ding Dongs. And you could also turn this into a party central area by setting up the picnic table. I don't have time for a picnic, but what I do have time for is to go on throttle. So if you're ready, I'm ready. Get your Twinkie and let's go for a spin in this expedition. All right, guys, we're inside this 2025 Ford Expedition Max Platinum trim. Right away, it may not make sense when you get in this vehicle why the steering wheel is shaped the way it is, why the dash is the way it is, but once you start driving, it all comes together. That screen acts as a head-up display. The only difference is inside the vehicle on the dash rather than being projected on your windshield. Getting to everything is well within reach, especially that 10, excuse me, 10, 13.1 inch infotainment system screen. And like I said, it's so easy to change the information in that center display. You got an off-road status, towing status. I like having the additional gauges, more information, the better. And then you have that power sliding center console. Nice little extra touch there. But they really elevated the whole driving experience inside this vehicle. We got our different modes, which show up on the left-hand side of that 25 inch display. And really what makes sense is the steering wheel shape. It allows you to just kind of rest your hands nicely at the three and nine notches. And then you have those thumb controls to just make your adjustments. But really, really nice setup. You ready? Let's go on throttle. On throttle, 440 horsepower, over 500 pound feet of torque. So you're definitely getting the power and the performance of that EcoBoost setup. The only thing is, is there is a little bit of boost lag, which is to be expected, even with the twin turbos, compared to say the 6.2 liter V8 that you would find in a Suburban or a Yukon XL. But they did a great job with all the appointments in here. Nothing is creating any kind of glare. I can't believe there's no glare that's causing me not to be able to see what's on the screen there. That to me is really showing how they did their homework with this expedition. And then of course, because it is the Max, you have all that extra room for your passengers, which is very, very comfortable, very, very well thought out. And so much room in here for everything that you could ever need. It's a great setup that they did on this vehicle. Of course, you're also going to have Blue Cruise. That is that semi-autonomous driving to allow you to kind of take a break from those high traffic situations or driving on the highway to adjust the wheel. It's very, very simple. Everything is all going to be thumb control operated, including the pedals that you can move as well. So if you're looking for physical buttons for those things, you're not going to find them. It's all through the steering wheel, which is great. It actually makes sense. Normally, I don't like stuff like that, but because the rest of the display is so clean on the steering wheel, it just, everything makes sense in here. Getting to that 13.2 inch screen, well within reach. You can bring up cameras. I mean, I hit my camera button. There we are looking out the front. You got your 360. So if you've never driven something like this, you're going to be able to have the cameras to help you navigate it very easily. Now, one thing that does not have is any kind of massage seats. And you let me know in the comment section if that is a big zonk for you. I get it. They want you to step up to a Lincoln Navigator. I mean, this is really blurring the lines between Navigator and Expedition even more than ever before. But just like I said, the drivability of this vehicle, even though it is massive and a little over 6,000 pounds, it's very easy to captain this massive ship. And the 10-speed, they did their homework. It works super well. It's not chasing through the gears. And remember, the Yukon and the Suburban also have 10-speed automatics as well. That four-wheel drive system, getting power to the ground very, very effectively. Super quiet in here. No wind noise, no road noise. And that comes down to not only the sound deadening material, the laminated glass, but also that rigid chassis, the work that they did to the chassis of this behemoth. You got blind spot cameras, which are a heaven send. And then now we're gonna go on throttle. You ready? On throttle, here we go. Nice. Fast shifting with that 10-speed automatic. And it's very controllable. They got the MagneRide suspension, which keeps everything composed and allowing you to feel confident of what's going on at all four corners. But man, the blind spot cameras are the bomb, especially in this thing. I mean, look at that. Allows me to change lanes like a professional lane changer. I mean, look at this. Wow. And then of course, you got the camera on the right as well. So really well thought out with the development of this expedition. You definitely have to give it to the engineers. Seats are like sitting on a supportive cloud. Feels so freaking good. I'm impressed. I'm really blown away by this expedition, especially the platinum trim. I hope you've had a good experience riding along with me. We're gonna get back to Walker Ford and wrap this one up. So I'll see you in a nanosecond. Hi guys, another great day here at Walker Ford in Clearwater, Florida. We definitely got to thank Frank Walker, Western Walker, Tracy for getting us access to one of their very first expeditions. Redesign expedition for 2025. Let me know what you think in the comment section. Do you like the expedition more than a Yukon or a Suburban? Let me know how you feel in that comment section. But if you're new to the channel, you're on your way out. Hit that subscribe button. I promise you it's worthwhile. Come back for more. If you are a subscriber, then you're being part of the Raise Your Eyes family. Gotta give it up to Stephen Flood working the camera like the man that he is, the man that he was born to be. So thank you, Stephen. And just like always guys, I'll see you on the next ride.