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The 2026 Ford Expedition was built for the kind of family hauling that defines central Minnesota life — a fishing boat to Belle Lake on Saturday, a pop-up camper to a state park on Sunday, the side-by-side trailer to a hunting lease in November, and the kids' gear plus grandparents on the long drives in between. Available max towing of up to 9,600 lbs when properly equipped puts the Expedition in the upper end of the full-size SUV segment. Pro Trailer features make towing genuinely easier than it used to be.

The 2026 Ford Expedition runs the most advanced technology stack Ford puts in any SUV — a 24-inch panoramic display paired with a 13.2-inch center stack, the Ford Digital Experience with Google services built in, and BlueCruise hands-free highway driving available across the lineup. Most of it is standard equipment from Active up. Some of it requires specific factory options that have to be ordered at build time and cannot be added later. Here is what to know.

The 2026 Ford Expedition Tremor is the first off-road-focused Expedition Ford has ever built. It is not a styling exercise — it is a substantially different vehicle than the rest of the lineup, with a 440-horsepower High-Output engine, modified suspension, electronic-locking rear differential, fuel tank skid plates, 33-inch all-terrain tires, and a Rock Crawl drive mode that did not exist on previous Expeditions. For central Minnesota buyers who actually use off-road capability, the Tremor finally gives the full-size Expedition the hardware to match.

The 2026 Ford Expedition lineup at Jay Malone Ford spans four retail trims — Active, the all-new Tremor, Platinum, and King Ranch — each built around a different kind of buyer. Picking the right one comes down to how you actually use a full-size SUV: family hauling versus off-road weekends versus highway luxury versus showing up at the deer camp in something that turns heads. This guide walks through every trim, what each one includes as standard, what packages matter most, and which one fits which buyer.

Ford Employee Pricing for All runs May 1 – July 6, 2026. See which Fords qualify, what's excluded, and how the deal works at Jay Malone Ford in Hutchinson, MN.

The 2026 Ford Bronco and Ford Bronco Sport share styling cues, share a name, and share Ford's rugged-SUV positioning — but underneath they're different vehicles for different uses. The full-size Bronco is a body-on-frame 4x4 with removable doors and roof. The Bronco Sport is a unibody crossover with all-wheel drive. Pick the wrong one and you'll either pay for capability you don't use or get stuck without capability when you need it. Here is every meaningful difference and which one fits.

Central Minnesota winters punish vehicles. Sub-zero starts, salted highways, drifting county roads, parking lots that turn into hockey rinks by mid-January. The 2026 Ford Bronco is one of the most winter-capable SUVs we sell at Jay Malone Ford — standard 4x4, available heated seats and steering wheel, optional engine block heater, and G.O.A.T. Modes with a Slippery setting that's genuinely useful on ice. Here is what makes the Bronco work for Hutchinson winters and how to spec one right.

For 2026, the Ford Bronco is offered in both 2-door and 4-door body styles — but only on two trims. If you want the iconic short-wheelbase Bronco silhouette, your choices are Base or Badlands. Every other trim (Big Bend, Outer Banks, Heritage Edition, Raptor) is 4-door only. This guide walks through what changes between the two body styles, what stays the same, and how to figure out which one actually fits your life — whether you're hauling kids and gear or building the most capable Bronco.

Off-road capability is what the 2026 Ford Bronco was built around — and what separates it from every other SUV at Jay Malone Ford. But "off-road capable" means different things on different trims, and the gap between a stock Big Bend and a Raptor with HOSS 4.0 is enormous. This guide walks through every off-road system on the 2026 Bronco — G.O.A.T. Modes, the HOSS suspension ladder, the Sasquatch Package, lockers, low range, Trail Control, geometry — for central Minnesota buyers.