There’s a certain kind of therapy you can’t bottle. Driving through beautiful cottage country roads, breathing fresh air, and enjoying different terrains in a highly capable vehicle, like driving through Muskoka in a 2025 Ford Expedition Tremor Edition.
It’s the slow curve of a backcountry road, trees whizzing by you on either side, the flicker of sun across a lake, and the deep, guttural growl of a 440-horsepower engine rumbling beneath your feet. This is exactly the kind of weekend the 2025 Ford Expedition Tremor was made for—and Ford knew it all along.
When I had the privilege of being invited to test drive the new Expedition lineup for a curated northern experience, they didn’t just want me to just see the vehicle, they wanted me to experience it. And experience it I did.
There are some things better left on a stat sheet, because when you get behind the wheel, you will start to understand.
Enter The Ford Expedition Tremor and Platinum Editions
The day began at Horseshoe Valley Resort. Then came the welcome of some of Ford’s top people who had firsthand experience with the design and build of this Tremor and the more business casual, 2025 Ford Expedition Platinum model. Walking us through what makes this new Expedition an elegant, refined yet rugged beast with smarts and an intuitive nature to it.
It’s not just bigger. It’s smarter. The new Ford Digital Experience adds a lot to the driving experience.
A new 24-inch panoramic display, built-in Google apps and Apple CarPlay, Wi-Fi for ten devices, and the ability to stream Spotify, play Asphalt Nitro 2, or even watch YouTube in the wild. Not while driving, obviously.
The updated cabin feels comfortable, well stocked, and well-mannered. The trim of the Tremor badge on the seat was a nice touch. While other car companies are seemingly adding more plastic feeling to their cabins and trying to get away with angles to hide them, Ford seems to continues to add more of a refined cabin with nice leather feathers, metallic accents and an overall good feel to the whole driving experience.
You can drive for hours in Muskoka, getting lost, getting detoured or spending hours heading to your desired destination, but the Expedition Tremor delivers a very smooth driving experience. I wouldn’t say it was ‘pillowy’ or ‘floaty’ you do feel connected to the road still (which is what I prefer).
Ford’s BlueCruise provides a great hands-free highway driving experience for those boring highways parts of the trip up north. We all could use a little BlueCruise, especially when you decide to leave just when traffic starts building.
The second row of seats includes a lot of very good features for those drivers who have family members that need to be more stimulated with screens. The Tremor Edition has the USB-C charging on the back of the seat which helps with keeping the movie going, the music flowing and the Tiktok videos scrolling.
On the Platinum Edition, you even have the ability to mount your phone on the back of the headrest to get even more hands-free functionality to it.
Ford Expedition Tremor Features
As soon as we got our debriefed on the expanded features of the 2025 Expedition models, we wanted to get working on using these features in the wild.
Towing, managing and parking a boat? Easy.
Putting the seats down for a furniture find? No problem.
Going off-roading and getting groceries in the same vehicle in the same day? Check.
Ford’s most off-road capable Expedition ever? I would say so.
2025 Ford Expedition Tremor Quick Stats
- Engine Type: 3.5L EcoBoost® V6 High-Output engine
- Fuel Consumption: 15.4/10.7 est. L/100 km city/hwy* (3.5L EcoBoost V6 High-Output engine)
- Horsepower: 440 horsepower** (3.5L EcoBoost V6 High-Output engine)
- Torque: 510 lb.-ft. of torque** (3.5L EcoBoost V6 High-Output engine)
- Minimum Running Ground Clearance: 8.7″
- Wheels: Standard 18″ x 8.5″ Dark Carbonized Grey-painted aluminum wheels with Electric Spice pocket
- Tires: Standard P275/70R18E all-terrain tires
Arriving At ORO Station
After trying all these different towing features that make it even easier to manage a large trailer or boat, they wanted us to experience a truly unique off-roading experience.
Ford took us to one of the most exciting automotive playgrounds in the world that’s currently being developed called ORO Station. ORO Station, when developed fully, it’s going to be an automative marvel, with just about everything you need as a car enthusiast. Equally, because it is being developed, it means the construction site can turn into an off-road wonderland. What may be a building, a race track, a paddock area or a restaurant, now is a hill ascent, log area, obstacle-ridden path or a steep hill descent. This was particularly exciting news with Ford Expedition Tremors on-site.
The Tremor handled the pathways like it was a few small potholes in the road.
The camera on the centre console is wonderfully helpful, especially when you are looking into the sky through the windshield, the large digital experience will let you know you are are grounded and in control of where your tires are.
For such a big vehicle going off-roading, the Ford Expedition brings a lot of agility, features that bring a lot of confidence, all while making it a fun experience for everyone inside the cabin.
Trail Turn Assist, Rock Crawl Mode, underbody shielding, it was as if someone took the soul of the F-150 Raptor and installed it into a family hauler.
The new Ford Expedition Tremor doesn’t just get dirty. It wants to.
As you can see, we didn’t hold back.
Approaching Muskoka
We arrived at the JW Marriott The Rosseau Muskoka Resort & Spa, perched like a cathedral above Lake Rosseau. We checked in, dropped bags, cleaned the dust from our shoes from ORO Station, and made our way to the back patio to experience cocktail hour on the lawn, bathed in golden hour light, with a nice surprise waiting for us.
The Expedition Platinum Edition does showcase a lot of strength and range for a family too. We enjoyed a beautiful tailgate party on the backyard of the JW Marriott with all the accoutrements on the tailgate. Showing both a culinary showcase of good food, but all the versatility.
Dinner followed at the Chophouse that was on-site. Canadian beef, Niagara wine, conversation that zigzagged between tech specs and cottage memories.
A Lifestyle Utility Vehicle
What Ford has done here isn’t just about reinventing a vehicle—it’s about reimagining how families adventure. You’re not just driving to the destination anymore. You’re taking the destination with you.
With the Ford Split Gate, rear seating that doubles as stadium lounge or tailgate dinner table, zone lighting that turns night into day, and the cargo configuration from heaven, the 2025 Expedition becomes the camp, the tailgate, the cottage, the theatre. It’s the Swiss Army knife of full-size SUVs.
Experience The Ford Expedition Tremor For Yourself
This wasn’t just an enjoyable trip up north, driving through some of Ontario’s most prestigious areas. It was a proof of concept. That adventure isn’t something you escape to, it’s something you go and seek out. And the 2025 Ford Expedition Tremor? It’s ready for the long haul.
For some reason, we don’t associate large vehicles, especially ones that look good parked in the cities with agility. Just like we don’t assume a large 7-foot-plus NBA basketball player can be so agile on the court. But, then you get surprised pretty quickly when you see it. And when seeing those capabilities and experiencing them, it makes it that much more impressive when you see it done properly.
For more information on the Ford Expedition Tremor Edition or Ford Expedition Platinum Edition, be sure to visit their website and test drive one for yourself at your local Ford dealer.
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