2012 Ford Explorer test mule

The bright side of my long commute from Surprise was this Explorer mule out flood testing in Phoenix.

[Ed: based on the side creases, it might be a Lincoln, rather than a Ford, based on what’s been shown on Autoblog.  However, their Lincoln story said a current Lincoln front end grafter onto an Explorer. This one had a current Flex front end grafted on.  It does appear that the raised rear (i.e., 3rd row or extended?) correlates to the indented crease as shown here.  YMMV ]