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>A picture in the 1997 Explorer catalog (page 10) shows a Sport model (2 >door) with a message center in the floor console. According to the Features >and Options page the message center is only available in the Premium option >group, which is not offered on the Sport. Edmunds also does not list the >message center as an option for the Sport. What gives? >Paul

   Wow, I guess there’s someone else who examines the catalog as closely as I do! For 1997 at least, the message center is only available on the 4-door Eddie Bauer and Limited. The moral is that you can’t necessarily trust what you see in the catalog. Does it bother anyone else that the exact same Green 2-door Sport is pictured in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 catalog? John

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A picture in the 1997 Explorer catalog (page 10) shows a Sport model (2 door) with a message center in the floor console. According to the Features and Options page the message center is only available in the Premium option group, which is not offered on the Sport. Edmunds also does not list the message center as an option for the Sport. What gives? Paul

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