Replace your mini-van or downsize your SUV with the Ford Flex Crossover Utility Vehicle:
The Ford Flex – 17/24 mpg – via: VideoPod Chronicles – see #56
The Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) has the features of a SUV but is based on a car – hence lower weight and better fuel economy.
From Mark Elliot Gordon, The Auto Channel.com:
The Flex is All Wheel Drive. A neccessity for a large vehicle here in the mountains of Colorado. The Flex has three rows of seats. A neccessity for a large family or even a small family when there are guests on the scene. The interior looks like it was designed across one of the oceans. I’ve always wondered why American cars’ interiors all looked the same. Doesn’t matter what brand or model, they all have a similar feel, except for the Flex. Felt Germanesque to me….there goes that reference thing again.
The Flex that I had was well equipped. The navigation system worked like a navigation system should. Touch screen and intuition. The stereo sounded great, for a factory-installed system. The seats were comfortable as was the interior layout. “Well designed”, my interior voice called out to me many times during the week. “Get the Flex review done,” that same voice cried out to me in the subsequent weeks.
As this is a crossover vehicle I wisely decided not to take it “off road.” But I did tool around on a gravel Forest Service road. The Flex performed. It made the gravel feel like asphalt. The Flex never felt like it was drifting on the washboard corners. If not for the sluggishness, I’d be in new car nirvana. I can’t wait for next year’s model and the EcoBoost
On balance this is a car to consider. My recommendation is that if you have any post-modern lit theory people in your family…you should go out and buy them a Flex ASAP. If you are car shopping for yourself, and you don’t know Barthes from Derida, I’d still suggest you test-drive the Flex. It is a great family car…. and its pretty cool. via – theautochannel.com
See Also:
Ford Flex.net – the 2009 Ford Flex Enthusiast Site
VideoPod Chronicles – see #56
Crossover Utility Vehicle - Wikipedia
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