Comments on: Ford downplays Flex-minivan connection

By: t-ak-box

t-ak-box — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:56:40 +0000

I’m not a fan of Mini-Vans, but this really sucks. If it had some of the concepts features, like just the suicide doors on the concept. Maybe this has more presence than I see in the photos I’ve seen, but this just looks like a crappy wagon. Great Way Forward FORD!

If they just shrunk this, made it a 4cyl, 5 passenger, B or C class vehicle. This would be a great Scion Fighter.

By: bigjob

bigjob — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:24:34 +0000

hey, and how about that cheap plastic Lambo……surprised you did not add that in your post.

By: SRT-4Ken

SRT-4Ken — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:48:26 +0000

——————>gotsmart, true….

By: gotsmart

gotsmart — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:55:57 +0000

The Flex is a minivan with swing-out rear doors. Get over it already.

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:41:03 +0000

There’s no vehicle Ford would want to market as a successor to the Freestar, that outdated piece of ****.

By: cknoff

cknoff — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:45:49 +0000

The reason they need three vehicles is because people buy minivans for many different reasons. Some people buy them because they need to haul 7 people around. They will buy the Taurus X or the Flex. Some people buy them because they are looking for a vehicle that can carry their teenagers and still have space in the back for a drum set. Those people will flock to the Edge. Other people want fuel economy with the ability to toss a sheet of plywood in the back. The Flex will most likely fulfill their needs then. The fact of the matter is the minivan is a very versatile vehicle with a wide range of demographics. I think Ford is managing to capture most of them. Whether or not the market is large enough to support 3 different vehicles has yet to be seen though.

By: buenos

buenos — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:25:49 +0000

Or on the flip side Jazz, they could be three answers to questions that no one is asking.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:08:50 +0000

They don’t know what the market wants. A SUV on a squat
car setting, a tall station wagon or a crossover that sits like a suv. So they’ll sell all three and try to pummel us with the choice. Or ‘there’s a car for everybody’

By: Fromes

Fromes — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:17:54 +0000

The article states that the flex, along with the edge and Tarus X are meant to replace the gap left behind by the freestar…can somebody please explain to me why it takes 3 vehicles to fill the gap left by one medicore minivan?
I had a chance to see the Flex up close at the New York Auto show and I must say, I wasn’t that impressed, it looked like a minivan with some fancy styling, nothing really unique or innovative outside of that. I’m also have trouble trying to figure out why ford has this, and the taurus X, a vehicle with the same amount of seating for passengers.