Comments on: Ford hopes to ride crossover, small car boom

By: LamborghiniZ

LamborghiniZ — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:46:34 +0000

S 60 driver, not as good looking as its cousin the Mazda CX-7

By: bepsf

bepsf — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:40:35 +0000

Ford needs to stop w/ the crappy PR and statements about what they’re gonna do/plan on doing/hope to do (if they’re in business long enough to see it through)…
…shaddup already and get to work sending us the good stuff.

(and do PLEASE something about Mark Field’s hair – He looks like he ought to be wearing shiny white loafers and Sansa-belt polyester slacks while hawking used LTD II Broughams…)

By: S-60-driver

S-60-driver — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:31:42 +0000

Phil @ 7:38pm…..

Nobody cares. Every year, there are always couple of new SUVs coming out where its dying right now. CUV is on the boom.

Ford Edge is the BEST looking CUV out there!! My sister is going to get it when her lease is up on the gas-sipping ‘05 Explorer! Couple of relatives in my family are gonna get the Edge, too.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:38:25 +0000

A little late to just be starting to ride the wave. The CUV trend started back in the late 90s and has already reached its high point. Not that it’s going down now or anything, because it defnitely isn’t, but the trend has already climaxed and isn’t growing much but simply keeping its momentum. It climaxed a couple of years ago, in fact, so Ford is REALLY late to the party. And we all thought Audi was.

By: Zanary

Zanary — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:28:28 +0000

The Edge is a good way to flesh out the SUV/CUV ranks and likely hlep the CAFE numbers a bit.

The Explorer (dumb chrome beak and aging profile) is having its sales slow real hard. The Freestyle will be better with its upcoming update, but looks more wagon-ish than SUV-ish.

The Edge makes do with 2 rows (all the majority of potetnial customers honestly need), aggressive appearance, and a fresher face than the rest of Ford’s SUV lineup. It’ll work.

This should also free up the ol’ Explorer to pursue a more capable 4×4 approach to seperate it in the eyes of consumers.

By: lanapat7

lanapat7 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:44:38 +0000

The Edge, the Explorer, the Fairlane- too similar and targeting the same audience.

By: MyGodBeatsYourGod

MyGodBeatsYourGod — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:18:54 +0000

This will NOT be Ford’s next Explorer (with it’s very respectable sales).

Too late to the game for huge market shares and slightly too expensive, especially the L/M versions.

This vehicle will cannibalize Ford’s own small SUV sales and they will most likely have few Japanese-make trade-ins. The largest switch-overs will be TrailBlazer and Pacifica drivers.

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:54:22 +0000

they have to have something up there sleeve with the ranger by now. its everyones #1 gripe right up there with the focus.

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:54:22 +0000

they have to have something up there sleeve with the ranger by now. its everyones #1 gripe right up there with the focus.

By: novicius

novicius — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:00:50 +0000

Ford needs the next Ranger to be a winner also.

By: MikeFX

MikeFX — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:56:55 +0000

The Fusion has done well, but the Zephyr only got Ford back to give-away lease programs. Ford is putting all of it’s eggs in the CUV basket as if it invented this niche. They finally have a vehicle to compete in this almost mature segment, and they trumpet like they own it before they even launch. I hope they do well, and I do think CUVs are great…I’ve been driving the one that started it all for three years now. It’s nice to see other people catching on!

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:35:38 +0000

It better. Go Ford Go!