Hey, it’s the Ford Pacifica.

I think the freestyle is more of a pacifica sized vehicle. This is more stylish like the pacifica and probably not that much smaller though. I think this vehicle might be ever so slightly more SUVish than the pacifica too…maybe.
Base price seems high to me, but maybe that’s just me.

The pacifica still has more appeal even if it is older.

thats about 20k more than its worth. think i will wait for an enclave or acadia or outlook

you guys are crazy. that is the best looking Ford (aside from the Mustang) that I can remember. This thing has SMASH HIT written all over it. The Lincoln too. It does seem a bit overpriced, but who knows. Muranos go out the door for like $40,000. Next to that, this thing is a phat bargain.

I like it. Way to go “Forward” FORD!! I like the new GM ones that are coming a bit better for my needs (large family hauler), but this is a very nice looking ride. It should hit the Explorer sales HARD when buyers walk around the showrooms. I like how many manufacturers are doing this.

This is a very nice looking Ford, fully competitive with the Pacifica in every way. I personally will prefer the new GMC Acadia though. However, it’s still a job well done Ford Motor Co. !

Will the next news flash be an exclusive look inside the available colors for this thing? Looks good, but stop the year long “coming soon” updates and get it to market already!

The GM crossovers are
A. Higher end than this
B. More Expensive
C. Bigger

This does not compete with the Acadia/Enclave/Outlook.

You can already specify and price one online at the ford website and you have been able to do that for months.
Endurance, I bet in the real world they will be cross shopped

Looks cool. If I get one I’ll hold off a year and a half or two till after the gotta-haves overpay and the rebates come. Good power, decent mileage, nice looking, all around okay vehicle.

WOW the Ford Murano!!!

Endurancevm: right on. This a small, 5 people seater, not a huge 7 people toned-down SUV. I hope this will be a good seller for Ford.

I hope for Ford’s sake that this does well. I really do.

It’s priced right where the Explorer is. About $5000 more than the Escape and about $5000 less than the Expedition. The pricing sounds right. It’s not like it has manual windows. I think this could be a hit. It’s less SUV-like than the Acadia – although not the wagon that is the Freestyle or Pacifica. It is definitely a direct shot at the Murano. My guess is that its driving dynamics will be better than GM’s new trio as well, although probably no better than the Nissan.

loose the ugly bar grille and make a exceptable honeycomb grille…then I’ll be happy

RustedEmpire: I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who likes the honeycomb grill.

Bonquisha… You’ve been able to build them online for the last few months b/c Ford was doing research of interested buyers (you actively went to the site rather than them finding you) and could configure one. The interesting thing is that if you built the same exact vehicle multiple times, you got different prices. They followed up the config exercise with q’s on your demographics should you wish to give them and also whether you thought it was a fair/over/under price. They’ve done this for the MKX and the Expedition as well.

I think it will sell well and likely should have been available in March after the NAIAS splash in January so I hope the styling doesn’t come across stale (i.e., Thunderbird). The shape and segment are reminiscent of the Murano and Pacifica and the MKX goes directly up against the MDX and the RX330. I’d love to see a turbo diesel of a turbo V6 in the MKX from a performance persepctive.

I have read in many publications that there will be a Chevy version of the Outlook/Enclave/Acadia as well….and there is a Lincoln version of this Edge planned too, which will compete with the Acadia / Enclave. My preference above all is the Acadia.

This thing really needs a value priced Edge around 20,000 rather than 26,000. This needs a base base version to even up with the Explorer they hope it will replace. A fleet Edge of sorts perhaps…

The Lincoln version, the Lincoln MKX, is a 2007 model. It beat the Edge into the showroom.

Hey guys, this vehicle is bigger than the Highlander in length and width and equal in height. So you’re getting more vehicle for just a bit more in the price (though I think you’ll see more base Edges than base Highlanders…a lot of Highlanders people bought at the dealership I worked at were well over 30 grand). Of course you can’t argue taste, but this vehicle is in my opinion much better looking than the Highlander, inside and out.

The pricing is actually pretty good though haven’t seen the car itself I can’t comment much.

The only thing it now desperately needs right now is a capable Diesel engine IMHO, but I guess California’s stringent rules will decide whether this will be even possible at some point.

Nice, hope it makes it to the middle east.

remember when the Pacifica launched (five years ago?) how they overpriced it? hope that does not happen here.

Ford really did their homework with this one. It has all the right moves to go up against the Murano and the Highlander and should sell very well.

Excellent job.