I really hate those people who bash about the 500/monetgo/freestyle. They have never sat in or driven these before!!! I have a 500 in my garage and i absolutely LOVE it!! The handling is really good.

Avalon is too soft when cornering. Not good.

There’s nothing we can do to convince them to, at least, test drive one cuz it won’t cost them anything. They just won’t cuz they are STUPID and prefer to call these trio crap. They are just stubbornly plain lazy stupid!!!

FORD will improve the FiveHundred and Montego, but it will lose out to the rest of the field in terms of appeal. Toyota is likely to keep stumbling until Detroit catches up and passing them again.

I still don’t like the car and I know FORD can do way better… lots better. They just need to stop trying to be some pseudo-European/Japanese car company, lay of on the trucks some, and listen to and follow through with customer and fan input.

To whoever mentioned Edmunds up there, I don’t give 2 ****s about what Edmunds says, the reality is most of those little polling devices are corrupt anyway, full of twisted statistics, etc. If you look at car reviews, car comparisons, etc, you’ll find the Avalon and Azera to be FAR superior to these twins of trash, they both have way better looking interiors with better fit and finish and higher quality materials, they both have better exterior styling, more so for the Avalon than the Azera, and they both drive better, WAY BETTER, and that’s indisputable, those are facts agreed upon by every journalist in the automotive business that has compared these cars. So stop quoting dumb internet sites that say Ford is higher in satisfaction than Toyota, or whatever, because there’s no way for you to prove at ALL that that’s accurate, and judging by sales, and judging by reviews, and judging by the quality of materials used, the Avalon and the Azera are trouncing the 500/Montego C-R-A-P C-A-R-S

@Syrax. No they dont. They’re modular but they’re not clear or white.

Like I sayd, white tail lights were a cheap trend in the late 90’s. Nothing bold about that. Red will always be a valid color for tail lights because thats the law for break lights. They should have went with black tail lights, that would have been bold.

all of you peeps are scared to move ahead in modern time. Its 2007, not 1980 or 1990. Time for fresh, modern style!!! Who friggin’ cares about the altezza stuff!! At least it would be tightly screwed, not loosely installed by teens or auto custom shop worker.

This Montego will look bad-ass in black with chrome rims, chrome strips, those clear taillights and urban, silver-styled front end.

Yeah, actually the RX does have clear white “altezza” tail lights now. My mistake. It didnt originally have them. I guess since they havent hardly updated that bodystyle in 10 fregging YEARS, they decided it was better than nothing.

I dont think Ford should be taking fashion advice from a Cross over that looks practically the same as it did in 1998.

But, no current car in that segment has them. And that is for a reason. Because they are played out. They were a fad. And now Ford shows up late to the party looking very outdated.

@Adrio – Not so much overweight families, but tall ones! You know you have a nice-sized vehicle where I (6′7″) can fit behind my dad (6′5″) and not be completely uncomfortable. There’s as much, if not more, rear leg room than the Town Car.

Even the new Lexus IS (aka altezza) doesnt have them anymore. No Lexus does. No BMW does. No Benz does. No Infinity does. So why in the hell does this Mercury have them? Who at Ford thought this was a good idea?

An Altezza is Toyota’s JDM version of the Lexus IS200 which we have here in the states. Aftermarket companies quickly starting replicating the lights as “Altezza-style” tailights, but quickly became too difficult & long to say for the average “ricer”, so they refered to them as “Altezzas”. Fo Mah Civic ‘n shiet.

Secondly the Milan taillights are stylish, and modern looking. So are the Zephyr taillights.

These on the other hand, look exactly like the custom (all-white) tail light conversion kits you put on a 1994 accord sedan. HORRIBLE. They cost 40 bux on ebay. Look for yourself. Way to push the envelope ford. 1994 style.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/94-95-HONDA-ACCORD-2DR-4DR-ALL-CLEAR-TAIL-LIGHTS-LAMPS_W0QQitemZ160077394479QQihZ006QQcategoryZ33716QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Modern taillights should look like this new Montego and Milan, Saturn Aura, etc. Not just plain old red taillights with normal blubs, like Ion, Corolla, Camry, G6, etc. L-A-M-E!!!