Comments on: Ford Flex wagon: Not nearly good enough gas mileage to justify its awkward appearance

By: greatslack

greatslack — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:44:42 +0000

This is what a Mini Cooper looks like when it gets old.

By: Chuck P

Chuck P — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:58:12 +0000

I am also a male in my mid 30’s in America in 2008 and I would drive one too! I personally like the look of this vehicle, it has kind of a cool 50’s surf wagon inspired look. PLus features like Synch, speech recognition, nav, the very cool Vista Roof setup, available rear fridge are all cool features.

Keep in mind this thing is nearly the same size as a Chevy Tahoe fullsize SUV, where the SUV probably gets 17mpg the Flex can get up to 24mpg. COmpare that to even the Enclave, etc or even minivans like the Odessey and Town & Country and you’ll find they all get worse MPG.

By: Jamie Munn

Jamie Munn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:26:17 +0000

Interested to hear about any vehicles out there that seat up to 7 that get better gas mileage on the highway than 24mpg. (I’ll make it easy for you – there aren’t any!)
There are literally 10’s oif millions of current SUV customers out there driving vehicles that get no better than 16 or 17mpg on the highway but who need the space that the Flex offers – this car will fly despite your cynicism.
BTW – have you driven it?

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:10:01 +0000

I would drive it and I am a male in 2008 so there! This looks cool to me – I like the throwback lines and whatnot. Better than a Minivan if you have kids and want to haul all their crap and still have room for yours.

By: trigatch4

trigatch4 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:52:29 +0000

It’s actually kinda hot looking if you get a picture from the right angle. Theres some good ones at http://fordflex.info

Plus, the sunroofs are pretty kickass.

I wouldn’t buy this thing myself but I could see a family having this as one of a few cars they’ve got in/on the garage/street.

By: diem

diem — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:50:02 +0000

Nicholas said: “Needless to say, no American male in 2008 wants to be seen driving a wagon…”

Ahem:
http://tinyurl.com/6c3upu

This is my former car, and trust me, at 225HP and 230lb/ft torque, it qualified as bad ass.

The car above, on the other hand, not so much.

By: Skye B.

Skye B. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:38:04 +0000

This car reminds me of a car they made in the 50’s, however the one from the 50’s was much better looking! LOL

By: Seth Levy

Seth Levy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:08:12 +0000

I saw this at a local Miami dealership on one of those riser thingies… I nearly crashed due to its hideousness.