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Ford Fairlane is on for 2008

Ford Fairlane is on for 2008

Posted Feb 7th 2006 6:00PM

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According to Automotive News and The Toronto Star, Ford's new flexible manufacturing plant in Oakville, Ontario, is scheduled to start building the Fairlane as a replacement for the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey by February 2008. The plant will start production of the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX later this year.

A Lincoln version of the people mover is also rumored for production in Oakville. Both the Ford and Lincoln models will include hybrid versions, representing about 10 percent of total production.

[thanks for the tip, Kyle!]

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jrngmn

You guys are nuts, it's a beautiful vehicle. A pimped out ScionXb is not a bad thing. Problem Is with the EDGE being sold for about $34,000 equipped with the goodies, means this vehicle will be $40,000 and probably get worse mileage than the Edge's 18! If it's $35,000 loaded FWD with DVD for the kids and gets 20/22 mpg in the city then I'm in with bells on. I love the look, but like I said I fully expect Ford to underpower and overprice it along with crappy fuel mileage.

February 18 2007 at 8:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Lowell Kammer

I was very disappointed when Ford discontinued the Taurus/Sable wagon. I hope the Fairlane will fill in that void. Only problem I foresee is the cost. My Sable wagon was decently priced (for a fully loaded car) and gets great gas mileage. I hope that the Fairlane will be both affordable to purchase and economical to run. As it stands now, I won't replace my Sable wagon any time soon because it works for me.

January 28 2007 at 7:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stephen Lang

I think this is a very nice looking car/crossover/whatever. The RR influence seems obvious, although this is obviously a cheaper car as well.

It will probably have the utility value of a Honda Element, without all those cheap plastic panels.

February 08 2006 at 7:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sully

The fairlane is not a stretched Edge. The Edge is based on the CD3 platform which underpins the Fusion. The Fairlane will be based on the D3 platform which underpins the 500.

February 08 2006 at 12:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JZeke

Who cares what the name is, the important thing the Freestar and Montery are dead! truly uninspiring minivans. Can anyone say Ford Pacifica/R-class???

February 08 2006 at 11:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve Madden

I hope they resist the urge to slap more chrome on the front.

February 08 2006 at 9:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Whatsinaname

Ford has Navigator, Expedition (a stretch version soon as well), Escape, F150, F250, Mariner, Explorer, Sport Trac, some other sport 'utes (U388 and U387 due in the 07CY)... and now yet another SUV. Plus they have a few other trucks on the drawing boards as well. I'm not a marketing guru or anything like that, but isn't Ford going down the wrong track with having so many SUVs given the escalating costs of oil?

February 08 2006 at 9:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nick

This vehicle will be a hit...a stylish and practical alternative to the minivan. Ford needs to get it out as quickly as possible--it has the practical shape of an oversized Scion xB, but much better looking.

February 08 2006 at 9:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ZipperSeven

I don't much care what they call it, I think the styling is wicked. I kinda like the new 'Fusion'-like styling Ford is running with these days.

February 08 2006 at 9:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

St鰨ane Dumas

Jaymez, yes the Fairlane is still made in Australia as a stretched version of the Falcon http://www.ford.com.au/range/fairlane/models/
the Fairlane was also made in Argentina until 1981
http://jmiracing.tripod.com/cgi-bin/news.pl
http://fairlanemania.tripod.com/intro.html (these 2 sites are in Spanish)

February 08 2006 at 7:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply