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1. It's hard to believe Ford would bank the future of the company on this car.

The Flex looks like something you'd see at the circus. Driving out into the main ring stuffed with clowns, horn beeping away, painted some bright color with polka dots.

How many mediocre people haulers does Ford need?

When will Mullaly make Ford's US lineup mirror that of Europe or Australia?

Posted at 5:34PM on Oct 30th 2007 by TriShield

2. I really like it... but I like the box on wheels look.

Posted at 5:37PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Random Task

3. Kinda looks like a poor man's Range Rover up front.

That said, it's another useless offering from Ford. Why would somebody who skipped over the Taurus X, Edge want this car? I hope they're not banking on the hip-hop community to keep this four-wheeled deadweight afloat.

Posted at 5:42PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Aki

4. Woow, poor Ford.

I hope this doesn't go down the, dare I say, Aztek route. Last time they showed this car EVERYBODY praised it( to my surprise I must admit), and now that they're seriously producing it now everyone wants to trash it.

When they said their target audience was the urban customer, I immediatley thought of the 300C. Then I figured, urban people wouldn't buy this because it doesn't LOOK like a more expensive vehicle (like the 300C, dubbed "the Baby Bentley")

but as Aki said, it looks like a poor man's range rover so maybe the flex has a chance. IMO they should have heightened it and labeled it the new Ford Explorer...it would DEFINITELY then look like a poor man's Range Rover and probably sell well.

Posted at 8:46AM on Oct 31st 2007 by k.w.a

5. the car on the pics is the FooseFlex by Chip Foose - not the Flex2 by Funkmaster Flex

Igor

Posted at 5:43PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Igor Holas

6. I don't think Funkmaster jives well with the intended audience: soccer moms.

Posted at 6:32PM on Oct 30th 2007 by SherbornSean

7. What?

Station wagons be PIMP, yo! LOL

Posted at 7:06PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Eric

8. Is that a 2nd generation xB?

And that's a condemnation of the Flex and the new xB.

Posted at 7:52PM on Oct 30th 2007 by why not the LS2LS7?

9. no!.. this looks better!!! its not a scion for sure! -sarcasm-

Posted at 12:30AM on Oct 31st 2007 by alexer

10. hmmm, I really like this thing for some reason. It looks like something I'd actually buy. I'm sure the standard Flex won't look this good, but still,....

Posted at 9:39PM on Oct 30th 2007 by John P.

11. Street luxury my ass. It is as much street luxury as Ford 500/Taurus was full-size luxury - POS with hideous design.

Posted at 9:56PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Me

12. We all knew this was coming. And it doesn't look nearly as bad as I thought it would; I actually kind of like it. The F O R D lettering on the front edge of the hood looks old-school cool.

Posted at 10:22PM on Oct 30th 2007 by 500

13. Has no one else noticed that the front tire is almost FLAT???

Posted at 10:40PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Derek

14. What an ugly and yet again pointless car.

Posted at 11:05PM on Oct 30th 2007 by stephen

15. I think it looks pretty good actually - and even if you don't like it, at least it's different from all the other interchangeably-styled peoplemovers.

I applaud Ford for making an attempt at something interesting - I hope it doesn't fall as flat as that front tyre.

Posted at 11:13PM on Oct 30th 2007 by Slag

16. looks old school!! looks great makes me remenber movies from the 70s. i like it.

Posted at 12:42AM on Oct 31st 2007 by alexer

17. I kinda like it. Stuff in the gorgeous Volvo sourced I5 turbo with six speed manual available in the Galaxy and the S-Max and bring this car to Europe.

Posted at 1:47AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Mattias

18. I like this thing. Have any of you seen pics of the interior yet? It uses some of Ford's best-quality materials yet (er... maybe I should say, some of the best materials in its segment).

*Someone* has to be trying new takes on the family wagon, now that SUVs are every bit the "mom-mobile" that minivans are. I'm frankly impressed Ford was so willing to go out on a limb with this one.

Of course, this does give Ford a total of FOUR three-row SUV-things in its lineup. Plus the two-row Edge and Escape. Ever heard of "streamlining," Ford? Considering the Flex's looks, maybe not.

Incidentally, I think I died a little inside reading Funkmaster Flex's "urban" PR shill. I can only imagine how it felt for him...

Posted at 2:22AM on Oct 31st 2007 by PJ

19. Funkmaster Flex Flex... nice, but is it flex-fuel?

Posted at 8:26AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Mirko

20. Damn you Mirko you stole my line!

Posted at 9:03AM on Oct 31st 2007 by Nellydesign