Filed under: Car Buying, Gadgets, Crossovers/CUVs, Ford
Ford Flex gets fridge
The move to make your car a rolling house makes takes another step. Ford has included a refrigerator option on the all new Flex, and in doing so has provided something better than what you'll find on many luxury cars. The rear seat gadget doesn't just chill the holding area -- it runs off of a compressor, like a proper fridge, to chill a liquid to keep things cool.
In normal operation it can take drinks from room temperature, at 77 degrees Fahrenheit, down to 41 degrees in two- and-a-half hours. It also has a freezer option that can get keeps items a chilly 23 degrees F. And it is sealed well enough so that it takes almost three hours for the temperature to go up just 18 degrees F. Should you wish to add the fridge to your Flex, the option will cost you a cool $760.
[Source: Kicking Tires]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
ASEVENCFOUR 11:05AM (5/23/2008)
The seats look like they need someone to bloat into, why not add a fridge in and get the ball rolling.
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Reality_check 11:26AM (5/23/2008)
Couldn't care less
Randy 4:43PM (5/23/2008)
So you could care?
Nightmare 3:41PM (5/26/2008)
I couldn't agree more why don't they just add everything else along with it, it would give homeless people a reason to live out of their car. lol...
Seriously though, why don't they convert one into a house... too bad the 70's are over though huh
rouse42 11:08AM (5/23/2008)
whats next a microwave so you can cook hotpockets
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bakka 11:10AM (5/23/2008)
More weight.
More cost.
More complexity.
Whatever.
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Jared 11:58AM (5/23/2008)
Yup. The Flex is the wrong car at the wrong time. What Ford needs on their lots now is the Fiesta/Verve, not the Flex.
Red Star 12:23PM (5/23/2008)
Why is Flex a wrong car at the wrong time? Crossovers are really popular now (just look how much people like Edge).
Aprime 1:29PM (5/23/2008)
When gas reaches 4.30 you won't be saying the same thing.
fm 12:34AM (5/24/2008)
Not only is it not a fuel sipper... getting the fridge i bet will make an impressive dip in the milage too
MJK 11:13AM (5/23/2008)
...so the info begins to trickle out why this thing starts at 28k...what a joke.
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Rob 11:17AM (5/23/2008)
It's been known for a long time it has this feature, but it's an OPTION, not standard, so it shouldn't have anything to do with it starting at 28k, it should still start around 24-25K, and yes, get up to that amount with all those options added
Red Star 12:26PM (5/23/2008)
What other full size crossover can you get for $28,000?
RL 1:00PM (5/23/2008)
The Saturn Outlook is around 27 here, the GMC Acadia is around 29 here that I've seen, And the good Taurux X, which I was actually wanting to get, you can get for that as well. But they are getting rid of the X soon here aren't they? Maybe they will drop the $ of those and I will pick one up this year. I like em
Ferg 11:19AM (5/23/2008)
That'll be less conspicuous to put my beer in there instead of a cooler on the floor!!!:-D
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Nightmare 3:46PM (5/26/2008)
tru dat
DJ 11:26AM (5/23/2008)
I guess we now know how Ford intends to build those profit margins.......$760 for what appears to be a 1 cubic foot fridge? Geez, I can go to Lowe's and get a 23 cubic foot stainless steel Whirlpool for that. Of course I'd have to put all of the rear seats down to fit it into the Flex, but hey, what a tailgate that would be!
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Joce03 8:44PM (5/23/2008)
Weirder things have happened to cars : )
RWD fan 11:33AM (5/23/2008)
So Ford execs were sitting there thinking:
"Should we make it a hybrid?
Nah..
How about we try a fuel cell?
Nah...
Maybe we could make the seats removable and people could use the Flex for more than a kid hauler?
Nah.. Hey pass me another beer!
Ohh! Yeah, totally, let's put a fridge in the back seat! That'd be awesome!"
What a friggin' waste.
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RL 11:40AM (5/23/2008)
Isn't this pretty much the same thing all the Dodge's have? You can get a cooler in there too, like the ram, has a box you can put ice in, with a drain, etc. and then the cooler glove box above the other glove box, which 'chills' drinks, and don't they also have a cupholder that cools, warms drinks too? I think the FOCUS has something like that too. Everyone needs to keep adding crap to their vehicles to make them stand out apparently. Why not just have a nice, reliable vehicle, and people will buy it.
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