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Old 06-04-2007, 10:49 AM   #1
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Default 2009 Flex Crossover(US Market)

All-New Full-Size Crossover

On Sale Next Year: The 2009 Ford Flex goes on sale in the summer of 2008, joining the Edge and Taurus X in Ford’s popular crossover lineup.

A very unusual square box vehicle, I would like to know why Europe is going the ‘Kinetic’ way and the US is going astonishing weird…

http://media.ford.com/products/press_article_display.cfm?article_id=25820&vehicle _id=1564&make_id=92&CFID=9546281&CFTOKEN=1e4768d93 365743d-6C121C71-1185-6933-5DE57FAC37EA2517&jsessionid=58302a575e53G$838$C6

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Old 06-04-2007, 10:50 AM   #2
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IIRC thats the "Fairlane" concept

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Old 06-04-2007, 10:50 AM   #3
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Looks like they chopped the roof of a Range Rover. I like it
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Old 06-04-2007, 11:33 AM   #4
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I'm glad they're still not calling it the Fairlane. Flex is a weird name (maybe it suffers from a bit of body flex) but at least they aren't bringing back a name of historical importance (This is America, so they haven't had Fairlanes since about 1970) and slapping the badge on something completely different.
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Old 09-04-2007, 08:53 PM   #5
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That style of vehicle is popular in the US - there is a Toyota brand I can't name at the moment, a Honda SUV and even the Hummer H2/H3 are shaped like that. Why you would want to drive something boxier than a Volvo 740 is another question
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Old 09-04-2007, 08:56 PM   #6
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Looks like they chopped the roof of a Range Rover.
I thought that straight away.
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