How embarrassing! Just when I think Ford might get it, I am stunned by how out of touch they are. With even a grain of common sense they will cease production plans for this horror show gas guzzling imitation Hummer/Rover!!

I can`t wait until I can test drive one of these. We are very interested in how it handles over all. You have came up with some very inventive ideas. I like the refrigerator in the center console and the roof. When you have children and one is autistic , having him be able to see more around him, I think will make small trips a lot easier. Thanks ford for another good product.

Its my rage rover, streched, with a wrecked roof, ford nice job trying to impliment styling from land rover, however you removed the keys to land rovers sytling, there timelessness.

This Ford Flex is more like this Ford SUX. Ford you could do better with this product, and how about for starters you change the name. How about the Ford Kronos, or Ford Sphynx. The design is ok at best and shoudl be beefed up a bit on the front end, and if not then downsize the rear. You have many options and i hope this particular modle doesn’t make it to the street, it might be hard not to plow into it with my silverado.

My family and I are looking forward to the flex,but as a small business owner it would be nice to see a more stripper version to haul small work loads. I hope the flex will have this option. Also Ihope you watch your dealers so they don’t gouge the price and you lose market momentum(ie thunderbird)

This Flex is both boxier than a Range Rover and Uglier than Scion’s newest xB. Do we need another “BOX”?

This is indeed an amazing vehicle. Yet the name the Ford Flex does not really seem to fit it.

I was think the FORD FANATIC might suit it better an amazing eye catching car….with a ear catching name…
just a thought.

-your fan austin

I really think this style vehicle is a valid solution to hum-drum minivans. I will be hard pressed not to purchase one after I view it at the dealership. I am currently planning on buying the Transit Connect when it comes out but this kind of vehicle is hard to resist. Just dont ruin it like Scion did with their box-mobile. A different “Non F-Name” nomenclature would definitly help…. Please fire the idiot in charge of naming vehicles……I bet he makes 500 grand a year to pick the worst imaginable names…..beyond that it looks like a winner!!! However, I’m sure the idiotic automotive press will slam it somehow ….. because after all ………it is an American vehicle…….if it doesnt have a BMW or Toyota badge……its pretty much worthless in their book.

I really think this should replace the slow selling Ford Taurus X.

IN addtion to seeming to be a great people car, it may work to carry my dogs. I have two Great Danes (10 month and 10 weeks) They will be tall dogs (37 at the shoulder) I need to know the headroon, the dimension from the flat surface produced by folding the seats flat to the interior roof. I have made several calls to Ford and no one seems to have access to this figure. I even took my tape measure to the KC Auto Show but since the Flex was on a special display I could not get the measurement. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew
BTW — I’m greatly impressed with all that I see in the Flex when checking the web site.

I don’t quite understand what’s happening here. I have heard some people say that the Flex looks similar to the new Interceptor concept, but I definitely don’t see it. The Flex, a clearly uninventive and bulky design, is going to production, while the Interceptor, a modern and obviously culturally significant design, is still on the backburner, and probably won’t see production until it has been substantially modified. The market for inefficient SUV’s (or crossovers or whatever other silly nomenclature they’ve now found themselves in need of hiding behind), is almost done for, and has been for some time. The only potential customers are upper middle class families. And only those who don’t think this is a boxy wreck. The market for large sedans has only seen a recession as of late due to uninventive and boring design, but obviously has potential as shown by the 300’s sudden success.
Should this car go into production it would no doubt steal many of the 300 customers, win new customer’s through its modern looks, and gain a great new following from law enforcement. Produce before it’s too late, and Chev just steals some of the design cues for themselves! (Just like they did with the grill from the superchief concept that took too long to be implemented on standard Ford truck models, but was almost immediately implemented on Chev’s redesigned trucks. For shame. Shame on you, shame on them, shame on everyone.)
Long story short . . . just fix up the obvious visibility issues, put a normal hood on it (like THAT’s ever going into production?!) and show the world a real car with new ideas . . . not more and more of the same that this Flex offers.