A few years ago Ford decided that its survival depended on making bold moves. They decided to stop simply doing what they’d always done. Well, at least some of the time. One bold move: replace their minivan with the world’s largest Scion xB. Another: instead of offering a V8, twin-turbocharge and direct inject a V6. Then combine the two to offer a 355-horsepower family hauler that really hauls. Intriguing. But does the Ford Flex EcoBoost make sense?
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mypoint02 - Good story Thomas. I can definitely relate. I tend to run my cars until they’re just about used up, then sell them. Usually I’m happy just to find a buyer and...
Lorenzo - You should see what the British are doing with theirs (and don’t forget, they drive on the wrong side of the road too): http://www.strangecosmos.co...
Lorenzo - They used to be called rotaries everywhere in America for about a hundred years, until traffic engineers decided to adopt the British “roundabout”...
NMGOM - Hi wmba …… Glad you got to drive and ATS (and let us here know your impressions), but did you also check out a RWD version? Briefly: 1) My comments were...
Doug DeMuro - The roundabout in Atlanta is on the southwest corner of Emory University’s campus, connecting North Decatur and Oxford Road. If you grew up in DC you...
oldyak - Nice view of the reality of life with an ‘old friend’…. Once, my pride and joy,my 1989 SHO Taurus now spends most days languishing in the driveway waiting,and...
oldyak - Beautiful car. I hope someone saves the company and the design. The closest america got to a Alfa Romeo in the purist sense… Now let the Alfa bashing...
Ooshley - I’m no metallurgist but I guess if the differing ore types have complimentary trace element amounts for steel making it’d...
jcwheels - by the way, I’ve been consistenly getting an average of 33mpg with a 70% fwy / 30% city mix, of course, I drive like a...
Mikein08 - I grew up in Washington, DC, where there are many roundabouts (aka “traffic circles” in my day) and so learned about these things early in my...