It’s official: This is the Chinese-made Ford Edge Sport and Edge Limited.
CarNewsChina reports the new crossover for the Chinese market will be leaving for the showroom from Changan-Ford factories beginning in May 2015, arriving just before the Everest SUV.
Power for the seven-passenger Limited and five-passenger Sport will come from either a 2-liter turbo-four producing 252 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque, or a larger 2.7-liter turbo V6 making 300 horses and 370 lb-ft of torque. Both engines will send their power through a six-speed automatic to all four corners, with the 2-liter offering FWD as standard.
Price of admission begins at ¥280,000 ($45,000 USD), topping off at ¥450,000 ($72,400). The Limited will be limited to China for the near-term.
Although very highlander-ish, I like it. Better than the Highlander. I haven’t seen the new US model Edge. It is different correct? This is just a shared name?
The Edge Sport is basically the same as the Edge built in Oakville. The Chinese Edge Limited has a sixteen inch longer wheelbase and is a 7 passenger vehicle. At about 128 inches, that is a longer wheelbase than even the Flex and MkT.
The styling couldn’t be more generic CUV. It made me nearly fall asleep at my desk. Assuming the Chinese Edge Sport is the same as the upcoming U.S. Edge, it’s a step back.
But the 2.7TT is a quite attractive powertrain in a vehicle of this size. Only luxury makers (such as Audi with its Q5 3.0″T” or Porsche with the Macan) do better underhood.
It’s more or less the same styling wise.
The 2.7TT is a awesome. It has a $38K-$40K entry price on the Edge though.
The old one had a unique identity — the “jellybean” CUV, rounder than anything else. It was cohesive and tight.
This new one is just a Ford grille slapped on a generic CUV shape that looks like everything else in the segment. The Limited is even worse than the normal-length version.
I think both the Edge and Explorer designs are a step back, but I have a feeling I am in the minority with the Edge at least.
Something is going on at Ford that all of their crossover are looking just like Hyundai Santa Fe crossovers. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, I’m just saying
The US-spec Edge is quite different from either of these Chinese versions, though it retains some common components:
http://imgur.com/FAP92d4
Notably, the lower front fascia appears much more rounded, and the rear greenhouse is completely different.
It kinda looks like an Edge, Explorer, and Escape melted together in some kind of crucible, then poured into a generic CUV mold.
So have JVs completely beaten-down purely domestic Chinese brands for export purposes? Will the meme of cheap Chinese cars flooding America ever be realized? Doesn’t seem possible given safety standards and the profit demands of the established partners in the JVs.
Looks like we’ll never get any cheaper than Mirages from Thailand, and they’re not all that cheap.
I thought that Chinese-built Escort was coming here.
And you have at it with that Mirage. I can hear its coarse little engine haunting me already.
No, want Mitsu CUV! Nine grand, American.
What is a two year old Mitsubishi Outlander?
I don’t know, scrap value?
(Hee hee hee)
“What is a two year old Mitsubishi Outlander?”
Two years old. See, two normal people years are like 10 Zeiss years. I will never buy used again because normal owners are BRUTES.