Ford Flex Going for Share in ‘09
The attractive and unique Ford Flex is moving from concept to production and it’s on the sales floor now, before you can say ‘is that a new xB, have a look at what makes this Ford different.
We’re impressed with the new offering from the legendary Blue Oval. They took it back to one, with a ground up approach, and it shows!
Here’s some info and pixs on the new American bred crossover.
The 2009 full-size crossover moves people.
The 2009 Ford Flex is made for people. Seating up to seven passengers, it features a bold design, a roomy interior, and a quiet, powerful ride. Picking up some friends and their gear? Ford Flex offers a functional mix of interior seating and storage configurations.
On road trips, the journey is as important as the destination. The Flex full-size crossover takes you anywhere in maximum comfort, safety and style – whether it’s to the local arena, or across the country.
Instead of outsourcing seat design, the automotive industry norm, Ford created a dedicated seat engineering team within its Body Engineering division. Three Ford engineers – Qin Pan, Joanna Rakowska and Michael Medoro – spent months working with sophisticated virtual technology to design in-house vehicle seating that maximized both comfort and quality.
For the Ford Flex, the objective was to reflect the quiet luxury of the interior by reducing seat vibration. Using real-world road surface data, the Ford engineers could design mass dampers to counter a variety of road surfaces far earlier than ever before in the development stage.
While the new in-house seating technology has immediate benefits for Flex customers, soon the acquired learning building the F-Family Seats will be applied to a range of Ford vehicles from the Ford Focus to the new Ford F-150.
Cool Styling from Above - Avaiable
Visitors to the New York International Auto Show were witness to a live art performance by street artist and commercial illustrator Tristan Eaton. Throughout the opening weekend Tristan Eaton, founder of the creative agency ThunderDog Studios, used the Flex’s White Suede roof option to create colorful urban art pieces.
Show-goers watched the 29-year-old transform three full-size, sheet metal stampings of the Flex roof. The resulting one-of-a-kind “Cool Lid” art pieces will be on display in Ford’s Flex Studio Gallery from March 21st to 30th, 2008, joining three other previous creations.
The Tristan Eaton event was designed to build on the concept that the Ford Flex is a highly adaptable crossover vehicle that can be customized through a range of factory options including nine paint colors, two-tone roof, all-wheel drive, a multi-panel Vista roof and many other personalized choices.
So what do you think of the Ford Flex? Will it out sell the recently re-styled Scion xB?
Test drive both vehicles and post your comments on which one you like!