Leftlane (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Customers may not be flocking to Ford dealerships to snatch up the automaker’s all-new Flex crossover, but we don’t think CSG Motorsports will have much trouble drawing a crowd at next month’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas with the company’s customized 2009 Ford Flex. Best known for its cat-back exhaust systems and air intake [...]
Automobile (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
2009 Ford Flex Limited AWD Three fathers and sons take a Ford Flex on a four-day, 1300-mile road trip to see baseball greats past and present. They said we were crazy. "They" being our wives, of course. Three dads taking three kids, ages thirteen, eight, and two-and-a-half, on a road trip from Detroit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, and then...
KickingTires (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Ford’s stylish new crossover, the Flex, has received its fair share of buzz from the automotive press, and its fair share of praise (and some criticism) from our reviewers. However, sales so far have not been stellar. Projected annual sales...
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Just yesterday, Ford announced that it will offer a $2,500 cash back incentive on the 2009 Ford Flex due to slow sales. Today,Consumer Reports has announced that the Flex along with the Mazda CX-9...
Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Filed under: Car Buying , Crossovers/CUVs , Ford , Mazda Click above for high-res gallery of the Ford Flex The Ford Flex and Mazda CX-9 haven't exactly lit up the sales charts lately, and the Flex even has $2,500 in incentives on its hood to try and move units in this atrocity of an automotive market. Despite slow sales, the two well regarded three-row crossovers...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The Detroit Free Press’ Mark Phelan is one of Motown’s most reliable cheerleaders. So it was no surprise when Phelan gushed all over the new Ford Flex back in August. “The 300,000-plus people who used to buy Ford Explorer SUVs every year are the group who will decide whether the Flex experiment pays off. If [...]
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Despite all the hype and buzz generated around Ford’s new crossover, the Flex, sales have been so-so. Sales of the Flex are slated under 30,000 units annually, rather than the 70,000 - 100,000...
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Ford was hoping that its squared-off new crossover, the Flex, would be a runaway success in the vein of the 1986 Taurus. The Flex, which vaguely resembles the box that the aerodynamic Taurus came in, has seen falling sales in the last two months - not a good sign for a vehicle that has [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
The new Ford Flex and upgraded Mazda CX-9 now rank among the top five three-row SUVs tested by Consumer Reports, the magazine reports in its November issue, which goes on sale today.
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Redesigned Honda Pilot drops to midpack in CR's ratings YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new Ford Flex and the upgraded Mazda CX-9 now rank among the best three-row SUVs tested by Consumer Reports. The Flex and CX-9 trail behind only the Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the conventional Highlander, and the Acura MDX in CR's Ratings of 17 midsized models. But the...
TrueDelta (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Back in April 2007 I heralded the 2009 Ford Flex as a sign of life at Ford. By applying cues from the cult-inspiring styling of the Scion xB and MINI Cooper to a much larger three-row vehicle, I predicted that Ford had the magic formula for people seeking a people mover with style. Well, the 2009 [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
When Ford Motor Co. showed off the production version of the Ford Flex last year at the New York auto show, hopes couldn't be higher for the boxy, three-row crossover. The Flex represented a daring new design ethos and business strategy for the struggling automaker, which was making plans to bounce back from a record $12.6-billion loss in 2006.
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
An eagle-eyed TTAC commentator unearthed this little gem from AutoWeek of April ‘07. Like Mr. Chen, I think it’s sufficiently germane (House Bunny!) to last month’s Flex sales that it deserves resurrection. “The pivotal moment in the Flex’s development came, Ford design chief J Mays said, when he and his North American lieutenant, Peter Horbury, [...]
Top Speed (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Posted on 10.10.2008 04:15 by Simona Alina Filed under: | 2008 | suv | SEMA Auto Show | Ford Flex CGS is preparing a customized 2009 Ford Flex for the SEMA Show. The car was designed by Sean Smith of SS Designs and will be named "ReFlex." This new crossover SUV will feature custom paint by DuPont Refinishes with paint preparation by 3M, 22" one-off Bonspeed wheels,...
