.The Flex is Here!

What Edmunds.com says

The 2009 Ford Flex is a thoughtfully designed and cool-looking alternative to minivans and seven-passenger crossover SUVs. 

Genuine seven-passenger accommodations, high-quality interior materials, unique styling, optional all-wheel drive, availability of Sync multimedia interface.

The Car connection writes

By  Marty Padgett, Executive Editor

 2009 FORD FLEX STYLING | [9 out of 10] Automobile: "quirky, modern" Edmunds: "Rolling stare magnet" Jalopnik: "looks pretty cool" Car and Driver: "Ramrod upright" The 2009 Ford Flex simply looks like no other vehicle in its class-and you have to scan the sides of the much smaller MINI Cooper or the much higher-priced Range Rover to see the resemblance to anything on the road. Automobile sees the "quirky, modern designs of the Mini Cooper and Scion xB" in its profile, while Car and Driver imagines the Ford Flex as a "nearly perfect doppelgänger for the Fairlane concept shown at the Detroit show in 2005." It stands "ramrod upright, with four strakes along its flanks, tinted glass all around, and a body-color top or a Mini-esque contrasting top that will be available in white or silver," they add. Edmunds colorfully describes it as a "rolling stare magnet," from the "four horizontal grooves stamped into the outer door panels to the Range Rover-like ... Read full review

Car and driver says:

 

A cooling fan on hot day. Orange Popsicles. Ice-cold sangria. The 2009 Ford Flex. What do these things have in common? Each is undeniably refreshing.

Yes, after a seemingly interminable series of painfully bland products, Ford has finally built something interesting. And after a brief drive of the Flex-in, of all places, New York City and its swanky 'burbs-we're feeling cautiously optimistic about the funky four-wheeled box. And, for that matter, about Ford.

We're not necessarily ready to say we love the thing, but we do like it. We are impressed with many aspects of it, and fortunately, we think they are aspects that count-i.e., features that help it carry a bunch of people and things in comfort and with reasonable economy. Which, after all, is precisely the point of vehicles like this.

Flex in the City

There are fairly few car launches in New York City for, we think, obvious reasons. But the Flex actually was right at home in "the City," its love-it-or-loathe-it T-square styling not looking a bit out of place along New York's busy boulevards, lined as they are with skyscrapers as rectilinear as the Flex itself. And if Ford had bothered painting one yellow, we'd have been mobbed at rush hour.

Shamelessly reminding everyone of the station wagons of their childhoods, the Flex has nary a curve to be found, and only a few radiused edges. The stacked taillamps-with nifty standard LEDs-bracket an optional, straked metallic panel, adding visual width. The side grooves are a modern interpretation of good old-fashioned wood paneling. If it was Ford's intention to recall the glory days of the station wagon, it worked, although the Country Squire certainly wasn't available with 20-inch alloys.

It's Not All Retro

As evocative as the Flex is of a bygone era, there is rife evidence of new-school thinking on the exterior, starting with the hidden rocker panels. Basically, the Flex's door skins reach under the body side so that any snow or mud that might be caked to them travels with the door so that passengers don't get their pants dirty while getting in and out. This also allows passengers to scoot closer to the seat as they climb aboard-particularly good for older folks. Just be mindful when parking next to tall curbs.

Another cool bit is the exterior keypad-a throwback that Ford refuses to get rid of in spite of looking rather silly in the days of the key fob. Until now, that is. It illuminates from under the black B-pillar when one's hand is waved over it. Ooh, it's suddenly cool.

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