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Review: Lincoln MKT Take Two
The Lincoln MKT is a Looney Tunes cartoon: based on previously made creations, packaged into something unique. While the animated series started from the Warner Brother’s impressive music library, the...
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Review: Ford Flex Ecoboost Take Two
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...
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Is Ford Enjoying Full-Size Success?
Today’s Detroit News has an interesting item on Ford’s D3/D4 platform strategy, based on the thesis that The remade Taurus has emerged as a flagship for the Dearborn automaker, restoring luster to a...
View ArticlePiston Slap: Relationship Advice, Accord vs. Panther Love?
Click here to view the embedded video. Scott writes: I am a regular TTAC reader and have a question that I hope you can shed some light on. Currently my wife and I own a 2004 Accord with about 100,000...
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What’s Wrong With This Picture: 2013 Flex Hits The Funkmaster Edition
Thought the Flex’s 2013 update would be a subtle tweak? Thought Ford might even tone down its freakiest minivan alternative? Think again, fool. Beaten down by jive turkey crossovers with less...
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New or Used: Being a Parent…to your Parent
TTAC Commentator Jimal writes: Sajeev and Steve, I have one of those quandaries that most adults will go through sooner or later in life and I figured I would tap into you and the B&B for...
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Bark’s Bites: A Moment of Appreciation for Depreciation
Everybody on the internet knows that buying new cars is just plain stupid. New cars, after all, are just “depreciating hunks of metal.” New cars depreciate an average of 20% immediately, and then go...
View ArticleCould Aviator, Not Continental, Begin the End of Lincoln’s Alphabet Soup...
Updated with statement from Lincoln at bottom. If rumors prove true, Lincoln could end its love affair with MK alphabet soup names with a new Aviator based upon the new Ford Explorer. According to a...
View ArticleAce of Base – 2018 Ford Flex SE
The Ford Flex muscled its way into dealerships for the 2009 model year, standing apart from other three-row offerings with its still-in-the-cargo-box styling cues. It’s shape actually goes back...
View ArticleAce of Base: 2019 Ford Flex SE
Yep, they still sell this thing. Betcha forgot all about it. Or perhaps not. The “styled with a t-square” profile of the Flex has always appealed to the funkier side of the crossover/SUV customer base...
View ArticleBark’s Bites: A Moment of Appreciation for the Ford Flex
Seven years ago today, I bought a 2013 Mineral Gray Ford Flex SE. It wasn’t the ideal combination of options, nor was it the most desirable color — I would have preferred something in a Blue or Red,...
View ArticleEulogy Time: As Ford Flex Passes Into History, an Automaker Remembers the Box...
For a model that encompassed a single (but very long) generation, the Ford Flex made a big impact on Ford Motor Company’s image, to say nothing of its fortunes. You probably don’t remember June 3rd,...
View ArticleFord Keeps Upping the Cash on Leftover Flexes
Back before we had standards and practices barring tainted food from store shelves, there was a colossal stretch of history when you could buy discounted meat that was well past its best-buy date. The...
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