The Gear Shift

A new version of the family wagon.

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• #6 Comment from willic7229 
  4/6/07 12:50 PM | Permalink

  Sorry but it looks like a gas guzzling shoe box on wheels.  When are we going to face facts that we need to conserve energy and stop being wasteful.  All auto makers need to step up and market vehicles that are much more fuel effiecient and/or burn cleaner than ever.  Stop ignoring the fact that fuel cost have gone way to high (over $1.00 per gallon the past two or three years) and they continue to rise because the oil companies are very much enjoying the record profits they've experianced recently.
  
  If we show auto makers that we will not respond to thier gigantic vehicles (by purchasing them) they will be forced to make changes that make more sense for these times.
• #5 Comment from coxtigger 
  4/6/07 12:19 PM | Permalink

  I REALLY LOVE FORD PRODUCTS AND WOULD BE DRIVING ONE NOW EXCEPT
  THE DEALERS ADD ON SO MUCH $ WHEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH THEM.
  FORD NEEDS TO MAKE MORE PRODUCT AND GET SOME NEW DEALERS THAT
  APPRECIATE HAVING CUSTOMERS.
  
  THE NEW FORD PRODUCTS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK...BUT DO NOT DESERT
  THE  EXPLORER OR THE CROWN VICTORIA.  I WOULD LOVE FOR ONE OF THESE
  TO BE MY NEXT VEHICLE AND I WOULD LET THE FOREIGN CARS ROT.
    MKC
• #4 Comment from firebirdsixty7 
  4/6/07 11:21 AM | Permalink

  I say build it NOW!!!!!  Ford needs something like this instead of all the crossovers..
  It can be a very classy car for the parents and if you have an option for a big engine to pull a camper it could be like the older days when families could hitch up a camper to it on the spur of the moment and go camping.. It would also be nice enough to take on trips without having to take a van or big truck..You can have the windows in back tinted and with some nice color options this would be a very SMART move on Fords part..
• #3 Comment from vajimj 
  4/6/07 11:07 AM | Permalink

  This is a very interesting design.  I would get away from the exterior colors, however.  The two-tone white and bronze or brown makes the wagon look old.  I might think about candy apple red.  For parents, I would market this as a Mercury in a very shiny black with added features for a quieter and smoother ride, an advanced navigation system, leather heated and cooled seats, and video camera backup for parking.  Market it as the dream car for a soccer mom or an addicted golfer.  For young people, I would market this as a Ford with special tires -- maybe with raised lettering -- a top of the line sound system, and a very long sunroof, like the Nissan Maxima.  For them, I might even tweak the engine with a supercharged option.
  
  I would find a way to make this car in the U.S. so I could market it as the genuine "All American Car."  This design shows why Ford is a much stronger thinking company than GM; but Ford needs to work much harder on its marketing.
• #2 Comment from otucman 
  4/6/07 9:27 AM | Permalink

  Build it!!!!!! What a change from all the cross overs........Yes put a motor in, so you can tow and take it to the track.....Make it an '08 and it will sell.