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When the wife and I looked at one before buying the Flex we did not like the height of the console. Would be interested in seeing this in light of your recent time in a CX-7.

Your "freedom of choice" stops when you enter their property. They have every right to restrict which vehicles park on their property. Could I park a Mazda6 there? Fusion?

I'm hoping it will mainly be more efficiently packaged (i.e. smaller exterior, bigger interior) and be V6 and Hybrid capable (With a V6 [2.7?] Hybrid for Lincoln) I'm still hopeful D2C gets sedanized. Lincoln: FWD/AWD/Hybrid/Electric C2 Based Car, RWD Sedan/Coupe/Vert D2C, FWD/AWD/Hybrid CD4L/D5? Sedan, RWD/AWD E8 Based Sedan.

The Grand Cherokee has never been BOF.

That's the buzz. ATS and Camaro on Alpha. As JP said above CTS may end up on ATS as well (or a version of Zeta)

The CTS is the only Cadillac (Other than the soon to be killed STS) which does not share a platform within GM, for now. The next refresh will see it share it's platform with the next gen Camaro.

I'm surprised it didn't become a Hyundai Truck.

"New Platform" is "new platform" in GM speak. This is Epsilon II (Regal/LaCrosse) old Malibu was Epsilon I.

I'd go with the Edge, but get the Sport.

MkT and Flex = D4 Explorer = D3 Wheelbase is ~5" longer on D4.

You practically couldn't operate Oakville if MkT sold per month what it sold per year. That's my concern with the Flex and MkT, OAC can't be the efficient with these volumes.. My understanding is that CAP isn't flexible enough to do two platforms. If MkS and Taurus go CD4-L I could see them going to OAC provided the Explorer takes off. (Frankly I'm surprised Explorer didn't end up at OAC from the start. The Flex has a wheelbase 5" longer than the Explorer. We love our Flex. If the Explorer were our only option we'd probably be driving something else (Not that I dislike the Explorer, just that it's not a fit for us).

The Sonata doesn't do anything for me. The KIA version though? Looks much more $$$ than it is.

Well, if Chrysler thinks it makes financial sense, then Ford would be crazy to not follow them. I have a slightly used bridge for sale, would you like to buy it?

It's hard to tell with all the camo - are they sure it's not a jeep?

Well, I'm always leery of odd number cylinder engines anyway. It will be interesting to see what happens re: V6 Fusion and Kuga may be fine without it, but Taurus and Edge will need it. Assuming Fusion, Taurus, and Edge end up on CD4 it would seem the platform will have to accomodate it (whereas EUCD would not) Regal gets a V6 when production moves to Canada.

I've seen that as well, however, with the lack of 2011 product, and from visual inspection (as I said, I drive by it everyday, usually at least twice) I'd say those numbers are relatively accurate for that store.

It's from their website. From past experience that might not be 100% accurate, but I drive by their lot every day and it does seem representative of their stock (Though they may be hiding some grandma keys somewhere, I didn't notice that many on the lot)

My local LM dealer (Where I get my Fords serviced) has: 6 MkS 2010 4 MkS 2011 11 MkZ 2010 0 MkZ 2011 12 MkX 2010 0 MkX 2011 (Duh!) 10 MkT 2010 0 MkT 2011 7 Milan 2010 15 Mariner 2010 4 Mountaineer 2010 10 Granda Keys 2010 4 Airport Shuttles 0 Navigators

It's a shame the Volt doesn't look more like the original concept. I wonder how much it would have impacted the fuel economy. I keep expecting them to go with the window in window feature from the Subaru SVX.

More likely to fill in the void from Mercury.

If I were in the market for an MkX I'd have to give the Q5 a look, though I've promised myself I will never buy a VW product again.

I really like the look of the new GC, but I won't be able to bring myself to buy a Fiat product for a few years (if ever). The SRX is actually a very nice looking SUV, and more comparable in size to the MkX than I would have thought. Too bad it's saddled with two dog engines.

Really? Lately I've seen more recent vintage non-Vics. Maybe we're in different parts of Chicago (I'm in the Loop). I see a lot of Scions, the occasional Sienna, quite a few Escapes, even a couple Flex, when I see a Panther, more often then not it is a recent vintage Grandma Keys - Ford making the Vic Fleet only seems to have driven smaller outfits to it. I do believe NY requires the vehicles to be new.

Interesting compared to the Taurus and FLEX Explorer Wheelbase 112.6 Taurus Wheelbase 112.9 FLEX Wheelbase 117.9 Explorer Length 197.1 Taurus Length 202.9 FLEX Length 201.8 Explorer Height 70.4 Taurus Height 60.7 FLEX Height 68

I think you are confusing Ti-VCT with DI. Ford does not currently offer the 3.5 with DI in anything but the Ecoboost models. Ti-VCT is not DI. (Yes, LLN says DI - but I'd put money on them being wrong)