For the life of me I can't figure out who the Flex is supposed to appeal to. It's too big and heavy for people concerned with fuel economy, that's for sure. Except for it's looks, which I don't like very much, it's not a hell of a lot different from Ford's other so-called 'crossovers'. It's awkward looking and the fact that Ford blatantly copied it's roof design from a small car - the Mini - doesn't help it at all IMO.
Hey to you guys up north,
We bought a flex in June. The best built car we have ever had. Includes owning toyotas, bmws, hondas and mazadas over the years. The Flex has a kicking sound system, great gas mileage 25mpg on highway, leather interior, tons of legroom. We bought the sel model fwd approx 35k which is the middle of the road model. We have two boys and I did not want a little toy vehicle(prius or some other tree hugger vehicle that won't drive worth a crap in the snow). Our last car was a 98' Honda Odessey. When we started looking back in early summer. We test drove a ton of cars. We looked at honda's crv, and pilot. The saturn vue etc. The gmc acadia, Toyota crossovers etc. After looking and driving and really comparing. We were not sure. The one thing my wife did not want was a mommy mobile. Here in the states they call it the "soccer mom". My wife hates that. She wanted to be different. I still wasn't sure what to do. In the end after really looking at my options, we bought the flex. We as a family love it. Since buying it we have driven down to my inlaws in North Carolina from Ohio. We avg'd over 25mpg. Between intown and highway miles we are getting 19.4mpg. You tell me what vehicle can give you that kind of gas mileage in its class.
Have any of you even sat in the car. It has tons of legroom in the backseats. When we went to North Carolina we had three sets of golf clubs,luggage, a cooler, and some other stuff. You couldn't even tell that we had the car filled.
As for looking like a scion. You got to be kidding me. Not even close.
Well all you haters out there have you done your homework like I did?