02-07-2007, 03:43 PM
[quote elmo3][quote robfilms]i would love for ford to turn the 500 into a stationwagon that seats 7 forward facing passengers.
Dude, they've done that. It's called the Freestyle.
What's happened, for those who aren't paying attention, is that the station wagon market is still alive--but for some reason, the marketers have decided that what people want are an "SUV". So instead of building a conventional station wagon version of a car, they lift it a few inches and give it an SUV look.
But in the end, what they're doing is taking the sedan platform and building a wagon version of it.
The Freestyle is as much a station wagon as a Mac Mini is a Dell Inspiron. Ditto with the Subaru Outback, which is actually categorized as a "light truck" by the feds. Those things are "crossover" vehicles and are little more than SUVs built onto car platforms. I have no need for any rollover-prone vehicle with unnecessary high ground clearance. I think I have been on two unpaved roads in my entire life and have made it through blizzards in FWD cars just fine.
Dude, they've done that. It's called the Freestyle.
What's happened, for those who aren't paying attention, is that the station wagon market is still alive--but for some reason, the marketers have decided that what people want are an "SUV". So instead of building a conventional station wagon version of a car, they lift it a few inches and give it an SUV look.
But in the end, what they're doing is taking the sedan platform and building a wagon version of it.
The Freestyle is as much a station wagon as a Mac Mini is a Dell Inspiron. Ditto with the Subaru Outback, which is actually categorized as a "light truck" by the feds. Those things are "crossover" vehicles and are little more than SUVs built onto car platforms. I have no need for any rollover-prone vehicle with unnecessary high ground clearance. I think I have been on two unpaved roads in my entire life and have made it through blizzards in FWD cars just fine.