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Written by Jeff Zurschmeide
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
It’s hard to know what to say about the Ford Flex - it’s not quite an SUV, certainly not a diminutive passenger car, and nothing at all like a minivan. In a week of driving it around, it reminded me most strongly of those big station wagons of the 1960s and early 70s that so many of us recall from endless family vacations. How many hours did I spend pleading with my dad to turn on the A/C as mile after mile of desert highway rolled away?
 Funky-Cool Looks
Yet even the comparison to the old family wagon falls short, until I realized just what the Ford Flex really is - it’s the reincarnation of the classic Ford Woodie Wagon. It’s tall, like a 40’s Woodie, it’s capable of hauling a tremendous amount of stuff inside or a trailer with its optional class III trailer hitch, and it’s just all-around big. On the outside, it looks like the Scion XB, the Nissan Cube, and the Kia Soul, but it’s at least twice as big as any of those.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 June 2009 )
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Written by Jeff Zurschmeide
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
It’s been a little over a year since I took a 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander on the Alcan 5000 winter rally. With some friends, I drove that Outlander over 10,000 miles from Los Angeles, California to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, and then back again. Tuktoyaktuk is located at about 70 degrees north latitude at the end of a 120 mile drive down the frozen McKenzie River and across a chunk of the Arctic Ocean. It’s the end of the road in North America.
 Fun to Drive - and Great Mileage
In the course of that trip, I developed a deep affection for the Outlander. Across snow, gravel, ice, and pavement, the trusty Mitsubishi never gave us a moment of trouble. So I was pleased to get a chance to spend a week in the new 2009 Outlander.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 May 2009 )
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Written by Jeff Zurschmeide
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Monday, 02 March 2009 |
Range Rovers are the gold standard for luxury SUVs. They invented the segment and the name carries all kinds of great brand cachet. The folks at Land Rover may have left the Ford corporate umbrella when the company (along with Jaguar) was sold to Tata in India, but they still know what their customers want, and they deliver it well.
One thing to like about Land Rover is that they’ve stayed largely immune from the disease that causes automakers to radically redesign their cars every year or two. The press packet that came with this week’s 2009 Range Rover Sport was written in 2004 for the 2005 auto show season, and it’s still applicable to the 2009 Range Rover. When you’ve got the car the way your customers want it, there’s no need to change things for the sake of change.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 March 2009 )
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