Ford Flex

Time for another post, here it is,

 The Ford Flex

(public domain)

The Ford Flex is a rather expensive family car, to get the top-of-the-line model, The Blue Oval expects you to pony up $40,180!. On top of that, Ford will nickel-and-dime you for things like power telescopic steering column and pedals. Why are they not included in the top-of-the-line trim? Car and Driver tells me in their review that the interior panels are both out of date, and that they don't fit quite right. For a car that starts at around thirty grand, the interior panels should fit right.

It's not like the Flex comes with a V-8 either. It has the V-6 Eco-Boost with turbos as the engine powering the Limited. The Duratec powering the lower end trims churns out a measly 285 horsepower. That would be more than enough for any small-ish sedan, but not nearly enough to haul around the Flex's 4,439 pound bulk. That's the weight of most old (and some current) muscle cars! It's not like the Flex makes up for it in torque either, with only 260 pounds-feet of the stuff.

The Flex is available in such colors as "Magnetic" (black-ish) and Blue Jean (a navy blue looking color). I seriously wonder who comes up with these names and how.

I'm sorry that this post was a bit late.

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Show of Dreams

I went to the Show of Dreams British car show, and I took some pictures!

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Volvo...

'bout time for another post, here it is,

Volvo is going All-Electric by 2019

(http://www.greencarreports.com)

Volvo apparently wants to walk onto electric avenue because of higher and higher emissions standards in the EU (see what I did with "electric avenue" and "higher"?).

 If that wasn't enough, all of the electric cars will be sold under the Polestar motorsport division. I only see one problem with this: if the performance division sells some non-performance cars, it isn't really a performance division, is it?

At least Volvo is saying that they will keep producing gasoline cars, just not 2019 models.

If you are wondering why I really don't like electric cars, its because that they still take fossil fuel (or nuclear!) power to run. So, the "Zero Emission" badges on the back of electric cars should be replaced with "radioactive emissions" badges. Also, there must be a ton more emissions when making an electric car, rather than a normal car, because of nickel-cadmium batteries.

Also, I'm on vacation this week, so expect a special post!

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