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2011 Ford Edge

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I don't think it is an american thing...but I really hate the overuse of chrome. It was one of the biggest design issues my wife and I had with Ford's when we were last looking. I really hope Ford strays away from it with its next-gen design. A little chrome tastefully used can look great. It should be used sparingly if at all...just like makeup on girls. Too much and it looks like you're trying to make up for something.
 
yh125d said:
When you think of hwo many different cars with different headlight designs have been made over the years it begs the question...



How many unique headlight designs can there really be? 😉
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I dunno...

Honda/Acura has pretty distinctive headlights, especially the new generation. Same with Toyota. BMW. Cadillac. Audi. Mercedes Benz. Nissan/Infiniti. Mazda. Jeep. Hell, even exotics like Lamborghini and Aston Martin have distinctive headlights.


How many unique headlight designs can there really be?...I'd say quite a few. This car lacks identity. It's looks like an MDX knock-off. Not saying the drive-train won't be good, or the reliability, or anything else. Just sayin...it looks too familiar.

To each his own. Haven't looked into it, but if its 5 grand less than the Acura, Honda should be scared.
 
foghorn67 said:
Do you honestly think it's an American thing? Look at Hyundai, Acura, etc.
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See a difference?
 
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All those new Hyundais look way too busy, its like they were trying to add on as many stylistic attributes as they could fit on one vehicle
 
the fusion can be had with a body color grille. looks awesome in black, ok in pewter, and horrible in red and blue.

the taurus's grille is the nicest of the ford cars. some of the F-150 grilles are nice too.
 
I saw it on Jalopnik or Autoblog, don't remember which one. IMO, it looks A LOT better than the current-gen model.
 
I don't mind the chrome, I think it looks good in many cases. I don't know why we can't get more domestic minivans, though. Is Dodge/Chrysler really the only one? I am drawing a blank on other ones right now.
 
Skoorb said:
I don't mind the chrome, I think it looks good in many cases. I don't know why we can't get more domestic minivans, though. Is Dodge/Chrysler really the only one? I am drawing a blank on other ones right now.
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chevy traverese/gmc/buick/saturn
 
I guess I'm a traditional kind of guy, I really don't like crossovers and don't see the point of them.

I like large sedans, I like mid-size SUVs and I like minivans. They all have their own unique capabilities that make them worth having.

Crossovers have no unique qualities that make them worth having. Unlike a sedan, crossovers have poor handling, unlike an SUV they can't tow anything substantial and unlike a minivan they can't haul significant loads of cargo or people. That makes them not worth having IMO. AWD? I can get that in a car. 4x4? Nope, crossovers don't have true 4x4 capabilities like an SUV. Gas mileage? They have none of the benefits of a true SUV yet still get reasonably poor gas mileage like an SUV.

IMO crossovers are simply status vehicles with no real purpose other than to impress people at the shopping center.
 
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Skoorb said:
None of those are minivans. A minivan has:

Sliding doors
7 seats
large cargo area
deliberately lacks an arbitrarily bulky design to pretend it's anything but a minivan
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1st gen honda odyssey definitely did not have sliding doors and definitely was a minivan.
 
ElFenix said:
1st gen honda odyssey definitely did not have sliding doors and definitely was a minivan.
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Things change...none of the ones you listed even pretend they are minivans; you won't find on the manufacturer's site them calling themselves a minivan. Nor do automotive sites classify them as such. They simply are not minivans by the modern definition and that is the point. People are not buying minivans in great numbers so there are not many options right now.
 
Skoorb said:
Things change...none of the ones you listed even pretend they are minivans; you won't find on the manufacturer's site them calling themselves a minivan. Nor do automotive sites classify them as such. They simply are not minivans by the modern definition and that is the point. People are not buying minivans in great numbers so there are not many options right now.
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Yup...Ford for example considers the Flex and MKT to be their minivan replacement vehicles. And even then they don't sell huge numbers of them either.
 
Skoorb said:
Things change...none of the ones you listed even pretend they are minivans; you won't find on the manufacturer's site them calling themselves a minivan. Nor do automotive sites classify them as such. They simply are not minivans by the modern definition and that is the point. People are not buying minivans in great numbers so there are not many options right now.
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of course GM doesn't call them minivans. if you could call a minivan a crossover and sell 50% more that way at 25% higher prices, why wouldn't you?

fwd unibody tall wagon. minivan.
 
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