It was huge inside and picked up on speed great when I needed it to. The New York Times, Phil Patton, November 5, 2013. It looks a little too Teutonic, Mays admits. But we will never make that mistake again. The Car design yearbook 3.
As with the Ford Crown Victoria, the Five Hundred was configured with four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes 12. Too bad Ford changed the name. The 500 drives quietly and instills confidence. Looks good on the outside and good on the inside. In its exterior design, the Freestyle borrowed elements from several vehicles, including the Explorer and Escape. For the first time since 1979, Mercury sold a completely new full-size car and two full-size Mercury sedans for the first time since 1974.
The Five Hundred was marketed by Lincoln-Mercury under the revived nameplate, slotted between the and. I have had nothing but compliments once people get in and actually ride in it. The New York Times, Phil Patton, April 11, 2004. At 6'3 I found many mid-size cars awkward, and in some cases downright painful, to enter and exit. Bought black, with the rims all cleaned up, the car looks amazing.
While visibility was one factor behind the higher seating position, safety was another as well. There are quite literally Fords in every direction you look, with everything from modified Fiestas, to F-650s being represented. For the 2010 model year, the Ford Taurus underwent a complete redesign. The Ford Five Hundred entered production on July 12, 2004 at the previous assembly site of the , and became available to the public in September 2004. As the Mercury brand was being phased out in 2010, 2009 marked the final year of the Sable nameplate.
The trunk has enough room to fit all your grocires from costco without the need to fold dwon the seats. The Ford Five Hundred was the first full-size Ford sedan to feature a folding rear seat to supplement the 21 cubic foot trunk larger than the Lincoln Town Car. Ford also had two large displays of its own, including a huge outdoor display featuring live demonstrations from Ken Block, Tanner Foust, Brian Deegan, and Vaughn Gittin Jr more on…. By the way, I don't think it's going to hurt sales. Outside of North America and South Korea, the Five Hundred name remained in use through 2009. The car I believe is under priced for what you get. For this report, we tested the 2006 version of the Five Hundred Limited.
The New York Times, Christopher Jenson, August 28, 2009. With the option of a folding front passenger seat, a Five Hundred was able to carry objects up to ten feet long inside the vehicle. So if you don't want to check out that Avalon head on over to your Ford dealer. I still think it looks awesome when i walk out of somewhere and see it. Last Character Refers to Interior Color.
Deriving its nameplate from the Custom 500, and of the 1950s to 1970s, the Five Hundred was the larger of two model lines intended as the replacement of the Ford Taurus model range the being the smaller vehicle. . Although retaining the D3 chassis, the exterior was completely changed, to add more aggressive styling. All versions built after September 4, 2006 have side airbags as standard, along with curtain airbags marketed as the Safety Canopy. Passengers in the back seat fit have plenty of room.
I am a Japanese car loyalist and I was shocked at the quality and comfort of this car. It doesn't even drink a lot of fuel for a car this size. While the Freestyle would serve as the basis for the concept vehicle, no Mercury version was ever produced beyond the prototype stage. Alongside standard dual front airbags, the Five Hundred was available with both side airbags and curtain airbags as an option. But close examination of the new cars that came out of the product blitz Chairman Bill Ford promised for 2005 shows that the nation's No. I have had no issues with the vehicle.