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Freestyle SE is no more. by mschmal
Nov 10, 2006 (8:25 am)
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The least expensive 2007 Freestyle at my dealership is a 2007 Freestyle SEL FWD with MSRP of $27,005.00. So yes, Edge is Cheaper than a Freestyle.
 
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Freestyle, Fairlane and the rest by tim156
Nov 10, 2006 (1:20 pm)
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Ah, the Freestyle ramblings thread is back! The last image I saw of the Fairlane was several months ago and man it is ugly! And I thought the Honda Element looked bad. American car styles will never go back to the sensual days of the late 50's and early 60's but please, how long is this quasi futuristic look going to last? I bought my Freestyle because I thought it was a pretty good looking car in addition to all its other features. My plan is to keep my Freestyle for 5 or 6 more years. Hopefully all the systems will last that long. I like the look of the Edge. I'm going to check one out next Monday when I go in for recall service. My hope is that there's a hybrid Edge when I buy again.
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Re: Freestyle SE is no more. [mschmal] by coldcranker
Nov 10, 2006 (4:56 pm)
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Replying to: mschmal (Nov 10, 2006 8:25 am)

I had to check it out. The Freestyle & Edge are almost identical in price range: 2007 Freestyle MSRP prices range from $25,545 - $30,680 (edmunds.com) across all models, vs. Edge's range of $25,320 - $30,720. Practically the same. (I paid $22,300 for an '05 SE model 1.3 years ago, incidentally, during some good discounting.)
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Re: Freestyle, Fairlane and the rest [tim156] by coldcranker
Nov 10, 2006 (5:00 pm)
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Replying to: tim156 (Nov 10, 2006 1:20 pm)

Well, it sounds like (Motor Trend, above) that the Freestyle will essentially evolve into the Fairlane (not called the Fairlane, though, when it comes out). Its 3 years away. Who is to say if Motor Trend is sure about this.
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Re: Freestyle, Fairlane and the rest [coldcranker] by kjnorman
Nov 10, 2006 (8:09 pm)
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Replying to: coldcranker (Nov 10, 2006 5:00 pm)

Yep, most of the motoring rags are pretty bad when it comes to future model forecasts. Remember the days when it was speculated that the Freestyle would not even make it into 2007? However, the tone of this article appeared to have more weight behind it, and I have to admit that it would be a logical move by Ford.
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Forget MT. by mschmal
Nov 13, 2006 (8:23 am)
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Freestyle is on the Volvo platform.
Fairlane or whatever it gets called will not be. it will be on the fusion/edge platform.
 
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Re: Forget MT. [mschmal] by coldcranker
Nov 13, 2006 (11:24 am)
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Replying to: mschmal (Nov 13, 2006 8:23 am)

The "foxrun" person, who works at Ford where they will build the Fairlane, can clarify it (an insider):
Edge/Fairlane Common Platform
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Re: Forget MT. [coldcranker] by arumage
Nov 14, 2006 (8:13 am)
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Replying to: coldcranker (Nov 13, 2006 11:24 am)

The "Fairlane" or D471 will be built on the D3 platform, which was developed by Ford with Volvo's help. It is based on the P2 Volvo platform which uses some aluminum components. The D3 architecture is all steel to make it cheaper to make. The Fusion platform's wheelbase was already stretched 4" to make the Edge (111"). The D3 was already designed for larger wheelbases like the S80 (111"). Stretching it 4" would make the wheelbase of the D471, which would make it longer than all it's competitors, except the GM's Lambda models that have a 118" wheelbase.
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From the Press release by mschmal
Nov 14, 2006 (1:52 pm)
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SOLID FOUNDATION
 
The Ford Fairlane concept rides on an all-wheel drive version of the company's mid-size CD3 architecture, with fully independent front and rear suspensions. The Fairlane is the first CD3-based people-mover concept, demonstrating the architecture's flexibility next to its production mid-size-sedan cousins – the 2006 Ford Fusion and Lincoln Zephyr.
 
This architecture will eventually be the basis for up to ten unique vehicles in North America and approximately 800,000 vehicles annually over time.
 
http://media.ford.com/products/presskit_display.cfm?vehicle_id=1235&press_subsec- tion_id=421&make_id=92
 
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Re: Forget MT. [arumage] by coldcranker
Nov 14, 2006 (5:50 pm)
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Replying to: arumage (Nov 14, 2006 8:13 am)

arumage,
Does the Freestyle have the high-boron HSS (high strength steel) of the XC-90? I'm not sure myself, but I don't think the boron made it into the Freestyle, although the safety cage around the passengers does contain a good HSS grade of its own. Do you know what Ford did there?

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