[JRios1968]

Looks like a 2008 Ford Edge

[rhombus]

I specifically bought the 2010 Explorer because I didn’t want a cross-dresser. ;-)

[ozzymandus]

It’s a car and they’re calling it an SUV? How clever.

[HamiltonJay]

Never got the SUV craze when it was at its height, still don’t get it.

Just a station wagon that sat higher, no more real space inside, cramped rear seats... never got it.

They are hellishly less convient for lugging kids and cargo than the mini-van.

[N. Theknow]

Three Letters of Doom?

Ummmm?

UAW!

[Lazlo in PA]

Thank god the gov’t is taking the U out of SUV. And by the looks of this there is very little S left. I drive a 1976 SUV in the summer, Olds Custom Cruiser and a 88 Grand Wagoneer in the winter. As long as I can buy part I will stick with them till they start making exciting cars again. This new Exploder will fail like the new Taurus.

[Snickering Hound]

Ford re-invents the Pontiac Aztek.

[gilor]

Great a unibody, I’ll keep my ‘08 (and it’s full frame).

[GreenAccord]

Did you intend to post a pic of a 2008 Ford Edge? Or do you think that's a 2011 Explorer?

It actually looks pretty nice to this import-owning poster...

[JenB987]

*sigh*

Another SUV that looks like a mini-van. More wussifying of the country. Not allowed to own anything that remotly looks beefy, tough and works hard.

I hate to see what pick-up trucks look like in a few years...

[Azzurri]

I think your 2008 Ford Edge photo is confusing people into thinking that's the Ford Explorer. Here's the 2011 Explorer...looks pretty good, with great reviews...thinking about getting one myself.

[Amberdawn]

It looks like the Flex.

[taildragger]

Great Article.

The most anti-PC pro we need real car reads in a long time.

Is is me or has FR been up and down all day long? I haven't been able to respond, I couldn't get on...

[ken5050]

Furst time I've seen the poster's comments pulled by an Admin Mod

Just wondering, anyone have a list of SUVs that you can get with a manual tranny?

[Pappy Smear]

I drive a '06 Explorer for work. I'm glad I didn't spend my own money on it. The door handles are at your ankles, and there are no grips on the arm rests. Just dumb. A bunch of fake chrome that shines horribly on sunny days. Why? Has a weird transmission jump when you apply on the brakes. (2 other of my co-workers have the same issue on their trucks).

It has been reasonably reliable for the beating I put it through tho. But still, I don't particularly care for it. I just can't see myself buying a Ford for a personal vehicle.

I've been a GM guy. I think the GM lineup is pretty good, and has some good looking vehicles. And that is too bad. I bought a Chevy Traverse right before the Obama takeover. And it will be my last new GM product after my first in 1988. Cut up my GM Card. Heck with them.

I have an '05 Nissan Frontier that I bought used that is treating me well. The profits when it were built go mostly to Japan. But it gave a bunch of working class people in Tennessee a job, and I expect Nissan will be high on the list when my Traverse needs to be replaced.