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Ford Flex review

Ford Flex fans have even more to love with an improved model with a new look and even more technology to make driving safer, easier and more fuel efficient.
"Flex appeal to people who want to stand out from the crowd and has the highest retention rate of any Ford vehicle range," said Mark Fields, president of The Americas. "With the technology not found in other full-size utilities, even better fuel consumption and a more modern and sophisticated, we are giving people more reasons to choose Flex with the new model."
The passenger and seven, three-row crossover - which opens in 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show - is equipped with the new generation of MyFord Touch, inflatable rear safety belts, anti-collision technology, rain-sensing wipers, free admission first Key-line seat heating and cooling, power folding mirrors, and a new appearance package option. In addition, the 3.5-liter base engine has been designed to provide better fuel economy mpg on the highway and in town, with a capacity greater than 20.
Improved
The new features of Flex SYNC ® with the new generation of MyFord Touch ®, which facilitates the management of information resources, monitor and adjust settings.
"We listened to our customers and improve what you like about MyFord Touch," said Kenneth Williams, an engineer in system integration. "In this update, the screens have a screen cleaner, of course. The words on the screens are larger and easier to read, the areas on the screen seem more pressing the button functions, and clarified for faster browsing.
"What separates MyFord Touch is that there are different ways that customers manage and control what they want through voice commands, menus accessible from the steering wheel, touch screen, buttons, buttons, or -. What would you like"
MyFord Touch includes two 4.2-inch screens on the dashboard and an eight-inch screen on the center console. The pairs of functions with the latest version of Sync.
The package includes a docking station:
Voice-activated hands-free calling via a Bluetooth ® mobile phone or USB-connected digital music player
911 Assist ™, the automatic emergency call service, which is free for the life of the vehicle
Vehicle Health Report, at the request of diagnostic services and maintenance
Improvement of safety and driver assistance technology
The new Ford Flex is equipped with the world of car production in 1 ° inflatable rear seat belts for comfort and protection for rear seat passengers. Last month, this safety innovation has been named winner of the Mechanics Disclosure popular product, a part of the Seventh Annual Breakthrough Awards magazine.
The advanced security system is designed to help reduce injuries to the head, neck and chest of rear seat passengers, children and elderly passengers, who often may be more vulnerable to such injuries.
Advances in airbag inflation and construction methods of the seat belt allowed Ford and its suppliers to develop inflatable safety belts are designed to distribute the vehicle occupant in the torso and shoulder in 40 milliseconds in the event of an accident.
The second line of the new belt to work as a traditional belts of daily use and inflate when the sensors indicate a collision event. Each tape tubular airbag inflates with the compressed gas to cold, which flows through a buckle specially designed by a cylinder housed under the saddle.
The new Ford Flex is also available active radar Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and collision warning with brake support system and Blind Spot Information (BLIS ®) with Cross Traffic Alert. These technologies help drivers avoid accidents that use radar to detect the relative position of other vehicles and warn the driver with a combination of visual and sound alerts.
ACC uses advanced technologies to scan radar for Flex vehicles at least 20 times per second. The sensor can detect vehicles up to 150 meters away and detect changes in speed of only ¼ mph. When the system is activated, it acts as a normal cruise control with the exception of being able to slow down the machine when the vehicle in front are more slow. When the traffic has been issued, the recovery of speed of the vehicle. Four units of distance to accommodate a wide variety of driving styles and road conditions. The driver can adjust the speed range, the distance and time between the vehicles.
The fuel consumption is increased by the engines, the technology
Under the hood, the engine of the new base Ford Flex offers more efficiency and performance with the addition of dual overhead camshafts independent variable (Ti-VCT) for the 3.5-liter V6.
The updated 3.5-liter Ti-VCT V6 has 285 horsepower - an increase of about 20 horsepower engine first - and 255 Nm of torque. The new Flex is also designed to provide a more mpg fuel economy, with an expected fuel economy of 18 mpg city and 25 mpg highway.
V6 This allows an effective and precise control of variable valve overlap, or the time slot in which they are open the intake valves and exhaust valves of an engine simultaneously. By adjusting the constant overlap, the motor can operate at the optimum settings for maximum fuel economy and peak power, as conditions demand.
The popular 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost ® remains on the new Ford Flex, and fuel economy performance of the V6 four-wheel drive, the ability and the V8-355 horsepower and 350 lb-ft of torque.
An important contribution to EcoBoost engine fuel efficiency is the direct injection of petrol. This system provides precisely a thin layer of fuel directly into each cylinder to improve performance, economy and emissions.
EcoBoost engines are key to Ford's strategy to offer advanced technology, high performance engines, the smallest movement that offers exceptional fuel economy and uncompromised performance for millions of motorists around the world. In 2013, over 90 percent of Ford North America will be available with EcoBoost technology. Ford has more than 125 patents on its EcoBoost engine technology.
Both engines are mated to a six-speed automatic transmission SelectShift ®.
The transmission has advanced SelectShift driver to choose between fully automatic operation and manual control. With SelectShift with EcoBoost levers are integrated into the spokes of the wheel. Intuitively, a hold on any new information a paddle. Displacement, whereas a push toward the front of each blade induces a climb rev-matched SelectShift not imagine the driver with a change of venue, manual control is truly manually controlled. Change the practice is new for 2013 models with standard motors.
Both engines are more efficient with the EPAS (Electric Power Steering Assist).EPAS improves fuel economy by about 4 percent and reduces emissions and improve the performance of the plate mainly because the steering system is powered by an electric motor connected to the battery of the vehicle, instead of the motor mounted in the systems of the power steering pump.
In addition, the new Ford Flex management of batteries power the vehicle more economic power to save fuel. The system:
Allows the voltage of the alternator and the system which is controlled on the basis of the condition of the battery, the operating status of the vehicle and the state of electric charge
Provides feedback to the vehicle in the condition of the battery for the management of the active load and the battery of diagnostic
Monitor the battery temperature (higher voltage at low temperatures, lower voltage at high temperatures) that prolongs the life of the battery
Fresh new look, the feel - inside and out
Ford Flex new front end turns the square edges above, creating a harmony more visual between the front and the rest of the vehicle. The blue oval Ford sign was removed from the front, it takes only now the emblem of the Flex.
At the rear, Flex has dual exhaust and rear implement standard available.
Customers include Ford Flex is a modern and sophisticated, with new clusters near the steering wheel of the driver and electronic panels to finish, and new finishes and seat foam.
Includes unique second-row console is available, the next generation refrigerated MyFord touch with SYNC.
Appearance Package and painting, wheel options
Another new feature is an appearance package Limited and SEL models, also available two-tone roof and mirrors, 20-inch wheels in machined aluminum with painted pockets, leather seats, door panels and interior trim enhancements original one for a look truly distinctive, and feel superior.
The new Flex is available in nine exterior colors, including three new colors for 2013 model: ruby ​​red, blue and Kodiak Brown Deep Impact. Customers can also choose from the roof of the body color, or two shades of white, available in gray or black box.
Six wheel styles are available for the Ford Flex.