At this year's New York International Auto Show, Ford is giving media a preview of the new car that will offer incomparable passenger roominess, a tall seating position, sophisticated styling and command of the road.
"The Five Hundred is the result of asking questions about the family sedan that no one thought to ask," says Chris Theodore, Ford's vice president of North America Product Development. "While everyone has been scrambling to invent the next big thing, our team asked, What about the car? We decided to put some of the features people love about minivans and SUVs into our all-new sedan."
The new Five Hundred is one of the 20 new products Ford Motor Company will introduce each year across its brands in North America through 2005.
The Five Hundred was created from the inside out using Ford's "high-package" design strategy. As a result, the car's interior roominess is equal to and even better than many larger cars while retaining the elegant exterior proportions, maneuverability and fuel-economy benefits of a mid-size car..
Inside-Out Design
The Ford Five Hundred literally was designed around the customer. It comfortably seats five adult passengers, with surprising spaciousness in the rear including nearly three-and-one-half feet of legroom. This spaciousness tops every mid-size sedan on the road today, including many large European luxury sedans.