New 3.5L V6 and 6-Speed Auto Combo to Silence Critics Seeking More Power Is Ford's new Edge a winner? Being modeled after and riding atop the same chassis architecture as the top-selling Fusion can't hurt,
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| Is Ford's new Edge a winner? (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada) |
and there's little doubt that crossover buyers will find it any less attractive for their purposes as midsize sedan buyers are pulled toward the stylish new Ford sedan. It features similar vertically stacked headlights, but even more unique in their wrap-around design, while its triple-ribbed chrome grille has become the height of auto fashion. Its taut skin is elegantly simple in shape, capped off at the rear by two tidy clear-lens taillight clusters surrounding a raked, wide liftgate. It's an attractive, athletic package, equally enticing on the inside. In top trim levels, cream-coloured stitching highlights black leather seats and steering wheel, a fashionable combination that really makes the Fusion sedan, which also offers the same interior package, appear more expensive than it really is. A satin-silver surfaced centre stack protrudes out from the dash, making for
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| A satin-silver surfaced centre stack protrudes out from the dash. (Photo: Ford Motor Company of Canada) |
easier an easier reach when sitting comfortably with the back nestled into the well bolstered front buckets. It houses an audio interface at top, or optional audio/nav system, with a row of ancillary buttons below that, including the trip computer, stability control defeat and hazard lights. Under these is the climate control system. All buttons are large, making them legible even in dim light, as well as easy to operate while wearing gloves - convenient in colder climes. Below the HVAC system is yet another row of buttons, following a black oval on silver trim motif. The Edge is a five-occupant crossover, leaving prospective buyers who need more seats looking to the larger and more conservatively penned Freestyle which seats seven - a vehicle capable of hauling seven adult occupants in comfort, by the way.