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Edmunds' Review - Ford Freestar


Here's a link to the edmunds.com review of the Ford Freestar

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Even though the Ford Windstar was on the market for more than a decade, Ford never fully redesigned it. (I guess Ford was too busy buying Volvo & Jaguar etc.) Now Ford has come out with the Freestar, a moderately facelifted Windstar with a new name.

Instead of competing with the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna, the Freestar's closest competitor actually appears to be the rear-wheeled drive Chevy Astro and GMC Safari, with an emphasis on low-end torque and towing ability. Kind of a narrow niche if you ask me. Since the fuel economy of the Ford minivan has gone down with the redesign, it's running smack-dab into the niche of its best-selling comrade, the Explorer.