We created the luxury mover concept almost 15 years before Lexus unveiled the van that got everyone talking at Auto Shanghai.
The LM's partition has a retractable privacy glass section, but ours was fixed in place. If the rear seat passengers wanted a view of the road ahead, images from a forward-facing camera could be shown on the 40in screen. A 2009 Ford F-150 interior rear-view mirror with integral video screen was used to give the driver a view of traffic behind, and to see the passengers in the rear when they communicated via the car's audio system.
The rear cabin was lavishly trimmed in a combination of birch, tan, and chocolate brown leather. Up front the"cockpit" was left stock Ford black, with the wood trim on the dash, doors, and across the top of the steering wheel redone in high-gloss piano black. The front passenger seat was removed to accommodate a large fridge that opened into the rear cabin and racking for additional luggage stowage.
Though we added some 22 inch Claus Ettensberger custom wheels, the Flex's powertrain and AWD driveline was otherwise left stock. We tried to persuade Ford to give us one of the 355 horsepower EcoBoost V-6 engines they were readying for the closely related Lincoln MKS, but the marketing folks in Dearborn didn't want theLooking back, we're quite proud of theFord Flex Earthjet.
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