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Feb 25, 2014 | 12:00 AM

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blue monster

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Originally Posted by cheshire_carper

My local Ford dealar has this in, in a brown, for a bargain 17.5k:

I found it quite annoying to look at. TBH, that picture sells it far better than it looks in the metal.

What is it? It looks like the new transit connect that's been converted to carry people

Feb 25, 2014 | 12:07 AM

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cheshire_carper

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From: ...by a lake...somewhere

Thats what I thought when I first saw it, what is it? It looks like a popemobile in the flesh.

Feb 27, 2014 | 07:12 AM

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mikey k

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Originally Posted by blue monster

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Originally Posted by cheshire_carper' timestamp='1393239012' post='23030870

My local Ford dealar has this in, in a brown, for a bargain 17.5k:

I found it quite annoying to look at. TBH, that picture sells it far better than it looks in the metal.

What is it? It looks like the new transit connect that's been converted to carry people

That's exactly what it is!
They learnt a lesson from Pug & Reno

Feb 27, 2014 | 01:41 PM

#14

Nottm_S2

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I remember years ago a friend of a friends dad had a huge French thing.. Had a v6, leather, climate.. I'm talking back in the day too. That was a pimped van basically. f@#king awful thing

Feb 28, 2014 | 01:47 AM

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Nick Graves

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Not a De la Chapelle Parcours peut-etre?

A sort of E34 MPV and very rare. Probably for good reason.

Feb 28, 2014 | 01:52 AM

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Nottm_S2

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that looks like an inflated alfa! my eyes!

Mar 10, 2014 | 02:45 PM

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Polemicist

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Originally Posted by ianl

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Originally Posted by Polemicist' timestamp='1393239277' post='23030877

... and on the subject of Ford, I have never understood why they don't market a RHD version of the Ford Flex. It's a great looking and very versatile tool:

.......

Could we explore the notion that this is 'great looking' a little further please

IMHO the Ford Flex is rather restrained for a contemporary vehicle. And it's somewhat Bauhausian too; the shape is simply conjoined boxes to surround the bits inside the space.

'Great looking' is highly subjective, but compared to this Merc' E-Class, the Ford Flex is a paragon of considered and understated design.