Posted by Jean B. on April 19, 2006, 8:02 pm
Have any of you checked this out? Egad! I wonder what the
price will be--and when it will be available. Don't like
those doors though... Here are some pics and some prose:
<http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E25E35BFC
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Jean B.
nb: 2 = z in addy
Posted by Bill on April 19, 2006, 11:24 pm
> Have any of you checked this out? Egad! I wonder what the price will
> be--and when it will be available. Don't like those doors though... Here
> are some pics and some prose:
> <http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
> or
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?E25E35BFC
> --
> Jean B.
> nb: 2 = z in addy
Doors? They look like deployed thrust reversers.
Posted by Jean B. on April 20, 2006, 2:27 am
Bill wrote:
>
>>Have any of you checked this out? Egad! I wonder what the price will
>>be--and when it will be available. Don't like those doors though... Here
>>are some pics and some prose:
>>
>><http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
>>
>>or
>>
>>http://makeashorterlink.com/?E25E35BFC
>>
>>--
>>Jean B.
>>nb: 2 = z in addy
>
> Doors? They look like deployed thrust reversers.
>
>
Hehe. And someone else said that may correlate with a very
low clearance. We shall see. (Actually the Prius has
slightly better clearance than the Passat, thank goodness.)
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Jean B.
Posted by B. Peg on April 20, 2006, 12:23 pm
> Have any of you checked this out? Egad! I wonder what the price will
> be--and when it will be available. Don't like those doors though... Here
> are some pics and some prose:
> <http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
Quote: "Now, the Reflex is quite definitely just a PR stunt that will never
make it into real production."
B~
Posted by Jean B. on April 20, 2006, 3:07 pm
B. Peg wrote:
>>Have any of you checked this out? Egad! I wonder what the price will
>>be--and when it will be available. Don't like those doors though... Here
>>are some pics and some prose:
>>
>><http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
>
>
> Quote: "Now, the Reflex is quite definitely just a PR stunt that will never
> make it into real production."
>
> B~
>
>
Well, that's sad. I did write to Ford about it....
--
Jean B.
> be--and when it will be available. Don't like those doors though... Here
> are some pics and some prose:
> <http://watthead.blogspot.com/2006/01/ford-debuts-reflex-diesel-electric.html>
> or
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?E25E35BFC
> --
> Jean B.
> nb: 2 = z in addy