The Detroit News reports: In need of a face-lift. We know this is heresy among the boy-racer world, but we mostly like the Ford Five Hundred. Oh, not for us, but for folks who wants a big car, it's quite decent. Its looks have been crapped upon, but, again, we think it's handsome (in the way that Harrison Ford has remained handsome).

While the front end could use a little pizazz, the rest of the shape reminds of the VW Passat before German cars started looking like Japanese cars. Also, we're glad Ford is going to touch-up the Five Hundred. Ford (and others) need to act more like Toyota and Honda. T & H are all about refinement. The Five Hundred is good (it's safe, it's reliable, it's American-if that matters), but it needs to be put under a magnifying glass to make it better. And it seems like Ford is going to do that.



Posted by: Jim    Source