Scot T.

It's not an ugly vehicle. Plus, the utility of the high roof makes it far outweigh any other minivan. I'd bet the family version would do quite well, better than the Freestar, obviously, especially when you include fleet volume.

Ford, all I can say is build this thing. It's the most practical small minivan I've seen yet. Our kids are grown, but the wife does a lot of hauling furniture for her hobby, so the tall roof would be perfect for our needs. I come from a Ford family, my dad was in assembly at the St. Paul Ranger plant, so I'm biased, but my wife is not. She hated the Freestar, and we ended up with a big 2004 Nissan Quest. It's a tank, but admittedly does quite well in the fuel economy department, 28mpg straight highway on an ideal day doing 60-65mph tops. Anyways, my wife hadn't been excited about Ford for many years, until she saw the Flex concept a couple of years ago, (too bad the suicide doors went away, those really set it apart). Then when we saw the Transit, right away we thought it would be perfect if built for a family. One thing I'd like to suggest would be to work on the fuel economy, perhaps thru EcoBoost, hybrid, and especially diesel. it's almost as though there is collusion amongst the refiners to keep diesel fuel costs up in order to drive the automakers away from diesel availability like Europe has, but the efficiency seems to be there to overcome the added engine costs.