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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />Just a year after the Ford Flex first appeared, the Blue Oval has revamped its lineup in ways that make the 2010 model quite different from its forebearer. First among the changes is the Blue Oval's EcoBoost engine, which packs 3.5 liters of displacement and a duo of turbochargers to produce V8 power with V6 fuel economy. Autoblog went to the Colorado hinterlands to spend some with with the Flex and its new powerplant, and as we found out, there's more to Ford's boxy crossover than boosted performance and fuel economy.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155897/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155896/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155881/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155895/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155879/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /> <em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Jonathon R. Ramsey / Weblogs, Inc.<br /></small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost delivers more than just a better engine</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost delivers more than just a better engine</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:56:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19104523/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />Just a year after the Ford Flex first appeared, the Blue Oval has revamped its lineup in ways that make the 2010 model quite different from its forebearer. First among the changes is the Blue Oval's EcoBoost engine, which packs 3.5 liters of displacement and a duo of turbochargers to produce V8 power with V6 fuel economy. Autoblog went to the Colorado hinterlands to spend some with with the Flex and its new powerplant, and as we found out, there's more to Ford's boxy crossover than boosted performance and fuel economy.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155897/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155896/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155881/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155895/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost/2155879/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/flexecoboost_fd---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /> <em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Jonathon R. Ramsey / Weblogs, Inc.<br /></small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost delivers more than just a better engine</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Flex EcoBoost delivers more than just a better engine</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:56:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19104523/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/21/first-drive-2010-ford-flex-ecoboost-delivers-more-than-just-a-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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