The Ford Flex debuted as a 2008 model and proved to be polarizing from the beginning. With its boxy design, the three-row Flex drew a devoted following while provoking snickering from people who ...

The Flex might have succeeded if it had been the new Explorer, but at the time Ford was still convinced that the Explorer needed to be on a rear-drive-based platform, for towing.

Sales of the Flex peaked at 38,000 in its first full year on the market, but it was soon overshadowed by the arrival of an all-new Ford Explorer in 2011 that featured a more conventional SUV look.

Ford has announced that it is officially discontinuingthe utterly useful, funkily stylish, and slick-driving Flex.The 2019 model year will be the not-quite-an-SUV's last, so that Ford can make ...

The Flex, meantime, hasn't delivered impressive sales in more than two years. The automaker sold roughly 20,000 Flex crossovers in 2017 and 2018. Through September, Ford had moved 18,337 Flex ...