Comments by "Stephen Hendricks" (@stephenhendricks103) on "" video.

  1. Wow! Guess we shouldn't be surprised if you guys get few Ford products to review for the foreseeable future. :) Hope that isn't the case. Haven't driven the Edge ST but my wife and I looked seriously at the 2018 Edge Sport, the ST's predecessor. For the most part your take on the ST matched my impression of the Sport. The 2.7L twin scroll turbo V6 is very impressive, though arguably overkill for this class. But while Ford has tweaked the engine to give it more HP and torque, it doesn't seem to have made much if any difference in overall performance. And while one might expect an improvement in tow rating, it's not there, still stuck at an anemic 3500 lbs. To be fair, the braking distance has improved substantially and it's impressive for a vehicle weighing substantially more than two tons. The lack of improvement in performance apparently stems from the new 8 speed transmission, added presumably to keep up with the Joneses and to help fuel efficiency. The six speed in last year's Sport was perfectly adequate and would probably have been just as good in the ST. Even worse, the eight speed transmission hasn't exactly been warmly received by several reviewers. And while the six speed box was well suited to a manual mode, that doesn't seem to be the case with the new transmission. We loved the overall size of the ST. Its "tweener" size between compact and midsize SUV's is great for maneuvering in traffic and parking in the garage or at the mall. It's virtually the same size as the Kia Sorento and the Hyundai Santa Fe and offers near identical cargo space. On the other hand, Ford has done little to remedy the "Fifty Shades of Gray" interior. The seating is not impressive, either, especially in a vehicle with a near $50K MSRP. Finally, my wife had the same reaction as Yuri to the driver's seating position. The immense distance from the dash to the base of the windshield and the long distance to the edge of the hood made her feel like she was piloting a long outboard dinghy from the stern. As far as I'm concerned, simulated exhaust sound falls into the same category as "simulated" gears in CVT's and simulated exhuaust tips. Very annoying. And then there was my pet peeve: a "performance" vehicle with a tiny tach stuck as an afterthought on the far left of the cockpit. In the past the Edge was Ford's "test bed" for innovations and new designs in their SUV's. Obviously, that's no longer true. It appears that Ford invested its available resources and efforts in the sixth generation of the Explorer. From my perspective that's a shame.
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