SUVs are by far the favorites ofnew-vehicle buyers in households headed by people 55 and older.
Sedans at just 20.9 percent.
“That’s spot-on.
The company owns more than two dozen brands including Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader.
But others are flying only slightly lower on the radar.
Some are camouflage jobs that carry no get-outa-my-way nomenclature but have snappy engines and often upgraded suspensions and brakes.
Of course, this is happening because of the money to be made.
“Ford is genius, says Ian Beavis, chief strategy officer at researcher and consultants AMCI.
They’ve found a market and price point that are begging to be filled.
“There is a percentage that doesn’t want a boring vehicle for their daily driver, he says.
Beavis has noticed it especially among up-market buyers, he says.
You needn’t climb up nor drop down.
“And you’re not compromising much in the SUVs compared to the sedans, Beavis says.
Take the ST Edge, for instance.
Today’s frisky SUVs don’t have such fortuitous marketing luck.
This car was sold by Mecum Auctions in 2011 at an Indianapolis event.
No, it’s not Porsche quick, but it can go nonetheless.
Maximum power is 335 horsepower, 380 foot-pounds on premium fuel.
Regular gas is acceptable but Ford doesn’t say how much power you lose.
The front seat is superb, almost therapeutic.
We would prefer a conventional shift lever to the dial-control for the transmission.
That’s backward\ from what’s become a common front-drive bias.
We noticed a slight lag between applying a hard throttle and feeling the engine response.
The 6.2 can handle the biggest jobs while pushing acceleration times into sports-car territory, Kelley Blue Book opines.
