It's an odd looking wagon but I applaud them for taking a bold step (kinda fits in with their new marketing campaign, doesn't it?). I wanted to take a closer look at it so I went to the Ford website (http://www.fordvehicles.com). But get this ... it's not there.
Here's where it gets a little wierd. I recall hearing that Ford had a big lawsuit with PepBoys over the "Futura" name. Ford wanted to use it for a then-upcoming new car. PepBoys has been using the name on their line of house-brand tires for many years. PepBoys won, so Ford had to find a different name for their car (they ended up calling it the Fusion).
The Car & Driver article doesn't state whether this is a non-U.S. model (Ford got the rights to the "Futura" name in just about every other country). It also hints that this is a concept car, yet seems to treat it as a regular production model. So what's the deal?
The "Futura" name implies that it's a non-U.S. model, and yet nothing in the article says that it isn't availble in the U.S. Anyone have a better grasp on this?
Btw, I don't know why this is perplexing me so much, but our database has been down all day and this is just killing my brain cells.
--Alan
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