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Strategic Buying Guide, Part III: Part 2 of 3.(Special Report)(Buyers Guide)

AutoWeek,  October, 2004  

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Byline: AUTOWEEK STAFF * Ford Ford Motor Co. ford.com Five Hundred Along with a couple of other variants, Ford seeks to regain dominance in the huge midsize sedan segment with this practi-cruiser. Larger and less clunky than that former king of midsize sedans, this "anti-Taurus'' rides on the somewhat more sophisticated Volvo P2 platform, called D3 at Ford.

Available at first with fwd, then later with awd, the Five Hundred has a big trunk and passenger room galore. The awd version will come with a CVT (Ford's first) while the fwd version will get a mileage-friendly ...

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