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the Flex in Car News JoeUser Forums

What makes the Flex stand out from the rest of the Ford lineup is its two-box shape, more akin to something from MINI. "The key elements are the lines-the roofline, greenhouse and the four lines on the body side," Gresens says. "Another critical element is proportions: We stretched the wheelbase"-the underlying platform is stretched 5 in. from that used for the Taurus X-"and pushed the wheels to the edges to keep the overhangs as short as possible and get the stance we were looking for. It's

Giorgetto Giugiaro's in Car News JoeUser Forums

An admirer of Giorgetto Giugiaro's "clean and simple" design ethos, Gresens says his philosophy is "simpler is better," and encourages designers to pay close attention to customer wants in order to avoid "mucking up" a design just to add pizzazz to it. For Gresens, proportions are paramount. "As a designer you have to make a product emotional, but it also has to be something people want to buy and something you can make money on," he says. What's more, Gresens thinks that there needs to be at