2007 Ford Freestyle SEL 4dr Front-wheel Drive Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Ford Freestyle:

The gas mileage is better than you get on some big truck-based SUVs, at 19 miles per gallon in city driving and 24 mpg on the highway.

-- Cars.com

Inside, the Freestyle offers excellent visibility from the cockpit and 'progressive theater seating' for the second and third rows: Each row is two inches higher than the one before it.

-- Edmunds.com

The Freestyle offers great versatility with split-folding third-row seats, an available 60/40 second-row bench seat and a fold-flat front passenger seatback...

-- New Car Test Drive

...a unique-for-the-class, continuously variable transmission eases engine load and smoothes the drive.

-- New Car Test Drive

What reviewers liked least about the Ford Freestyle:

General carlike feel, but with slightly more body lean due to Freestyle's taller build.

-- Consumer Guide

...not all of the materials used are up to import-brand quality standards.

-- Edmunds.com

With only a 203-horsepower, 3.0-liter V6 providing power to this 4,000-pound vehicle, acceleration is merely adequate.

-- Edmunds.com

Ford Freestyle Comparisons:

Sure, the Blue Oval bunch comes a little late to the car-based, three-row tall-wagon party that Honda's Pilot and Toyota's Highlander have already been enjoying, but Ford brought something new to the party-lots of room behind that third row.

-- Car and Driver

..it lacks the panache and appeal of its Volvo cousins.

-- Cars.com

On par with other SUVs built on a car-type platform.

-- Consumer Guide

The Freestyle rides higher than a Taurus but lower than an Explorer, and offers the kind of step-in access you get with a minivan.

-- Edmunds.com

Best one-liner about the Ford Freestyle:

The Freestyle reminds us that the Great American Car is really a sport-ute or a crossover these days.

-- Automobile

The look doesn't wow you into the showroom...

-- USA Today