Ford Five Hundred

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The Ford Five Hundred is a full-size four-door, five-passenger, front-engine front- or all-wheel drive, high-roof sedan manufactured in Chicago and marketed in North America and Mexico by Ford in a single generation for the 2005 to 2007 model years. The Five Hundred was a direct byproduct of Ford's rapid acquisition of numerous brands (e.g., Volvo Cars in 1999), a critical need to leverage those investments, the company's dwindling market share (18.3% in 2004, 17.4% in 2005), and its Way Forward efforts to restructure itself. Notably, with a strong market shift in automotive tastes away from sedans to minivans and SUV/CUVs, Ford made a concerted effort with the Five Hundred to rethink the traditional sedan/wagon formula. Presented as a single concept drawing at the 2002 New York Auto Show, the Five Hundred was formally presented in production form at the 2004 North American International Auto Show along with its co-developed platform-mates, the Mercury Montego and the crossover Ford...

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