Originally Posted by Red Star
Ford had a great start with Windstar, but that was it. In the past years no improvements were done to Freestar, it looked like Ford didn't care at all.
Car & Driver tested the Freestar when it was introduced and pronounced it a piece of crap. They said they would rather have the 5 year old design Hyundai van then the "Newly Remodeled" Freestar.
If fact, the whole tone of the article was "Why did Ford bother".