Should Ford resurrect the Windstar?
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You're too late. In 2004, they dumped the Winstar and called it the Freestar, remember? I don't think Ford will bring back the Winstar/Freestar name anytime soon.
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That's right, they did. Don't think it stuck though, we all still called them windstars, haha. Some friends of mine have a 03? or so Freestar and it isn't too bad, seems to be reliable.
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I once owned a 95 Windstar....loved it. My ex had a bit of a lead foot issue, so it went through a lot of brakes, but never had any engine or transmission trouble with it.
For whatever reason, we traded it in on an 03 Dodge minivan literally WEEKS before Ford brought out the Freestar, and I've been kicking myself since.
If I ever find the "right" Freestar, I will ****** it up quickly.
For whatever reason, we traded it in on an 03 Dodge minivan literally WEEKS before Ford brought out the Freestar, and I've been kicking myself since.
If I ever find the "right" Freestar, I will ****** it up quickly.
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I bought a 1998 Ford Windstar a few years ago, paid a whopping $1350.00 cash for it, 54,999 original miles. Was first a US Mail service van and then belonged to a roofing company or something who added a home made roof ladder rack to it.
I had no idea about these things but got lucky, it has the 3.0 Vulcan motor which is the good motor according to research, versus the 3.6 or 3.8 that apparently had head gasket issues. I am very, very impressed with this little mighty mouse, so much so that in the beginning I parked my F150 and used it for work full time. It is so smooth on the freeway I can't even tell the motor is running.
I've since sold the F150, purchased a 250 and for the most part have parked the Windstar now at slightly over 70k miles but still drive it locally and enjoy the heck out of it! I have no intentions of ever selling it.
I had no idea about these things but got lucky, it has the 3.0 Vulcan motor which is the good motor according to research, versus the 3.6 or 3.8 that apparently had head gasket issues. I am very, very impressed with this little mighty mouse, so much so that in the beginning I parked my F150 and used it for work full time. It is so smooth on the freeway I can't even tell the motor is running.
I've since sold the F150, purchased a 250 and for the most part have parked the Windstar now at slightly over 70k miles but still drive it locally and enjoy the heck out of it! I have no intentions of ever selling it.
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At some point I guess Ford can resurrect Windstar provided that they would change some of it's specs and make it more advance than the original model. On the other hand, not only Ford have issues of resurrecting one of it's timeless model, but also Nissan. According to an article the long-belated Datsun model, the fuel economy champ of the 70s oil crisis, is getting a new lease on life. Nissan is resurrecting the name to supply inexpensive, bare-bones transportation to customers in growing industry nations. To read more, check out this article here: What car should I buy?
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