<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Budget</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/crossovers-cuvs/" rel="tag">Crossover</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/" rel="tag">First Drive</a></p><em><big>Sharpened Tech Claws More Than Scratch The Surface</big></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford Edge - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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If you checked <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford's</a> bloodstream right now, you'd probably find trace amounts of Ritalin floating along with the 5w30. The company is an absolute blur of product development - churning out new models (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Fiesta</a>), entirely reworking staples (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a>) and honing beloved and established products (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang">Mustang</a>), into cars that can swing well above their intended weight class. The Blue Oval isn't sitting around waiting for the competition to guilt it into making its vehicles better. Instead, the company is constantly improving what needs attention, even in the case of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/edge">Edge</a> - a crossover that's had no problem establishing itself as a market force to be reckoned with.<br />
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Just recently, Ford announced that 400,000 Edge crossovers have found homes in the U.S. since late 2006, making it king of the high-riding crowd in the process. Ford credits much of that success on the Edge's styling, which the rest of this crowd just can't seem to match. There's no mistaking this five-door with anything in its segment (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mkx">MKX</a> aside), and that won't change anytime soon. For 2011, Ford has given the Edge a detailed once over, plopped a few new engine options under the hood and given the interior the kind of remake that doesn't typically pop up mid-cycle. If the rest of the segment was hoping to catch up, it can keep dreaming.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/">2011 Ford Edge: First Drive</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286720"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/01fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286721"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/02fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286722"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/03fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286723"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/04fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286724"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/05fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2010 Zach Bowman / AOL</small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/">First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19603614/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/"> <img hspace="0" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/lead1fordedge2011fd.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford Edge - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
If you checked <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford's</a> bloodstream right now, you'd probably find trace amounts of Ritalin floating along with the 5w30. The company is an absolute blur of product development - churning out new models (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Fiesta</a>), entirely reworking staples (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/focus">Focus</a>) and honing beloved and established products (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mustang">Mustang</a>), into cars that can swing well above their intended weight class. The Blue Oval isn't sitting around waiting for the competition to guilt it into making its vehicles better. Instead, the company is constantly improving what needs attention, even in the case of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/edge">Edge</a> - a crossover that's had no problem establishing itself as a market force to be reckoned with.<br />
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Just recently, Ford announced that 400,000 Edge crossovers have found homes in the U.S. since late 2006, making it king of the high-riding crowd in the process. Ford credits much of that success on the Edge's styling, which the rest of this crowd just can't seem to match. There's no mistaking this five-door with anything in its segment (<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/mkx">MKX</a> aside), and that won't change anytime soon. For 2011, Ford has given the Edge a detailed once over, plopped a few new engine options under the hood and given the interior the kind of remake that doesn't typically pop up mid-cycle. If the rest of the segment was hoping to catch up, it can keep dreaming.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/">2011 Ford Edge: First Drive</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286720"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/01fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286721"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/02fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286722"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/03fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286723"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/04fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-edge-first-drive/#3286724"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/05fordedge2011fd_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2010 Zach Bowman / AOL</small></strong></em><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/">First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19603614/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/23/2011-ford-edge-first-drive-road-test-review/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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