The Ford Freestyle is a crossover utility vehicle that was sold by Ford from 2005 to 2009. Largely marketed as the successor to the Ford Taurus station wagon, the Freestyle was the CUV counterpart of the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego four-door sedans. Sharing the Ford D3 platform with the Five Hundred and Montego, the Freestyle was produced with both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations and six- or seven-passenger seating.
2005–07 Ford Freestyle SEL
2007 Ford Freestyle Limited
2008 Ford Taurus X Limited
Image: 08 Ford Taurus X Limited
A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles (SUV), which are built on a body-on-frame chassis construction similar to pickup trucks.
Hyundai Santa Fe mid-size crossover
Ford Escape/Kuga compact crossover
Toyota Yaris Cross subcompact crossover
1979–1987 AMC Eagle