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Don’t be shocked if you scrape the van on road signs or walls that you never had to worry about before—our demo unit had multiple gashes on its sides from previous users. This is one vehicle that should have parking sensors, perhaps on all four sides. You'll have to adjust your habits if you drive an E: go early to ensure available parking. If you're late at the mall, then you'll be orbiting the parking lot for ages looking for a big enough space. An easy solution would be to bring a chauffeur, and let him worry about it. At least the Enterprise has a transporter beam. Ingress and egress isn't quite so easy with the E. You'll need a small hop up to get onto the front seats. If you're stationed at the rear, there's but a single sliding door for the rear three rows of seats. The E is a lot of metal for the money; the basic model goes for P1.295 million, while an optional body kit costs PHP55,000. The smaller Dodge Caravan is a lot more expensive at PHP1.6 million. However, smaller-capacity Carnival and Starex cost less than PHP900,000. The crack in the Chateau is likely to be the Chevrolet Venture, with its cheaper price tag (PHP1.15 million) and distinctly more carlike dimensions and manners. Space may be the final frontier and the E does have enough for a whole basketball team. However, it needs a thorough refurbishment if it's to be fit for the future. Perhaps Ford needs to launch an entirely new, smaller vessel that will be more appropriate for our city streets and family needs. |
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