It churns out a very healthy 315 hp and, even more importantly, 350 lb-ft of torque at 2,750 rpm. A 2.7-litre EcoBoost V6 lurks under the hood, and it comes ready to play. Ford has finally given the Edge Sport something sporty to crow about. When they’ve disappeared, you have a very substantial 2,078 litre cargo space behind the front seats. Those rear seats split 60/40 and can be power-folded using buttons in the trunk. The Edge’s power liftgate (with the hands-free swing-your-foot-under-the-bumper move) makes easy work of getting your groceries into the large 1,111 litre trunk. My three kids were happy with the space back there, and there are two sets of LATCH anchors if you’re putting child seats in the Edge.
Ford throws in 12V and 110V household plugs which is awesome if you’ve got people with electronic devices in your life.
For me, at 5'10", headroom and legroom were excellent and even the middle seating position is big enough for an adult – it’s not going to be anyone’s favourite place to sit but at least it works. The Edge Sport’s heated rear seats are comfortable and somewhat adjustable (they recline). From the bin on the dash under a pop-up lid, to the long, slanted rubberized bin under the centre stack (along with two USB plugs) that’s perfect for any size of smartphone, to the deep bin under the armrest lid, I never found myself needing more places to stow my stuff. I love that Ford paid attention to in-cabin storage. And the Sport trim gets a few extra goodies in the aesthetics department like aluminum pedals, illuminated door sill plates, etc.
#2017 FORD EDGE INTERIOR DRIVER#
This top-of-the-line Sport trim (as it came optioned) gets plenty of driver assistance technology – blind-spot monitoring, parking sensors with back-up camera, split-view 180-degree front camera (very handy for parking) which has its own washer, lane-departure warning and lane keeping assist, ParkAssist, adaptive cruise control, collision warning and cross-traffic alert. And that 12-speaker Sony audio system is top notch. I enjoy the clean, simple layout and the 8-inch touchscreen with swiping features is highly responsive and has the fastest, most-accurate voice recognition I’ve come across to date. The heated steering wheel is power-adjustable and the heated and cooled front seats – trimmed in leather with perforated suede inserts – are quite comfortable.įord’s Sync 3 system is pretty great. However, it felt spacious and headroom is plentiful. Even though the upper part of the cabin is set off by a lighter-coloured fabric, the interior is still very dark and would benefit from some more brightwork or two-tone treatment on the dash and door panels. Inside, the Edge’s materials are decent but certainly not world-class, particularly when you look at the $57,239 as-tested price of this vehicle. I like the integrated trapezoidal exhaust outlets – they look clean and like they mean business. My Edge’s 20-inch rims are nice, but the optional 21-inch wheels are stunners and come wrapped with humongous 265/40-sized boots. The rear end also gets a Sport-specific body-coloured lower fascia and the taillights are LEDs. The Sport trim gets a special treatment of the HID headlight pods as well as a piano-black grille and body-coloured fascia up front. It launches like out of a catapult off the line. It’s not aggressive, but it certainly looks good in a clean, inoffensive way. In my books, the 2017 Ford Edge is a handsome but understated design. Ford claims that the Edge is “aggressively styled”.
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