Filed under: Budget , Technology , Crossover , Ford , First Drive Sharpened Tech Claws More Than Scratch The Surface 2011 Ford Edge – Click above for high-res image gallery If you checked Ford’s bloodstream right now, you’d probably find trace amounts of Ritalin floating along with the 5w-30. The company is an absolute blur of product development – churning out new models ( Fiesta ), entirely reworking staples ( Focus ) and honing beloved and established products ( Mustang ), 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 Edge – a crossover that’s had no problem establishing itself as a market force to be reckoned with. 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 ( MKX 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. Gallery: 2011 Ford Edge: First Drive Photos Copyright (C)2010 Zach Bowman / AOL Continue reading First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge First Drive: 2011 Ford Edge originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:01:00 EST.

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