The Ford Five Hundred is a great family car. The cabin is roomy and the leather seats make it easy to clean. It has the feel of a big car, but drives like a midsize sedan. There is an abundance of storage space and two plugins for cell phones. The backseat has its own air conditioner vent and the front seat has controls on both the passenger and driver side for ultimate comfort. The radio/cd player holds 6 cd's and it has a great factory installed speaker system. Some of the problems I have seen with this car is that the side mirrors tend to cause blind spots if you are short. The doors are also pretty heavy if you have little ones.

The car is fairly large, which makes parking sometimes difficult. The gas mileage is about average - I would have preferred a car with better than average gas mileage, and would have happily sacrificed size for improved fuel usage. It performs well for my basic needs, which is to travel to and from some cities on occasion and drive around the city. I haven't had any particular performance issues outside of a recent problem with the fuel pump, which some reviews indicate is a common problem with this car.

Purchased this car with 230,000 miles on it. 600 bucks. What a steal. Absolutely loved this car. It was still driving smooth. The A/C went out after about 20,000 more miles. But that was the factory A/C in the car. It had the really nice wood trim on the dash and was very sleek looking. I installed my own speaker system in it. The car was so roomy and I had plenty of extra space after doing so. I wired up my own sound system and two twelve inch subwoofers and it would kick. Hard. I blew all the door speakers quickly though, so I'd knock a few points off for that. Tinted windows and tinted tail lights - wow! I will never buy a non-tinted car again.