The Cars.com staff has been waiting to climb inside Ford’s foray into the three-row-crossover universe for a while now. To say that the Flex is long-anticipated is not necessarily a good thing, though. As reviewer Joe Wiesenfelder notes, plenty of other automakers have beat the Flex to market with similar vehicles, so the Flex must stand apart if it hopes to capture members of the large-SUV crowd who have suddenly become crossover people, thanks to $4 gas. Does the Flex succeed at this? Read Wiesenfelder’s full review to find out.