Ford understands the fact that not all shoppers love the Flex's exterior as a whole, but the automaker maintains that prospective buyers will like the sort of retro-modern look to the new front end.

A company by the name of Auto Tech Plastics has gone and done what seemed inevitable and many a blogger feared would happen: endow the new Ford Flex's slab-sidedness with fake woodgrain.

The Ford Flex is an unusual entry in the SUV/crossover market: A seven-seater that looks like a retro-futuristic wagon rather than a jungle-crashing Land Rover wannabe. Though the Flex's overall ...