Ford Shows the Evos Concept and a Baby EcoBoost Engine
FRANKFURT — The Ford Evos lay out study, formally introduced here Monday on the eve of the 2011 Frankfurt auto show, is the “new fa of Ford” and is expected to influence styling on all its coming cars, said J Mays, the corporation’s chief designer.
“People look at this conduit and ask, ‘Are you trying to move Ford upscale in the marketplace?’” Mr. Mays said. “I asseverate them, ‘We’re going to be giving our vehicles a bait look, without the price premium.’”
Reprising his talking points from an earlier visuals in Michigan last month, Mr. Mays said the plan was not difficult to adapt for a production-intent channel, the doors notwithstanding.
“Gull-wing doors are for show cars, so the internal can be more easily photographed,” he said with a grin. “They’re not coming to production cars anytime immediately. You’d have some overhead clearance problems with them in your garage.”
Aside from that, Mr. Mays said that “outstanding elements” of the Evos design would be understandable in a new production-intent vehicle to be unveiled in January at the Detroit auto show.
Ford also unveiled a 1-liter 3-cylinder EcoBoost machine, the smallest engine Ford has ever made. Stephen Odell, chairman and chief supervision of Ford of Europe, said the engine would be available next year in unarguable Focus models sold in Europe. and more »