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Wow, check out that cool conceptâ€. How many times have you said those words? Obviously as many times as, “how did the hell did they manage to …uck it upâ€, once you saw the production version. And from the looks of things, that’s going to be the case with the production version of Ford’s 2006 Paris Show study, the Iosis-X that’ll aim at rivals like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Before you say that’s just a rendering from Autoexpress (left pic)), check out the camouflaged image of Ford’s upcoming compact crossover caught by Autozeitung (right pic). Compare the CGI with the actual spy pic and you’ll discover that Autoexpress folks did an impressively accurate job. Compare both with the Iosis-X concept and you’ll see a lost chance from Ford’s behalf. -Continued: Click "Read More..." below
Key phrase here is “retaining the Iosis-X’s design cuesâ€. Remember that cause you’re definitely going be hearing a lot of it when the X-MAX or whatever its name’s is, goes on sale in 2008. Letdown aesthetics aside, the X-MAX (well call it X-MAX for the sake of the conversation) will be loosely based on the Ford Focus/ Volvo S40-V50/ Mazda3 platform and it will be most probably be offered in 2WD and 4WD versions. The latter will use Volvo’s simpler 4wheel-drive system rather than the complex 4WD system from the more expensive Freelander 2. While Autoexpress claims that it’ll be fitted with the same engine range as the current Focus, inside tipsters have told us it’ll feature a new array of motors that’ll also equip the facelifted Focus (premier inFrankfurt this September).
- 2009 Ford Ka Rendering
Brit magazine Autoexpress is attempting to preview Ford’s next generation Ka through a computer-generated image featured on this week’s front cover. We cant say if the artist has come close to the actual Ka that will be presented at the...
- 2008 Ford Kuga: First Official Images
Here are the first official pictures of Ford’s new Crossover -slash- compact SUV that will make its first public appearance at next week’s Frankfurt Show (Sep.13). To be precise, Ford will launch the Kuga as a “preview-modelâ€...
- Official: 2008 Ford Kuga Crossover To Premiere In Frankfurt Show
Continuing our “Frankfurt Show News Bulletinâ€, we managed to obtain the first official sketch along with the German press release on Ford’s highly anticipated mid-sized crossover model called Kuga. To put it simple, we’re talking...
- 2008 Ford Focus Facelift - Will It Be This Dramatic?
See the above CGI, well according to Autoexpress this is how the facelifted Focus will look like when it’s presented later on the year. While we’ll validate the fact that Ford will unveil a revised version of the Focus at the Frankfurt Show...
- 2009 Ford X-max Suv Renderings
We’re not sure about the name yet but it’s definite that the production version of Ford’s 2006 Paris Show, Iosis-X concept is coming out towards the end of 2008. Based on FoMoCo’s C1 platform (Ford Focus, Mazda3, Volvo S40),...
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Ford X-MAX -or- How Ford’s Getting Ready To Mess Up Its Iosis-X Concept
Wow, check out that cool conceptâ€. How many times have you said those words? Obviously as many times as, “how did the hell did they manage to …uck it upâ€, once you saw the production version. And from the looks of things, that’s going to be the case with the production version of Ford’s 2006 Paris Show study, the Iosis-X that’ll aim at rivals like the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Before you say that’s just a rendering from Autoexpress (left pic)), check out the camouflaged image of Ford’s upcoming compact crossover caught by Autozeitung (right pic). Compare the CGI with the actual spy pic and you’ll discover that Autoexpress folks did an impressively accurate job. Compare both with the Iosis-X concept and you’ll see a lost chance from Ford’s behalf. -Continued: Click "Read More..." below
Key phrase here is “retaining the Iosis-X’s design cuesâ€. Remember that cause you’re definitely going be hearing a lot of it when the X-MAX or whatever its name’s is, goes on sale in 2008. Letdown aesthetics aside, the X-MAX (well call it X-MAX for the sake of the conversation) will be loosely based on the Ford Focus/ Volvo S40-V50/ Mazda3 platform and it will be most probably be offered in 2WD and 4WD versions. The latter will use Volvo’s simpler 4wheel-drive system rather than the complex 4WD system from the more expensive Freelander 2. While Autoexpress claims that it’ll be fitted with the same engine range as the current Focus, inside tipsters have told us it’ll feature a new array of motors that’ll also equip the facelifted Focus (premier in
Pics Via: Autoexpress & Autozeitung
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- 2009 Ford Ka Rendering
Brit magazine Autoexpress is attempting to preview Ford’s next generation Ka through a computer-generated image featured on this week’s front cover. We cant say if the artist has come close to the actual Ka that will be presented at the...
- 2008 Ford Kuga: First Official Images
Here are the first official pictures of Ford’s new Crossover -slash- compact SUV that will make its first public appearance at next week’s Frankfurt Show (Sep.13). To be precise, Ford will launch the Kuga as a “preview-modelâ€...
- Official: 2008 Ford Kuga Crossover To Premiere In Frankfurt Show
Continuing our “Frankfurt Show News Bulletinâ€, we managed to obtain the first official sketch along with the German press release on Ford’s highly anticipated mid-sized crossover model called Kuga. To put it simple, we’re talking...
- 2008 Ford Focus Facelift - Will It Be This Dramatic?
See the above CGI, well according to Autoexpress this is how the facelifted Focus will look like when it’s presented later on the year. While we’ll validate the fact that Ford will unveil a revised version of the Focus at the Frankfurt Show...
- 2009 Ford X-max Suv Renderings
We’re not sure about the name yet but it’s definite that the production version of Ford’s 2006 Paris Show, Iosis-X concept is coming out towards the end of 2008. Based on FoMoCo’s C1 platform (Ford Focus, Mazda3, Volvo S40),...