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Ford reveals more about its future small car family
Ford recently hinted at their vision for a new global small car family at Auto Guangzhou in China where they revealed the second of three planned Verve Concepts, pulling the sheet off a new four-door notchback concept.
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Dec 03, 2007 11:41 AM
By: ROBINSON/BEINTEMA AUTOFILES
Ford is revealing more about its vision for a new global small car family at Auto Guangzhou in China where they revealed the second Verve Concept – a four-door notchback. The Ford Verve Concept four-door notchback is a star of the fifth annual Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. The fact that Ford staged the global reveal of the four-door Verve Concept at Guangzhou signals the importance of Asia in Ford’s global plans.
Sporty and coupe-like, the Verve Concept notchback provides a very clear vision about Ford’s future small car design direction. The three-door hatchback Verve Concept was a star of the recent Frankfurt Motor Show in Europe, and it too was under the spotlights at Guangzhou.
Ford will unveil the third and last Verve Concept in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
“With this new four-door Verve Concept, the picture of Ford's big plans for the small-car segment is becoming clearer,” said Phil Spender, Chief Operation Officer of Ford Motor (China) Ltd. “Our future small car is being developed as a global car. It will be designed in Europe, engineered in Germany and manufactured globally. These two Verve Concepts demonstrate how confident Ford is in its direction and its appeal to consumers here in China.”
Once all have been revealed, the trilogy of Verve concept cars will provide an advanced indication of Ford’s design vision well in advance of the production models.