Showing posts with label Ford EcoSport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ford EcoSport. Show all posts

Thursday, November 1, 2012

U Spy: Reader Spots a Bunch of Ford Prototypes Including New Ranger and Strange Mustang


Recently, CarScoop reader Anrev stumbled upon an unusually large gathering of Ford prototype models in Denver, Colorado, some of which were in full camouflage while others sported strange features that caught his, and ultimately, our attention as well.

Anrev explains what he saw and snapped with his camera:

"The Ford Test mule fleet is in Denver. Mustangs, Fusion, Fiesta, Ecosport with Japanese emblems, F150, Mondeo, Ranger and 2 other cars that are heavily padded and were covered. One was the size of the ecosport but more boxy. The other was the size of the Mustang but had a sharper nose and longer back roof line.

He continued: "The engineer that asked me to stop taking pics said they were in town for a few days. He started the Mustang while I was there and gave it a little gas. It may have SAID 5.0 on the side. But there's no way it was. Sounded like a V6."

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Ford EcoSport Small SUV Makes its European Debut at the Paris Motor Show


Ford's new crossover proposal in the increasingly competitive B-segment is the EcoSport that was presented at the Paris Motor Show. It will go on sale for European customers within the next 18 months.

The EcoSport is the first global Ford to be developed entirely in South America and was launched in Brazil this month.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Ford to Expand European SUV Lineup with New Kuga, EcoSport and Edge


Ford's answer to the ailing European market is products, products and more products.

In addition to the announcements on the new Mondeo family, the updated Fiesta, and the next Mustang, Ford revealed today that it will enhance its SUV line-up in Europe with not one, but three new products in the upcoming months.

Ford said it expects to sell more than one million SUVs in Europe in the next six years with SUVs accounting for one in ten of all Fords sold in the region by 2016.

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