http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Se...rankfurt-show/

 

Menacing look.

I don't know how to explain how excited I am for the next fews years in the car industry. I dunno if I just never kept up with it this much before or if changes are actually happening at a higher rate than before the economy tanked a while back. Either way I love that theres always something new to look at. Cant wait for future Fords and the rest of the manufacturers!

 

The face on that looks mean from what they show you. Looks like those lights would be either from a concept car (really small) or from LED's over the regular headlights, like Audi does.

 

Mondeo 4 door coupe?

Looking forward to whatever it is

 

Could be it's a Vertrek-style "nearly production" concept of Fusion/Mondeo. Or maybe its something like that for the long, long, long-rumored Capri.

I am excited, why can't Frankfurt be this month?

 

so four new cars, Focus ST? Fiesta ST? concept of the GT replacement? Fusion/Mondeo? Kuga/Escape?

hmmm over another month of waitin, BOOOOOOO....

 

Most likely a Focus ST and B-Max and ... I have no idea what else. It could be the next Kuga and/or possibly a Focus Coupe (Capri?).

 

From Auto Express:

There’s a new model bonanza at Ford, with the Blue Oval planning to launch five fully-fledged new models at the Frankfurt Motor show.

On the company’s biggest ever stand at the show – which will include a 2,800m2 track – the focus will be split between an all-new design concept showcasing Ford’s future styling direction, and two hot new performance versions of the brand’s mainstream models.

Leading the charge will be a concept that reveals the latest family-look for the brand, which we won’t see on the road until 2014. It's dubbed by insiders simply as “Kinetic 2.0” and teased in the official invite.

A spokesman for the company said that the concept was “seventy to eighty percent confirmed for production” but by showing it early “there’ll be an opportunity to take customer feedback on board before finalizing the design.”

Heading up the production models will be the Focus ST shown as a concept at the Paris Motor Show last year, which does away with the old five-cylinder turbo engine in favour of an efficient 2.0-litre direct injection unit.

Producing around 247bhp, it should be good for 0-62mph in less than six seconds and a 155mph top speed, putting it on a par with its fiercest rival, the RS Megane 250, but unlike before the Focus will not be available as a coupe.

Joining it on the stand will be the long-awaited Fiesta ST, set to be unveiled as a surprise alongside its bigger brother, with both models hitting showrooms next year.

Featuring a smaller 1.6-litre EcoBoost engine tuned to make around 200bhp. The Fiesta will also borrow the torque-vectoring system from the Focus to aid agility, and will ape its aggressive styling too, with a gaping honeycomb grille and blistered wheel arches.

Completing the set will be the production version of the B-MAX, with new details about its ultra-efficient 1.0-litre three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, and the Ford Ranger pick-up, a global car designed and developed by Ford of Australia. The Ranger will be available in five different bodystyles, with the most efficient model coming with a new 148bhp 2.2-litre TDCi engine.

 

 

looks like its sleeping

 

That car (Ford Start concept) was introduced last year at one of Chinese auto shows, it was the first car with a new 1.0L EcoBoost I3 engine.
It might be the next Ford Ka.

 

According to some web-sites, the concept that Ford is bringing to Frankfurt will be the Capri concept.

 

Before people bust a blood vessel: It will not look like that.

 

They can just build me a this one, I would buy it.

 

I'm with you on that one. Any new Capri should be based on the Mustang platform........RWD and retro-ish looks.

They tried to call the early 90s Probe the new Capri. It didn't work.
They tried to call the late 90's Cougar the new Capri. It didn't work.
They can try and call a Focus coupe a Capri and it won't work.

Call it a new Puma and they stand a chance.

The European Capri is long dead...........let it rest in peace.

 

I don't think it's that simple, since Europeans want a sports car, not a muscle car, meaning no live axle, not big V6 or V8, top class interior ... And market for those types of vehicles is barely existing, I just don't think it will pay off financially to spend that much time and money on a car (Capri) which won't sell in big numbers.

They might as well do what Volkswagen have done with a GTI and Scirocco.

 

I agree with you........sadly the market is small.

Y'know though, its amazing how many of us that drive S197s in the UK used to own a Capri though. It's got the same simple, fun character.

The original Capri was a slightly Europeanised version of the Mustang and it was a case of right car right time. Now, sadly, it'd be right car wrong time

I'm happy for Ford of Europe to continue to produce excellent handling FWD hatchbacks and maybe even a coupe or two, as that's what they excell at. Me, I'll stick to imported American muscle

 

I wish I could too, but with gas prices here in Europe I'm stuck with a diesel.

I did see one 2005-2009 Mustang GT here in Belgrade. It made my day.

 

Zoran, I'm from the UK, so we have scary fuel prices too (currently £1.36/litre). That means the Mustang is a weekend toy and the daily driver is a 10 year old BMW 520.....and even that hurts at only 27mpg. She's got 170,000 miles on the clock, so it'll probably be replaced with a 330d when it dies.

Anyway, back to those concepts

 

Another pic of possible Capri concept. According to majority of web-sites, it will be based on Focus meaning FWD and same engines (including 2.0L EcoBoost).