Some cloaked shots of the production version of Ford's newest cute ute have surfaced. First shown as the iosis-X concept in Paris, this C-segment crossover features that same "kinetic design language" we see in Ford of Europe's S-MAX and C-MAX, in a size that slots between the two. This small crossover would compete head-to-head with the Toyota RAV-4 and Honda CR-V, among others. Just when we thought the CUV/SUV market couldn't get any more crowded, this would be the eleventieth UV in the Ford lineup alone. But it's a looker, this one. Using spy photos of a heavily disguised prototype, the artist created a rendering that looks athletic and stylish but functional, sort of like a scaled down Mazda CX-7, which is a good thing. Our previous spy shots of this productionized iosis-X looked markedly different, but it's likely the older pics were of a test mule. As this vehicle gets closer to it's early 2008 launch and Frankfurt debut, the shape seems to be taking its final, more stylish form.
[Source: drive.com.au]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Oliver @ Mar 20th 2007 1:23PM
What happened to the Fairlane?
Hamud @ Mar 20th 2007 1:47PM
It has nothing to do with the Fairlane.
3cubedminus3squared @ Mar 20th 2007 1:52PM
So without the Fairlane they'll have eleven and with the Fairlane they'll have twelve. I'm hoping this is more of an escape redesign than another full blown SUV.
C. McFeeny @ Mar 20th 2007 2:02PM
This is for Europe only from what I can gather.
James @ Mar 20th 2007 2:03PM
Even though it has nothing to do with the Fairlane I would like to know when we might see some spy shots or information about it. It is suppose to be coming out next year isn't it? Or have they cancelled that as well?!
Bryan @ Mar 20th 2007 2:14PM
So if this is replacing the Escape in Europe, does that mean out Escape will have a short life and be replaced witht his too? I hope so, this is one nice looking little ute. Puts the rest to shame!
shrique @ Mar 20th 2007 5:11PM
Say, anyone else think that this Ford looks one heckua lot like the new Zap drawing?
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=120032
J @ Mar 20th 2007 9:19PM
Since the Iosis Concept became the Mondeo, wouldn't this car become the Mondeo-X?
badwinger @ Mar 21st 2007 12:31AM
Now all Ford's got to do is slap on that garish chrome bar grill and destroy a good design.