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Ford Synus
Ford will be displaying a concept vehicle in the NAIAS named Synus. It's a concept vehicle for an entry level vehicle Ford is planning. Known as the B-Segment, the platform will be developed by Mazda for the B-Segment worldwide. Ford is using this platform for this concept vehicle.
A vehicle is needed under the Focus, to introduce a younger demographic into the brand, and push the Focus upwards in space and pricing. With Honda publically stating they wished to introduce a vehicle under the Civic, Ford is also wanting to take the same route.
The Synus in essense seems to be a Scion xB looking vehicle.
Any thoughts?
A vehicle is needed under the Focus, to introduce a younger demographic into the brand, and push the Focus upwards in space and pricing. With Honda publically stating they wished to introduce a vehicle under the Civic, Ford is also wanting to take the same route.
The Synus in essense seems to be a Scion xB looking vehicle.
Any thoughts?
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But I know the average fuel economy # is pretty low at Ford, even the city/hwy mpg of my '05 California-emission Focus ST 2.3 5-sp manual is only rated @ 22/31.
Ford needs the Synus -- most likely Fiesta based. By the way, even the Mazda2(121) & Festiva(Aspire) already switched to Fiesta based.
Fiesta would work, but how about Falcon?
Last Falcon was a sedan, therefore it'll be saved for something as such rather than this new entry vehicle.
4-door sedans
2-door sedans
2-door hardtops
2-door convertibles
2 AND 4-door wagons
2-door sedan deliveries (wagons without rear side windows)
2-door pickups (the '60s Ranchero)
About the only thing they didn't make was a hatchback (the Pinto solved that), so Falcon would work. However, it isn't 'modern' enough, just as they haven't reached for Fairlane, the other good F-word from the 1960s. There's also Fairmont, but let's not go there...
CADILLAC CATERA CTS = CATERACTS? I read that somewhere, possibly from a reader's letter in C&D. Cadillac never combined these 2 words, though.
But I'm not a fan of naming it with European market names. It's confusing enough having two totally different Fusions... and why not just bring over the Fiesta? There's only so big a market for xB copies.
Honda also mixes up the global names too -- what sells as the Odyssey in Japan is nothing like the Odyssey sold here. Similarly the Euro Accord is nothing like the American Accord (it's actually the TSX).
Fiesta is the best name I've heard so far.
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=19899
I spewed Pepsi out my nose when I saw that. Is Ford serious???
Turboshadow
Hope that Pepsi didn't go into your keyboard. Didn't that burn your nose? Perhaps it cleared up your "synuses".