New Global Car Revealing

[samsy351]

Taken from Ford Motor Company FB page

Ford Motor Company
Catch the action Live from the Global Preview Event to the 11th Auto Expo 2011, New Delhi. India. We are unveiling a one-of-a-kind Global Vehicle today… join the preview Live at 4pm IST or 10.30am UTC) http://on.fb.me/sGVZb8

I think that would be roughly 9:30 pm tonight NSW time.

Anyone else hear what this car is gonna be?
There is a sneak partial pic of it on the fb page...looks Territory like , but you only see a small front section of it.
See here....
https://www.facebook.com/ford

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by samsy351

Taken from Ford Motor Company FB page

Ford Motor Company
Catch the action Live from the Global Preview Event to the 11th Auto Expo 2011, New Delhi. India. We are unveiling a one-of-a-kind Global Vehicle today… join the preview Live at 4pm IST or 10.30am UTC) http://on.fb.me/sGVZb8

I think that would be roughly 9:30 pm tonight NSW time.

Anyone else hear what this car is gonna be?
There is a sneak partial pic of it on the fb page...looks Territory like , but you only see a small front section of it.
See here....
https://www.facebook.com/ford

what pic you talking about?

[samsy351]

Click on the facebook link at the bottom of my post.

[Road_Warrior]

Ecosport.

[Luke Plaizier]

I can't see you Facebook picture, but is it the same one as this?

Ford 2012 Ecosport - Delhi show: Ford teases new Aussie-designed SUV

[Luke Plaizier]

9:32pm

"This presentation will begin shortly" - it currently has 400 viewers.....looks like the same video broadcast app as used by NASA TV.


Lukeyson

[Luke Plaizier]

Just started. 450 viewers now. Stage set with people taking their seats, 2 x big ford logos in the background.


Lukeyson

[Luke Plaizier]

Michael Boneham takes the stage. Broad Aussie accent

780 viewers.


Lukeyson

[Bossxr8]

Good to see my old plant manager on stage, Michael Boneham. Good bloke too.

[Luke Plaizier]

Crikey. Talk about a spitting image of a baby Territory. Front end looks identical. Rear looks a bit different though.


Lukeyson

[GS608]

well what do ya know..a baby terry

[Gaz]

Looks very territory at the front. although that's how DRL's should be done.. wonder if the lights fit the territory.

Was hardly a rousing applause when it was revealed.

[Luke Plaizier]

J Mays takes the stand next to the Ecosport.


Lukeyson

[Joe5619]

the front looks EXACTLY like a territory!!

[XRFutura]

It looks like a baby territory.

[GS608]

even the wheels look like a copy of the titanium ones

[Road_Warrior]

Agree that it looks like a baby Territory, but that tailgate mounted spare wheel looks bloody stupid on that car, looks totally out of place.

[Luke Plaizier]

Rear Mounted spare. So no split tailgate. You know, with aftermarket LPG in our Tezza, I kinda wish I could chuck the spare out on the back door too.


Lukeyson

[Luke Plaizier]

3 Cyl 1 Litre Ecoboost confirmed.

[Luke Plaizier]

Mulally takes the stage! Wow.


Lukeyson

[samsy351]

Did anyone notice that during one of the speaches about "OneFord" global project they had a map of the world behind them. On the map you could see Australia and a dot roughly on Victoria with numerous lines/arrows pointing outwards from Victoria towards other parts of the world . Prob reading to much into it, but Id like to think that maybe it means our Falcon will continue as part of OneFord and sent to different parts of the world....?

[Bossxr8]

Looks like Territory, was designed here in Oz by the same blokes wasn't it?

It should be coming here too to give Ford a competitor in the growing sub compact SUV class, below the Kuga.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by samsy351

Did anyone notice that during one of the speaches about "OneFord" global project they had a map of the world behind them. On the map you could see Australia and a dot roughly on Victoria with numerous lines/arrows pointing outwards from Victoria towards other parts of the world . Prob reading to much into it, but Id like to think that maybe it means our Falcon will continue as part of OneFord and sent to different parts of the world....?

More likely Ford Australia has developed the Figo, Ranger and designed the EcoSport as well for the rest of the Ford world.

[jpd80]

Beautiful vehicle 1.0 I-3 Ecoboost 90KW 170 nm and diesel like fuel economy.

This vehicle will find a lot of willing buyers if priced right, I predict good things for Ford Australia..

[FPV GTHO]

Originally Posted by samsy351

Did anyone notice that during one of the speaches about "OneFord" global project they had a map of the world behind them. On the map you could see Australia and a dot roughly on Victoria with numerous lines/arrows pointing outwards from Victoria towards other parts of the world . Prob reading to much into it, but Id like to think that maybe it means our Falcon will continue as part of OneFord and sent to different parts of the world....?

Probably more reflective of the extra R+D we've been doing.

[P6LTD351]

Originally Posted by jpd80

Beautiful vehicle 1.0 I-3 Ecoboost 90KW 170 nm and diesel like fuel economy.

This vehicle will find a lot of willing buyers if priced right, I predict good things for Ford Australia..

Looks great. I would buy one.

When you say Ford OZ is ok, do you mean manufacturing?

I have no doubt that Ford will always have a presence in Australia, but will manufacturing continue here? That's my concern.

[P6LTD351]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

Probably more reflective of the extra R+D we've been doing.

Agreed

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by samsy351

Did anyone notice that during one of the speaches about "OneFord" global project they had a map of the world behind them. On the map you could see Australia and a dot roughly on Victoria with numerous lines/arrows pointing outwards from Victoria towards other parts of the world . Prob reading to much into it, but Id like to think that maybe it means our Falcon will continue as part of OneFord and sent to different parts of the world....?

There is more to Ford Australia than the Falcon, and developing cars like this Ecosport and the Ranger are the tip of the iceberg.

Originally Posted by eb2monty

Looks great. I would buy one.

When you say Ford OZ is ok, do you mean manufacturing?

I have no doubt that Ford will always have a presence in Australia, but will manufacturing continue here? That's my concern.

I think FoA will always make cars here, what gets made is another question entirely. At the end of the day there is an underutilised resource here in that the assembly plant has a max capacity of 120,000 units per annum but they're producing a fraction of that. So there is a lot of unused capacity there for other products if they wanted.

[samsy351]

Originally Posted by Road_Warrior

There is more to Ford Australia than the Falcon, and developing cars like this Ecosport and the Ranger are the tip of the iceberg.

Yeah fair call,..... just hoping for good news on Falcon some day.

[jpd80]

The Ford EcoSport will be one of the first Fords to get the firm’s new turbocharged three-cylinder 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine. The version of this engine in the EcoSport produces 118bhp and 125lb ft of torque.