Met het nieuws dat Ford op de Amerikaanse markt z’n ‘kleinere’ modellen laat vallen is er misschien een kans dat de Ford Focus daar ooit (2022) als Compact Pick-up op de markt komt.
Kleber Silva São Paulo, uit Brazilië, helpt Ford graag een handje met zijn ontwerp en dat ziet er dan ongeveer zo uit.
Of het daadwerkelijk zover komt?
New Ford Focus (render) Compact Pick-up in 2022
Lees hier het originele Motor1.com bericht:
If it happens, Ford would be the only automaker in the U.S. with a compact, unibody pickup.
Rumors indicate that Ford might expand its pickup offerings in the United States by creating a compact, unibody truck with the Focus as the vehicle’s starting point. Designer Kleber Silva imagined what this model might look with these renders from his Behance page.
These renders imagine the Focus in two forms. Up front one of these has the front end from the Focus Active with rounded fog lights in the lower corners. The crimson example has more angular lenses, body-color lower fascia, and chrome accents. Both versions feature lifted ride heights and a roof rack.
New Ford Focus (render) Compact Pick-up in 2022
At the back, Silva retains the Focus’ four-door body but rips off the rear portion of the roof to create a small bed at the back. Don’t expect to haul a full sheet of drywall in the cargo area, but there should be enough room to haul a few bags of mulch or for plants that might be too tall to stand up in a hatchback without bending.
According to this rumor, the Focus-based pickup would arrive in 2022 and slot underneath the forthcoming Ranger midsize truck. It might even revive the Ranchero (pictured above) model name like the unibody, Falcon-based pickup from the past. The new model reportedly gets power from Ford’s new three-cylinder 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder, and it would be available with 148 horsepower or 180 hp. A six-speed manual or eight-speed automatic would be available. There’s no word yet whether all-wheel drive would be an option yet.
New Ford Focus (render) Compact Pick-up in 2022
This segment for small, car-based has largely disappeared in the United States, and the last notable entry was the Subaru Baja that exited the country in 2006. Ford last sold a model like this in America when it discontinued the Ranchero in 1979.
Source | Motor1.com
1967 Ford Ranchero
Ook van dit model ging het gerucht dat deze zijn come-back zou maken en vonden we de volgende rendering:
2017 Ford Ranchero Render
