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Four door Ford Verve Concept unveiled
By Yoann Besnard on 21 November 2007 | 
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Ford has unveiled a Verve saloon concept car at the Guangzhou Motor Show in China. The production version is destined for Asian markets and will be introduced there next year. However, Ford might consider importing it in Europe if there is demand for a small saloon.
The four-door Verve is very similar to the three-door hatchback unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show and features the Verve’s aggressive egg-crate grille, the radically raked windscreen, the coupe-like roofline and the fascia design. Like the future Fiesta, it is based on the Mazda 2 platform. Curiously, the Japanese subsidiary also unveiled a Mazda 2 saloon on Monday.
The Verve saloon concept car is the second of the three Fiesta concepts unveiled or to be unveiled. Ford will show a SUV variant at the next Detroit Motor Show. The SUV will be a larger five-door model destined for the American market. As Ford China COO said “Our future small car [Fiesta] is being developed as a global car. It will be designed in Europe, engineered in Germany and manufactured globally.” It was not mentioned if Ford plans to also import the SUV in Europe. The Fiesta's main rival in the UK, the Peugeot 207, features estate, coupé/cabrio and soon a SUV in its range.
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Posted by: FordMan | May 26, 2008 11:02:32 PM
Car interesting. Rear view is very similar to Mazda.
