2013 Ford Focus Coupe Release

Ford's new sportscar is predicated on Focus MkIII and evokes spirit of legendary Capri.

It’s the return of a legend - the Ford coupé is back! Auto Specific can completely reveal that the blue oval is taking up the VW Scirocco with a modern interpretation of the Capri.

The Ford Focus Coupe is set to make its debut at the Detroit Motor Present in January in the form of a dramatic concept. As with the latest Focus and Fiesta, it’s a ‘world car’ - a result of the One Ford international design strategy.

Chatting with Auto Categorical recently, design boss Martin Smith hinted that now is the right time for a coupé. “Our plan was at all times to get the basic Ford product line-up successful,” he said. An industry insider backed this up, revealing: “Designers have spent most of this yr engaged on the coupé concept. As inspiration they’ve had photos of Capris on their studio walls.” The automobile takes inspiration from the Ford Focus ST (Problem 1,132), though the shape is stretched and widened, making it lengthy, low and dramatic.

On the entrance is a gaping grille, and there’s a steeply sloping display screen at the rear. One nod to the past is the distinctive Capri-model curving C-pillars, whereas particulars similar to LED headlights, massive alloys and a centre-exit exhaust full the look.

The the new 2013 Ford Focus Coupe sits on a growth of the ST’s entrance-wheel-drive chassis, and will share the identical traction-enhancing torque vectoring system. Efficiency comes from the same 247bhp 2.zero-litre turbocharged EcoBoost petrol engine, enabling zero-60mph in round six seconds and a high speed of 155mph.

The new unit will make an exciting sound, due to a combination of consumption and exhaust tuning that offers a soft observe on small throttle openings, and a tough-edged noise at high revs. Count on decrease-powered petrol and diesel engines to be supplied as well.

While the coupé idea debuts at Detroit in January, the production model isn’t prone to arrive until 2012