In 2020, Ford and Volkswagen announced the birth of a light commercial vehicle partnership. This provides synergies for the development and marketing of multiple models by 2025. Thus, from 2021 the new Tourneo Connect/Caddy duo came out of the ground and laid the first stone of this cooperation. This year is Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck which made its big appearance a few weeks after the new generation Ford Ranger. More recently, Tourneo Custom and its electric derivative e-Custom, based on the Multivan joined the brand catalog. Now that utility vehicles have been updated, it’s time for a line of models for individuals. Ford announced two, electric, which will be based on the Volkswagen MEB platform.
More SUV than ID 4
It will two SUVs. One is rather positioned as crossover, rival Volkswagen ID 3Hyundai Kona and Peugeot e-2008, which may be a clone of Volkswagen ID 3 and Cupra Born. biggest will be in the meantime located on the upper segmentand will borrow its architecture and style from Volkswagen ID 4. It will be unveiled in March for the collaboration next year, but Ford has released few details of its design… The one that power
to be called Explorer Sporthas a less bulky design and sharper than its cousin Volkswagen ID 4. In an image posted on Twitter, Martin Sander, coordinator of Ford’s electrical division in Europe, operated the light lift of the curtains, which reveals the light signature entirely in LEDs. Another image shared on the social network shows her full figure which seems to give her away more gentle SUV tunes than the ID 4.
A fighter’s look to better fight the competition
Explorer Sport will in competition with Toyota bZ4X, Nissan Ariya and Volkswagen ID 4of course It should be able to achieve a range of 500 kilometers for one charge. Thanks to the new “Spirit of Adventure” philosophy for its SUVs, Ford was able to stand out from its competitors on more adventurous, less urban style and escape oriented. The Explorer Sport will be the same as its future younger brother collected in Cologne in Germany, at the historic Fiesta factory . Ford continues his electrification and expansion strategy in SUVs to better deal with growing competition in Europe from wide-profile manufacturers.
Source: Auto Plus
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