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cast your mind back to the 2011
frankfurt motor show
there four took the wraps off the
gorgeous evos concept a sedan with
gullwing doors and styling well beyond
ford's contemporary production cars
the whole point of the original evos was
to showcase and evolve ford's styling at
the time
the new evos is here to do something
similar for ford in china and this time
it isn't just a concept
as to whether you call it a sedan or a
crossover that's difficult to say for
certain but it's a good looking vehicle
it's not surprising that there's quite a
lot of resemblance to the concept evos
which in 2011 previewed many styling
elements of the 2013 fusion
on the production evos the muscled stars
and super thin headlights from the
concept look very natural on this higher
riding vehicle
the new evos is actually a fully
production ready car headed for the
chinese market
it's also the first ford that was
largely developed by cheong ford a joint
venture between chinese automaker cheong
on automobile and the blue oval
the styling is fresh and thoroughly
modern an suv with the proportions of a
lifted hatchback the evos reminds us of
the acura zdx with a bit of the attitude
of the subaru outback sasebo but putting
old acuras and subrest to one side the
new evos does help usher in a new era
for ford in china
for the exterior the open mesh grille
and the rev counter on the instrument
panel indicate the evos is not a battery
electric car like the mustang mac
but the body proportions from the car's
shoulder height and fastback profile to
the interior's door panels and center
console are reminiscent of that car
in order to complement the evos
thoroughly modern exterior looks the
inside is laden with tech and huge
screens
the upper half of the dashboard is
covered by an enormous panel that nearly
spans the full width of the interior and
contains two displays
the first is a 12.3 inch digital
instrument cluster and the second is a
27.0 inch 4k infotainment display that
runs on ford sync plus 2.0
the evos will feature ford's newly
announced level 2 self-driving feature
called blue cruise ford says it will
activate on pre-qualified sections of
divided highways which is exactly how
cadillac supercruise is designed to
function by using laser scanned 3d maps
four didn't say how many miles of road
in china are set up for hands-free
driving
the same technology will be available in
the us on the mackie and the f-150
pickup later this year
the new evos will go on sale alongside a
chinese market-specific mackie and a new
fev version of the escape
the evos will be powered by a
turbocharged 2.0 liter i4 that a ford
spokesperson said is like the one in the
broncos fort
there is no word on specific outputs for
the evos engine but the 2.0 liter in the
bronco sport makes 245 horsepower and
275 pounds to foot of torque and it's
safe to assume the evos's numbers will
be similar
sadly despite the sleek looks stout
powertrain and suv like body style ford
has no plans to sell the evos outside of
china at least for now
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