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Detroit auto show: Ford to unveil Escape/Kuga concept


Ford Motor Co. will unveil a near production concept of an SUV in January to replace the Ford Escape in North America and the Ford Kuga in Europe, a Ford source told Automotive News Europe.

The vehicle will go into production in the second half of 2012 and be sold as a 2013 model in the United States, the source said.

Ford has not decided whether the Kuga and Escape will keep their names or share a common badge when the new-generation SUVs arrive. The U.S. automaker's One Ford strategy calls for a single name for vehicles sold in different regions, such as the Fiesta and Focus.

It's likely that Ford of Europe's Saarlouis, Germany, plant will lose production of the Kuga to one of Ford's U.S. plants. The front-runner for the job is Ford's factory in Louisville, Ky. Ford currently builds the Escape, including a hybrid variant, in Kansas City, Mo.

The Saarlouis plant will be the single source for production of the redesigned Focus in western Europe, producing all three body styles--a four-door, five-door and station wagon.

Output of the Focus, which went into production on Monday, will probably reach the daily maximum of 1,850 cars by the end of January, Bernhard Mattes, who runs Ford's German factories, told Bloomberg this week. The car will go on sale as early as March in Germany and be available in other major European markets by the second quarter, Mattes said.

Introduced at the Geneva auto show in March 2008, the Kuga has been a hot seller in Europe since replacing the Maverick, which was a slow-selling U.S.-made rebadged version of the Escape.
Kuga joins Ford's key global C architecture

The next-generation Ford Kuga is one of 10 models Ford will build on its new global C architecture, which debuted this year with the C-Max wagon. Ford plans to build 2 million units a year off the architecture. Vehicles underpinned by architecture share about 80 percent of parts whether built in the United States, Europe, Russia or China.

Global C architecture vehicles:

1. Current 5-seat Ford C-Max

2. Current 7-seat Ford Grand C-Max

3. New Focus 5-door hatchback

4. New Focus 4-door sedan

5. New Focus wagon

6. Full electric variant of new Focus

7. Ford Kuga/Escape replacements

8. Ford Transit Connect small light commercial vehicle replacement

9. Possible Lincoln variant of the Kuga/Escape successor

10. Possible Ford 3-door coupe model, dubbed Capri


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