Yesterday Ford unveiled their newest CUV for the European market, the Kuga. The great looking CUV follows Ford’s new “kinetic” design theme. The Kuga also draws inspiration from the Iosis X Concept CUV that was shown last year.
The stylish Kuga is set to go on sale in Europe by the middle of 2008 and will be powered by a 2.0L Duratorq TDCi and a six speed manual. Ford is still working on the details for the other powertrains that will be offered.
Once again Ford of Europe gets a better vehicle than we have in the US. If this is what our Ford Escape/ Mercury Mariner looked like the Honda CR-V would probably not be the best selling SUV in the US.
Sigh…
Full Story: Autoblog
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