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A modern execution of designs found in Alfredo Vignale’s spyders from the Sixties, it is elegantly sculpted in a lozenge shape of polished aluminium. Just one of these design facets in the Focus Vignale Concept’s sweeping profile is the door handle. As the car assumes its open-top role, the quality of craftsmanship and premium materials is clearly evident, highlighted by well-executed design touches inspired by the heyday of the Italian sports car. Inside the Ford Focus Vignale Concept, the emphasis is on luxury. Lower aluminium touches continue at the front and rear of the vehicle, giving visual emphasis to front air ducts and rear exhaust outlets and adding a bold strip along the edge of the bootlid between the tail lamps. Its horizontal bars clearly differentiate the concept vehicle from the new Focus range, hinting at a possible future design direction. A narrow, polished aluminium strip stretches horizontally along the length of the vehicle at its sills, emphasising the confidence of the vehicles stance, and it is mirrored by another horizontal strip at the lower edge of the side window graphic.Ī new look grille, finished distinctively in chrome, also evokes a feeling that the Focus Vignale Concept could be from an expensive premium brand. The exterior is highlighted by the use of bright polished aluminium which evokes the chrome of past grand touring cars from Italy. Its bootlid silently tilts open and its retractable hardtop folds backward to stow cleanly in the boot, inspiring carefree emotions of open-top, wind-in-the-hair motoring. Yet at the push of a button, the coupe transforms into an open-top convertible. Appealing in autumn and winter months, it appears as a stylish and sporty coupe. The Focus Vignale Concept is actually two cars in one. His Carrozzeria Vignale company produced many stylish, coachbuilt sports cars during the 1950’s and 1960’s and joined Ford Motor Company’s De Tomaso Automobili in 1969. The Focus Vignale Concept takes its inspiration and name from the renowned Italian designer, Alfredo Vignale (1913 – 1969), who has an historical connection with Ford’s European design heritage. Sitting alongside the all-new Focus production range as it makes its debut in Paris, the Focus Vignale Concept is a one-off design study that explores the potential for future Focus derivatives. New 3-door, 5-door and wagon versions of the dynamic and stylish new Focus family will be revealed alongside the Ford Focus C-MAX.Ī surprise star headlines Ford’s La Collection Focus at the 2004 Paris Motor Show: a concept car inspired by the new Ford Focus. Focus debuts the all-new model as an entire family of vehicles. Ford’s theme for the show, appropriately, is La Collection Focus. PARIS, 23 September 2004 – Ford of Europe is introducing the all-new Ford Focus to the world’s media and the French public at the 2004 Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris.