Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet 2006
Overview - 2006 Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet
"Defining the development target was easy: To position Ford's first power-operated hardtop model as a best selling four-seat coupe-cabriolet. To do this, we needed to combine a unique body design, a retractable hardtop and everyday practicality with the acclaimed driving quality of the Ford Focus. It has also been a challenge to combine two different company cultures, but I think the multi-cultural team has delivered, and the solution we have found has resulted in a very exciting vehicle."
Gunnar Herrmann, Vehicle Line Director, Ford Focus
- Ford of Europe 's first power-operated hardtop model
- Combines open-air emotion with Ford PrecisionDrive characteristics
- Offers year-round practicality with best-in-class luggage capacity
- Available with choice of one Duratorq TDCi engine and two Duratec HE engines
- Rollover protection device (RPD) for added safety
- Elegant Italian design combined with durability and outstanding rigidity
- Sits at the top of the Focus family together with Focus ST
- Designed and developed in partnership with Pininfarina S.p.A
- Manufactured in Italy by Pininfarina S.p.A.
- Based on Ford Focus Vignale concept first shown at Paris Motor Show 2004
2006 Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet supplements the extensive Focus line-up with a striking dash of Italian elegance. This four-seater Coupe-Cabriolet, which has been developed in partnership with design and engineering teams from Pininfarina S.p.A., combines unique open-air emotion with acclaimed Ford PrecisionDrive characteristics already appreciated on other Ford Focus models.
2006 Focus Coupe-Cabriolet is Ford of Europe's first power-operated hardtop model. Its two-piece, fully retractable hardtop not only guarantees comfort, stability, durability, and a high degree of year-round, everyday practicality but it also lends the vehicle two exciting and bespoke personalities. Together with sporty Ford Focus ST , the all-new Coupe-Cabriolet sits at the very top of the Focus family.
Creating a true four-seater that combines a high emotional appeal with "must have" means for everyday use was a top priority for Ford designers and engineers. With the roof closed, new Focus Coupe-Cabriolet offers a best-in-class luggage capacity of 534 litres. Even with the retractable hardtop stowed in the boot, the new Ford still provides 248 litres of luggage space under the folded roof. No direct competitor in this market segment offers more.
2006 Focus Coupe-Cabriolet is based on the Ford Focus Vignale Concept, which first appeared at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. Prompted by the positive reaction that followed from both customers and media, Ford quickly gave the project the green-light for volume production in November 2004.
Since then, the vehicle has been taken from design concept to production model in a joint development programme between Ford of Europe and Italy 's Pininfarina S.p.A., which enjoys a reputation for design and production of some of the most desirable vehicles in the world. In just 20 months, this cooperation delivered its target - a striking Coupe-Cabriolet, which retains the definite and pronounced lines of the original concept car.
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