I cant read Spanish either, what is the source of this article?
There is a picture of Patrick Le Quement in the article, Design Chief of Renault; so is it something he's knocked up in his spare time?!
I saw one a while back for a 'retro-modern' take on the Mk1 Escort. Obviously not a bog standard 1.1 pop, but a flared-arch Mexico style thing but with modern curves and lights, bumpers etc.
Very cool it looked too but AFAIR it was only a styling exercise done by a CAD design company, or a design student; I dont think Ford had had anything to do with it.
Saw it in a magazine but I couldnt find anything about it on the interweb.
Rich.
Edited by Rich 9-3 on 17/10/2007 at 14:32
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>>There is a picture of Patrick Le Quement in the article, Design Chief of Renault,<<
'cos Patrick, a Ford design guru at the time along with a chap called 'Uwe Bahnsen' co-designed the exterior of the 1982 Sierra, so i guess it's something to do with that.
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Those new dashboards will be in demand for the old Sierra fans; even secondhand ones can go for £150+.
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It does seem to have lost much of the original Sierra look. I would be very suprised if Ford europe released this. Maybe one for the US are Asia markets?
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The magazine article reads: "Taming the wind": In another of our typical shows of "disrespect" we proceed to sketch out what would be the 2011 version of the legendary sports model from the home of the (blue) oval. We look back over its history and suggest its not-too-distant future.
So Sierra Mk IV/V/... is no more than a slightly tongue-in-cheek design exercise, but - who knows? The very first Golf soldiers on in South Africa and there's a reworked Peugeot 504 in Argentina and Kenya. And the Iranian Hillman Hunter/Paykan just about made it into the 21st century before finally reaching superannuation.
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The press tools get sold off all over the world when European production finishes-remember the Daewoo "Vauxhalls" and various Fiats.
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And they still make Peugeot 405s in Iran:
www.ikco.com/products/405.aspx
:-o
If they still made an Mi16 I might be tempted, whats Iranian build quality like?!
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Me too!! :-)
Iranian build quality? Can it be any worse than Ryton's? ;-)
Cheers
DP
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I can't read Spanish either, but isn't this just a web-site for fans of the Sierra?
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