as I said on FIN, too bad Mercury is gone... would have made a good car for the brand

 

Go Ford. A Coupe and a high performance engine, features the Cruze doesn't have.

 

We can hope. My office is moving downtown and I would be in the market for a smaller daily driver. This would be perfect if it has DCT and 250+hp.

It sure doesn't look like a coupe or 3 door though. The door line looks like it's too far back to only have two doors. Hopefully it will show at the Detroit auto show.

 

I like this design best.
The 3dr Focus has been ignored for waaaay too long!
I hope the 3dr Focus resembles this! :yup:

Source link:http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/259414/ford_focus_coup_on_its_way.html


!!!

 

That rendering looks pretty slick

though the way the hatch in the back goes down I could see many complaints for rear head room

 

Not sure how big the market is, but Renault has the Megane, VW has the Scirocco, Audi has the A3, Peugeot has the 207, Opel will have the Astra GTC... seems like a great corner of the market to make a splash in.

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/23/rumormill-ford-focus-coupe-concept-on-the-way/

Yes... "concept"...

I'd be in support of calling it Ford Focus Capri.

This was going to be a Mercury on our shores prior to the decision to shelve that brand, wasn't it? (with apologies to 2b2 for rubbing salt in the wound if I'm right)

 

^ s'ok, syr74, tho TY for the consideration

afaik, nobody-but-NObody outside F-M-L knows what the C557/Tracer story was - if it ever existed ... even as a sketch**
& if it will be re-positioned under one of the ugly step-sisters ...oops, I mean other Brands

but
imho the 3-door/coupe was always intended to be a Ford (& maybe a Lincoln - for the 'MKE'-RS)



** if there's a lifesize prototype, sheetmetal, fibreglass, papiermaché ... I *want* it!

 

I really am going to be running salt in the wound this time. A comment about the 2012 Focus from the January issue of Motor Trend............

A Mercury version, rumored to be a two-door hatchback/coupe, was ready when Ford closed the brand (shades of the Edsel Comet).

http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1011_chevy_cruze_vs_ford_focus/index.html#ixzz16jBJBp98

Motor Trend is often well off base, but this was either an awful good guess or Mercury was going to get a new, Focus-based coupe.

 

If Ford brings over the Capri, VW can g eat their hart out for not bringing the Scirocco ..

 

I can't wait to see what the successor to my beloved Focus ZX3 will look like. Who knows? Maybe when it eventually comes time to replace my car many years down the road, I'll end up buying the Focus coupe. Chevrolet blew it by not offering the Cruze hatchback here, and they are discontinuing the HHR, leaving Chevrolet without a proper compact sport hatch.

 

I won't be surprised to see some aftermarket specialists doing some RWD conversions with this coupe. Just imagine it showing a converted Focus RWD coupe to the next SEMA like this coupe in 2003 http://www.streetracersonline.com/articles/rs8/ with the choices of the Boss 5.0, Ecoboost V6 turbo, Ecoboost I4 turbo and come to think of it, reviving the Capri moniker

 

That seems pointless when Ford has the Mustang.

 

I want to see a coupe, with a trunk. I've never really liked the Focus hatchbacks much.

 

If there is to be a "Coupe Concept" then it should have a trunk. A three-door hatchback is a three-door hatchback, not a coupe.

That seems pointless when Ford has the Mustang.

Indeed. Now if they could make a small, RWD sedan...

 

^ THANKS for the MT link, syr74
but
I'm not buying that

almost exactly a year ago there was a short UAW document on the net (gone now but I saved a copy if you want it) saying:
"...C557 (2012 Mercury sedan) - Bonus vehicle awarded due to C346 (2012 Focus). Job #1 date is end of November, 2010..."

tho as I've said - think it's prudent to not take as gospel ANYthing that's been said about Mercury's Focus-based vehicle ... except that I *wanted* one