2016年后，Ford Australia未来将参与更多高端全球车型的设计

heroxk · 发表于 2014-8-29 08:05:08

本帖最后由 heroxk 于 2014-8-22 17:05 编辑本周，Ford邀请媒体参观了墨尔本号称最高机密的设计中心，展示了最新的VR（虚拟现实）系统。记者目睹了车辆的整个设计过程，从草图，到3D渲染，黏土模型，样车到最后的成品车。不要认为Ford Australia是Ford公司没用的东西，它可是Ford集团三大设计团队之一，设计包括了ranger, Everest, Escort等著名车型。随着2017年Holden和Toyota的本地生产线停工， Ford将是澳洲雇员最多的汽车厂商，主要从事设计和研发工作。Ford’s Asia Pacific design and engineering facilities in Melbourne have the potential to branch out and lead the development of a range of more upmarket global models than we’ve seen from them before, according to a pair of senior staff in the design and vehicle integration departments. The blue oval brand’s Australian R&D hub is perhaps best known for leading the development of the global Ranger ute (sold in 180 countries) and Everest SUV (pictured above), as well as the Escort for China and Figo for India. This is in addition, of course, to multiple generations of the Falcon and its subsequent Territory SUV derivative, though unlike the aforementioned projects, the fruits of those particular labours have not ventured beyond