Last week, the Ford Ka Urban Warrior concept was introduced at a media event in Brazil. Inspired by that near-production concept, IAB’s illustrator Shoeb Kalania has created a rendering of a Ford Aspire Freestyle.
The Ford Ka Urban Warrior concept is based on the Brazilian-spec Ka sedan, which measures 4,275 mm in length. The rendered Ford Aspire Freestyle is based on the Indian-spec sub-4 metre version, which received a facelift just earlier this month. At the front, it features a black mesh grille with black surround, black front fog lamp ornamentation and a faux silver skid plate.
The Ruby Red sedan’s adventure theme is highlighted by its profile, thanks to the 14-inch four-double-spoke alloy wheels, black decals, gloss black ORVMs and the black cladding on the underbody and wheel arches. Inside, we imagine the active theme spread out with a two-tone black & brown colour scheme.
The Ford Aspire Freestyle, if ever made, would offer a higher ground clearance and an off-road-tuned, softer suspension. The engine options would include the all-new 1.2-litre Ti-VCT three-cylinder petrol unit from the Dragon engine family and the old 1.5-litre TDCi four-cylinder diesel unit. The petrol engine produces 96 PS at 6,500 rpm and 120 Nm of torque at 4,250 rpm. The diesel engine develops 100 PS at 3,750 pm and 215 Nm of torque at 1,750-3,000 rpm. Both come with only a 5-speed manual transmission in the Blue Oval’s Indian line-up.
In India, the cross-sedan is a body style left unexplored when it comes to volume cars, and the imported Volvo S60 Cross Country is the only one of its kind. If Ford plans to dive into this niche, it would birth a new category.
