Slim, stylish and economical: So, Ford launched the Kuga's successor at the NAIAS auto show (15 to 23 January 2011 in Detroit). Even the SUV newcomers and a study called "vertrek. The Vertrek based on the new global C-segment platform that also the next Focus and C-Max and Grand C-Max with. The new architecture should be in the coming years, the basis for at least ten new models.
In comparison to the Kuga is the vertrek characterized by improved by at least five percent of air resistance. On the way to more fuel-efficient SUV is a Ford Duratorq TDCi turbo-diesel and EcoBoost petrol engines. The peculiarity of the latter is the combination of turbo charging and direct fuel injection with variable intake camshaft and a precise motor control. In the study, works a 1.6-liter four-cylinder version of this.
As in Europe to date, according to Ford Kuga 96 percent of all were delivered with a diesel engine will also come with the successor of a diesel, probably a two-liter engine. In addition to the start-stop system to save fuel, a braking energy recovery is used.
