Ford Reflex Concept

The Ford Reflex is a abstraction car alien at the 2006 North American International Auto Show that, according to Ford, "proves babyish cars can be adventurous and American". It is a abstruse advertise that includes solar panel-powered headlights, chip adolescent seat, babyish cam with a adviser army on the dash, inflatable rear assurance belts, and an autogenous quieted by arena elastic taken from Nike able-bodied shoe outsoles. A assembly adaptation of the Reflex architecture has not yet been announced. It appearance an avant-garde diesel-electric amalgam engine with new-generation lithium ion batteries that advice bear up to 65 mpg–U.S. (3.62 L/100 km / 78.1 mpg–imp) of agent fuel, and can advance the car from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 7 seconds.

Reflex is set off with Ford's three-bar grille – fabricated of high-strength anodized extruded aluminum, which is duke able to a matte finish. The concept's accept band flows advancement to the B-pillar and aback down into the caster arch. Reverse butterfly doors aid car admission and egress.

The Reflex abstraction car is agnate in admeasurement and accepted agreement as the Mazda Kabura concept, and if they are both ordered into assembly could allotment a accepted platform, with administration and powertrain differences to set the brace apart. For example, while the Kubura abstraction included a 2.0L 16 valve DOHC agent engine, a assembly Kabura ability end up with a rotary engine, as acclimated in the Mazda RX-8. The Reflex would acceptable accept a added accepted gasoline or agent (or hybrid) engine.