Ford Iosis

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Ford Iosis at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show

Iosis
Presentation year: 2005
Vehicle fair: IAA
Class : Sports car
Body shape : Coupe
Engine: none
Production model: none

The Ford Iosis is a concept vehicle presented at the IAA 2005 by the automobile manufacturer Ford that will not go into series production.

Vehicle characteristics

The vehicle was put in the limelight with equipment features such as four hinged gullwing doors in opposite directions , 20-inch tires and a very sporty exterior . Access to the rear row of seats is also made easier because there is no B-pillar . In addition, new materials such as neoprene were used in the interior and "ambient lighting" in order to give this vehicle a sporty and elegant touch.

Chief designer is Martin Smith , who used the so-called "Kinetic Design" to create this sporty Ford. The new Mondeo model range adopted elements of the Iosis. This has been available in stores since June 2007.

Surname

According to Ford's press releases, the name "Iosis" comes from alchemy . There it means “reddening” and describes the final process of transforming simple metal into gold . The naming came under fire when in October 2005 Hans Eidener, professor of modern Greek philology , was quoted in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger with the words that “iosis” is the modern Greek word for “virus attack”, so the naming is just as embarrassing as the Mitsubishi Pajero or the Toyota MR2 . The report was repeated in numerous other press outlets. However, it turned out to be unsustainable, as this word could theoretically be derived from the word “ios” (= virus), but it is practically not used in Greek and does not arouse any associations among Greeks with the meaning reported by Eidener.

photos

  • Ford Iosis at the IAA 2005

  • Rear view

  • 20 inch tires

  • missing B-pillar