Ford has enlisted the help of famous car customizer Chip Foose to design a series of special edition models for the 2007 model year, according to Automotive News. The cars will be sold through Ford’s regular dealerships.
Ford marketing manager Robert Parker said the first vehicle by Foose will be a modified F-150. Mr. Foose hasn’t offered any specifics, but he has expressed an interest in working with the Fusion. Undoubtedly, the popular sedan is a top priority for Ford, too.
Parker said the vehicle will be true to the “Foose DNA,” but remain affordable. The vehicles will be assembled at both regular Ford facilities and at third-party manufacturers — an arrangement similar to that with Carroll Shelby for his special edition Mustangs.
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11/02, 2:56 PM
posted by:
bepsf
Bound to be better than that crap at SEMA…
11/02, 3:04 PM
posted by:
acura_el2000
Im not so sure about that, lately Foose has been selling out, nothing like he used to be before Overhaulin’ got really popular.
11/02, 4:14 PM
posted by:
maverick
A Foose F-150 will be awesome
11/02, 5:09 PM
posted by:
F451
“I pity the Foose who messes with my Ford!” Mr. T.
11/02, 5:13 PM
posted by:
A4
yeah Foose has been a bit of a sellout lately.
this will be his only successful pitch:
understated design, with significant/big power increases. no wild body kits, nothing outdone. His F-150 should look no more extreme than the FX2 model Ford has just put out, or the Roush F-150’s, and it should have about 100 more horsepower under the hood, with an absolutely amazing exhaust rumble.
11/02, 7:11 PM
posted by:
nowei
Quite frankly, I could care less about a tricked out F-150, but something cool could happen with the Fusion. They could make a V6 AWD performance model. It’d be similar to the Mazdaspeed6, but since it would most likely use an NA V6 instead of a Turbo I4 they’d still be different models. Assuming, of course, the Mazdaspeed6 is still in production at that time, because Mazdaspeed vehicles are usually a limited time offer. I do think the Fusion has the potential to be an exciting car, it just isn’t yet. So good luck Mr. Foose.
/no
11/02, 10:06 PM
posted by:
alphabravoseven
you guys may think he is selling out.. but who wouldn’t want the designer who won the Riddler Award 3 out of the last 4 years to work for their company.
11/02, 10:34 PM
posted by:
RustedEmpire
foose and trucks shouldn’t mix…I’d like to see him do just something to the 500 or fusion and help redesign a grille that doesn’t have 3 thick bars
11/03, 9:57 AM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Yes, this is the man to customize the Fusion (I hope he goes with the AWD V-6)…I can’t wait to see what he’ll come up with.
11/03, 1:00 PM
posted by:
GL1
Yeah Chip has been selling out a bit lately but HE REALLY does know how to trick out cars… yeah they should give him a design contract and turn him loose with a clean sheet of paper and let him do them from scratch… several cars. Now THAT would be a bold move… too much for FORD to do as they wouldn’t have the guts to do it… starting with the Mustang before the camarro and Challenger come out…
11/03, 1:35 PM
posted by:
BodegaBay
Foose doesn’t want to work for Ford or any other big company. I think he’s happy doing what he does and being his own boss with his own company — Foose Designs.
In one of the “Rides” episodes, I believe Ford design chief, J. Mays, said he tried many times to lure Chip into his design team.
Why relocate to Dearborn, MI, suffer cold-ass winters, and be a corporate guy when you can trick out rides, be your own boss, and enjoy the 365-day sunny So-Cal life?
11/06, 9:29 PM
posted by:
xmnr
well, a foose f150 or fusion couldn’t possibly be in the same category as a hemisfear, so it hardly dilutes the image, really, it just bifurcates it into production-modified and limited-edition/one-off custom…. kinda like Saleen…. hmm…. maybe ford needs to merely build less “inferior” products… (I mean it in the economic sense… things whose sales slip when consumers have more money are deemed “inferior goods”… great, I knew high school econ half a decade ago would come in handy. sweet)