Ford Iosis X Concept

Ford of Europe has unveiled a new concept car called the 2007 Iosis X at the 2006 Paris Motor Show. "We're calling this car iosis X as a deliberate link to our 'kinetic design' concept car lineage started last year," said Martin Smith, Ford of Europe's Executive Design Director. "The link is not just in the name - there's a strong visual relationship between the two cars, and the 'X' signals the new vehicle's crossover capabilities."

Ford says the Iosis X is not intended to be representative of this future production model. Instead, it "sets out to explore the ways in which Ford's kinetic design form language and detailing can be applied to a niche vehicle in a rugged and exciting way." The original Iosis concept foreshadowed the new Ford Mondeo.