Vignale, the new name for posh Fords
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Its like how the Scorpio name took presidence over the ghia x.
Just typical Ford really. Looking at the car there is nothing unusually different about it. All the panels look the same. No extra flair has gone into the styling.
A bit of a non event.
As has been said. Just thrown chrome at it. And probably leather and more chrome inside.
Just typical Ford really. Looking at the car there is nothing unusually different about it. All the panels look the same. No extra flair has gone into the styling.
A bit of a non event.
As has been said. Just thrown chrome at it. And probably leather and more chrome inside.
Jimbo. said:
Ford had their "premium" badges: Volvo and Jaguar. They just f
ked it up. And then sold them, believing them to be not worth having. Woops!
They didn't sell them because they were not worth having. They had to firesale most of their non US assets rapidly from 2006-8 in order to remain solvent in the credit crisis.ked it up. And then sold them, believing them to be not worth having. Woops!angry jock said:
SO27 said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
vig-nail?
vin-yarl probablyI've got an idea for a film about a 'resting' actor who goes on holiday by mistake to the Lake District in a tarted up Mondeo with a drink problem.
Dunno what to call it though.
N Dentressangle said:
angry jock said:
SO27 said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
vig-nail?
vin-yarl probablyI've got an idea for a film about a 'resting' actor who goes on holiday by mistake to the Lake District in a tarted up Mondeo with a drink problem.
Dunno what to call it though.
N Dentressangle said:
I've got an idea for a film about a 'resting' actor who goes on holiday by mistake to the Lake District in a tarted up Mondeo with a drink problem.
Who's going to play the Mondeo?Mickey Rourke (Barfly, Homeboy) would be a good bet for a traditional alcoholic but I feel that Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Wicker Man II: The Wickerning) would be far more adept at bringing life to the role of a troubled diesel saloon.
Hugo a Gogo said:
vig-nail?
vin-yarleeta: all this talk of a sub brand is surely massively misplaced, n'est pas? While the car has ford badges on the front, rear and steering wheel, the brand will be ford.... the spec will be vignale and will just end up as even more catastrophic depreciation than a normal mondeo.
I pity the fool who walks into a ford dealership and buys one of these with their own money!!!!!
Edited by Greg_D on Wednesday 4th September 16:15
LuS1fer said:
J4CKO said:
But most of the world doesnt, they would just be forgotten completely rather than remembered as a top spec Granada model, dont knwo why it makes Ford the bad guy, they have produced millions of cars, some very important ones, the first mass produced ones, but of course a few Italian blokes knocking up a few special bodied this and thats in the dim and distant past is far more niche, Ford is all a bit downmarket and popular with the plebs.
Same concept creating a sub brand, however they just nicked the name of the old coachbuilding firm, not sure why coachbuilding sounds so grandoise and carries so much gravitas like it does, perhaps Bentley should tie up with Plaxtons ?
Its only a name, it doesnt change history.
British Leyland did it with the Vanden Plas tag before binning it in favour of a simple HLS.Same concept creating a sub brand, however they just nicked the name of the old coachbuilding firm, not sure why coachbuilding sounds so grandoise and carries so much gravitas like it does, perhaps Bentley should tie up with Plaxtons ?
Its only a name, it doesnt change history.
You have to give Vignale some credit. They do have an illustrious history behind the name, and not just with Aston Martin. For example, there was this fine creation based on the Fiat 500.
Unfortunately it also made them go bust, but let's not dwell on that.
Now, the contemporary Ka is built on the 500 platform, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never really gone away (I believe Brum is also still aired), so I'd say a modern recreation is more than possible.
A few of these turn up to Beaulieu/Brooklands for the Italian days
Unfortunately it also made them go bust, but let's not dwell on that.
Now, the contemporary Ka is built on the 500 platform, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has never really gone away (I believe Brum is also still aired), so I'd say a modern recreation is more than possible.
A few of these turn up to Beaulieu/Brooklands for the Italian days
Edited by trashbat on Wednesday 4th September 16:23
Article said:
Roelant de Waard, Ford of Europe’s sales boss, said Vignale cars will be aimed at “time-poor, independent thinkers who want to be made to feel special”.
They'll have to be less glacial to operate than the rest of their dealerships then, my local one is slow enough to induce narcolepsy.MadmanO/T People said:
There is already a posh version of the new Mondeo on sale in America.......
It's called the Lincoln MKZ. It's not exactly pretty but at least it doesn't look like a Mondeo that has crashed through the Halford's stick-on crap aisle. I wonder why Ford chose not to offer this body style in the UK/Europe?
'Cause it looks like that ^ ....?It's called the Lincoln MKZ. It's not exactly pretty but at least it doesn't look like a Mondeo that has crashed through the Halford's stick-on crap aisle. I wonder why Ford chose not to offer this body style in the UK/Europe?
trashbat said:
N Dentressangle said:
I've got an idea for a film about a 'resting' actor who goes on holiday by mistake to the Lake District in a tarted up Mondeo with a drink problem.
Who's going to play the Mondeo?Mickey Rourke (Barfly, Homeboy) would be a good bet for a traditional alcoholic but I feel that Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Wicker Man II: The Wickerning) would be far more adept at bringing life to the role of a troubled diesel saloon.
One of the funniest moments in film. Ironically I found the original much scarier.
"Not the bees" still makes me laugh. It's the kind of thing you expect from the Asylum
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