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06-27-2013, 01:56 PM
Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/), Design/Style (http://www.autoblog.com/category/design-style/), Off-Road (http://www.autoblog.com/category/off-road/)
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/ford-atlas-concept-250.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-atlas-concept/)Just ahead of January's Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/detroit-auto-show/), surprising rumors pegged Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) as revealing some sort of F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/) concept, perhaps as a hurried effort to deflate some of the buzz building around General Motors' new Chevrolet Silverado (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/silverado/) and GMC Sierra (http://www.autoblog.com/gmc/sierra/) twins, which were also making their auto show debut. Those rumblings turned out to be true, as Ford rolled into the Motor City with its Atlas concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/15/ford-atlas-concept-detroit-2013/) (inset, right), touting the truck's bold styling as a precursor to the next-generation F-Series (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f-series/).
The show truck featured all kinds of clever details, including active wheel shutters and a front air dam that raised and lowered to improve aerodynamics while preserving off-road ability. It also had a genuinely snarly face. And it's that pugnacious snout that may well be on its way to production. The good folks at TopSpeed have worked up the plausible-looking artist's rendering above by cross-referencing the Atlas concept with what little has been revealed from recent spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/10/2015-ford-f-150-spied-in-the-rain/). The look is toned-down pretty dramatically from the concept truck, but its Atlas roots are clear, with a massive three-bar grille and bracket-shaped headlamps hiding a next-generation EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) engine. In the rendering, the show truck's deeply contoured hood and roofline have been ditched and larger, more traditional side mirrors have been fitted - all likely concessions in the move to production sheetmetal.
While Ford has yet to officially announce when it will unveil the 2015 F-150, all signs point to next year's Detroit Auto Show - one year after the Atlas shrugged off GM's new pickups.What an Atlas-based Ford F-150 might look like (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/27/what-an-atlas-based-ford-f-150-might-look-like/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2013/06/ford-atlas-concept-250.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-atlas-concept/)Just ahead of January's Detroit Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/detroit-auto-show/), surprising rumors pegged Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) as revealing some sort of F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/) concept, perhaps as a hurried effort to deflate some of the buzz building around General Motors' new Chevrolet Silverado (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/silverado/) and GMC Sierra (http://www.autoblog.com/gmc/sierra/) twins, which were also making their auto show debut. Those rumblings turned out to be true, as Ford rolled into the Motor City with its Atlas concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/15/ford-atlas-concept-detroit-2013/) (inset, right), touting the truck's bold styling as a precursor to the next-generation F-Series (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f-series/).
The show truck featured all kinds of clever details, including active wheel shutters and a front air dam that raised and lowered to improve aerodynamics while preserving off-road ability. It also had a genuinely snarly face. And it's that pugnacious snout that may well be on its way to production. The good folks at TopSpeed have worked up the plausible-looking artist's rendering above by cross-referencing the Atlas concept with what little has been revealed from recent spy shots (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/10/2015-ford-f-150-spied-in-the-rain/). The look is toned-down pretty dramatically from the concept truck, but its Atlas roots are clear, with a massive three-bar grille and bracket-shaped headlamps hiding a next-generation EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/) engine. In the rendering, the show truck's deeply contoured hood and roofline have been ditched and larger, more traditional side mirrors have been fitted - all likely concessions in the move to production sheetmetal.
While Ford has yet to officially announce when it will unveil the 2015 F-150, all signs point to next year's Detroit Auto Show - one year after the Atlas shrugged off GM's new pickups.What an Atlas-based Ford F-150 might look like (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/27/what-an-atlas-based-ford-f-150-might-look-like/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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