A replacement for the Ford Fiesta could use the Volkswagen ID 2's underpinnings - will it happen?
The Explorer will be followed soon after its launch by a similarly sized ‘sports crossover’ with broadly similar technical specifications, and there has been much discussion across the industry about whether Ford could use the MEB architecture for further vehicles – particularly given the freshly revealed ID 2 is a similar size and price to the soon-to-be-retired Fiesta.
Sander told Autocar that Ford has still not determined whether it will continue to use MEB but gave this clarification: “Not decided does not mean we have decided not to do it.” Ford is currently developing its own global EV architecture for use on future products and evaluating building vehicles on this platform in Valencia. It is also readying an electric version of theatop adapted ICE architecture. However, the potential for additional MEB-based Ford EVs remains on the table.
VW boss Thomas Schäfer was also non-committal when asked if his company could consider offering its smaller MEB Entry architecture to third parties, as it does with the full-sized MEB. “It could be an option,” he said. “But for now, we think that with the scale that we have, we can do it ourselves. We’re looking at a couple of options at the moment.”
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