The Ford Escort nameplate is back – as a new concept car partly styled by Ford Australia designers and set to become a key model for the US car maker in the world’s biggest car market. Ford has unveiled the Escort sedan concept at the 2013 Shanghai motor show, previewing a four-door small car that looks near production ready and a strong contender to be one of the company’s 15 new vehicles to go on sale in China by 2015. The Ford Escort concept revives a once-popular name that hasn’t been seen in Australia for decades, and one that was killed off by Ford of Europe when it introduced the Focus in 1998. If confirmed for production, the…
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