Jalopnik has put together a gallery of concept cars from a decade ago. Back in 1999, then head of design for Ford, J.Mays decided to try an experiment and work with a designer outside of the company on a concept car. He chose Marc Newson who had been designing furniture and products. He had never designed a car before.
Newson worked with a team of modelers and fabricators at Ford to complete the project. His idea was to create a simple and affordable small car, which in 1999 with gas cheap, was contrary to all the big cars and SUV’s that [...]