Our European spy photographers CarPix snapped this mysterious camo-ed compact car that was being escorted by a Ford Fiesta. The Fiesta was wearing a number plate from Cologne, which is where the Ford Research and Advanced Engineering Center is.
This leads us to believe it's most likely some kind of Ford, but we're not really sure what it is. It looks like a Mitsubishi Mirage/Nissan March type of car - slotting into the A-segment underneath the Fiesta.
Ford's current compact car line-up is rather split up - Europe gets the Ford Ka, a badge engineering project built by Fiat which is not doing so well in terms of sales and is due to be scrapped soon. For emerging markets, there's the Ford Figo. In line with the new One Ford strategy, Ford's A-segment line-up might be merged into a single global car and this car might just be it.
There are a lot of cues on this car that look like it could be a production evolution of the Ford Start Concept which was showcased at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show, especially the front end and the side window profile.
So, is this Ford's new global A-segment car? We don't really know, and most of this story attempting to make an educated guess at best.
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