The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo. Only two examples were built, of which only one was functional; it took Ford six months from the original computer designs to the finished show car, the working car is still owned by Ford and the non-functioning one was auctioned off to Jack Roush. It was developed to showcase Ford's Indy car technologies, including new materials and construction techniques as well as powertrain and aerodynamic enhancements. The monocoque chassis was developed with Reynard Motorsport as a single-piece tub of carbon fibre composite to which the suspension is attached directly, copying Reynard's Indy car suspension in design and materials with only slight changes for a two-passenger layout. The working Indigo had a 6.0-litre V12 48-valve double-overhead-camshaft engine that used the pistons, rings, rods and valve train of Ford's Duratec V6, with 324 kilowatts at 6,100 revolutions per minute; it was unrelated to the V12 of the GT90 concept shown a year earlier.
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Engine Class Engine6.0 litre V12 48-valve DOHC engine with Duratec V6 pistons, rods and valve train 1 Connections
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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Only two examples were built, of which only of them one was actually functional.
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The working Indigo had a 6.0 L V12 48 valve DOHC engine which used the pistons, rings, rods and the valve train from Ford's Duratec V6 engine found in the Taurus and Mercury Sable.
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The engine had a power output of 435 hp (324 kW; 441 PS) at 6,100 rpm and 405 lb⋅ft (549 N⋅m) of torque at 5,250 rpm.
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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2-door speedster
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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The Indigo was developed to showcase Ford's Indy car technologies, including new materials and construction techniques as well as powertrain and aerodynamic enhancements.
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The Ford Indigo was a concept car developed by American automobile manufacturer Ford for the 1996 auto show circuit and designed by Ford's design and technical director Claude Lobo.
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