Clay modellers working at automaker Ford have created a scale model of the winning design in Autocar’s Hot Hatch 2020 competition.

Coventry transport design student Minwoo Hwang won the Hot Hatch 2020 Design Competition and his creation has been turned from drawings into a physical design by modellers at Ford over the last several weeks.

Paul Wraith, an experienced Ford designer who worked with Minwoo on the project, commented that images which may look good on paper or a computer screen will not necessarily look good when they are turned into a scale or full-size model.

“Minwoo has had to make compromises, but the design changes are intelligent ones and he’s offering an interesting take on how hot hatch design may evolve,” he added.

Earlier this week, Ford unveiled its new S-MAX and Galaxy models for 2010 at the Brussels Motorshow.

The new cars feature Ford’s new high-efficiency EcoBoost four cylinder advanced turbocharged petrol direct injection engines.

Source : IMI