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First sight: The Foxtron Model D

By 2024-10-11T15:24:00

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The maker of iPhones introduces a new SUV-MPV hybrid

It is definitely not the Apple Car. That mythical – and now terminated – project may have involved Foxconn, the maker of Apple’s best-selling iPhones, iPads and more. But this new vehicle is entirely Foxconn’s own, with a little help from the Italian design house, Pininfarina.

The new vehicle, the Model D, was introduced this week at Foxconn’s Tech Days. It is part of a new range of vehicles that Foxtron, Foxconn’s vehicle division, is introducing with production planned in the near future. One model, the Model C, is already in production in Taiwan and sold as the Luxgen n7, an SUV with five or seven seats.

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The Foxtron Model D is earmarked for production in 2026

The Model D is a hybrid, not in terms of the powertrain, but a packaging hybrid of SUV and MPV. It is a formula that, if done well, could revive the MPV market, especially in North America, where the MPV or ‘minivan’ is widely respected for its functional qualities, but is considered déclassé by the very demographic it was designed to serve.

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