A member of my forum forwarded this to us....

Anyone wanna take a stab....? It is in the same area the new Malibus were testing earlier....

56K warning!

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forum/in...showtopic=6110

Actually now that i look...there is an oval in the grille...and the door handle looks alot like the Mazda6's...


Ford Futura/400?

 

is it possible it's a subaru?

EDIT: actually yeah, i'd have to agree. the schnoz is really SN95 stang looking. it's probably a ford.

 

I agree with one of the posters over ther I am thinking it's a Ford Falcon

 

What's with the letters in the windows, the malibu has one as well

 

the seat looks exactly like my friends mazdaspeed protege

 

The oval badge in the center of the grill says Ford to me.

 

The speedo has to be in KMPH otherwise he must be going around 100 when that shot was taken and that's not really possible. Must be an import.
If it is a GM car, then maybe it is an Opel. GM would definatly not be testing a brand new Ford like that.

 

Makes me think it's one of those "blind" consumer tests, where different cars from different manufacturers are put together, and all the identifying badging has been covered or removed, and people are supposed to rate the cars based on how they perform without having a preconceived idea of how good or bad the brand is that they are actually driving.

This would probably explain the "L" and the "N" in the windows, and why all the badge and stuff are covered, and why they appear to be from different manufacturers, yet have those very same letters in the windows.

 

I'm gonna guess a RWD Ford to do battle against the GTO. Possibly a Falcon.

 

It had a crossbar in the grill, with the oval in the center, like the Subarus do.

 

There's pretty much only 4 choice, Subaru, Ford, Hyundai and Scion. Those are the only 4 I know of that have an oval emblem. From what we can see, each has a characteristic of this car. I'm almost certain it's a Falcon though. The side marker, front, windows and other features look more like the Falcon. If it is a Falcon, it could be one of the two or three that Ford brought up from the Land Down Under a year or so ago

 

We've been assuming that this is a GM consumer clinic. Maybe it's actually a Ford clinic.

 

Not saying that the car in the picture is one, but Kia also has an oval logo....

 

Wow, this car really is a mystery.

Speaking of mistaken identities: http://wieck.com/public/*2PV_071811

 

That would be a misprint