The Ford Maya
was designed in 1984, by Giugiaro. Ford intended the car for production
and it had features, including a targa top. The Ford Maya was intended
to have 250bhp twin turbo Ford V6 engine, however this was still
being developed at the time, so a Ford pushrod iron block 3 litre
V6 engine was used from a Ford Taurus, developing 140bhp. The road
going car was a fully working prototype, with only the dashboard
discounted. The car cost $500,000 to design and produce. CAR magazine
tested the Maya in 1985 and found it to be a good handling car with
no body roll. Unfortunately Ford never produced the car.
![Ford_Maya](Ford_Maya_Thum.jpg)
Ford Maya Prototype
![Ford Maya Supercar](Ford_Maya_Supercar_Thum.jpg)
![](Ford_Maya_Interior_Thum.jpg)
![Ford_Maya_1985_Ital](Ford_Maya_1985_Ital_Thum.jpg)
Road going Ford
Maya
![Ford_Maya_Side](Ford_Maya_Side_Thum.jpg)
![Ford_Maya_Ital_Rear](Ford_Maya_Ital_Rear_Thum.jpg)
![Ford_Maya_1985_Interior](Ford_Maya_1985_Interior_Thum.jpg)
The interior
of the road going Ford Maya
![Ford_Maya_V6_Engine](Ford_Maya_V6_Engine.jpg)
Ford V6 Engine
![Ford_Maya_1984_Giugiaro_Rendering](Ford_Maya_1984_Giugiaro_Rendering_Thum.jpg)
A rendering
of the Ford Maya by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Ital design