Ford’s latest idea for the future of crossover vehicles is the Airstream, an ultra modern concept with a gleaming fuselage body. Visually the Ford Airstream concept pays homage to the riveted aluminum shell design of the celebrated Airstream travel trailers and motorhomes that have been traveling the highways of the world since 1931. The Ford Airstream prototype is powered by a plug-in hydrogen hybrid fuel cell drive train called HySeries Drive. This fuel cell system is half the weight and cost of today’s units, operates under electric power at all times, delivers 41 miles per gallon and can operate in the dead of winter. Each of the concept’s bold orange-trimmed window graphics is a unique shape, and its doors are asymmetric. In addition to the driver’s side hatch, the passenger side features a power clamshell door that runs two-thirds the length of the vehicle. A 3-door hatch finishes the rear of the crossover. The red & white interior features a floating instrument panel, flush-mounted, touch-sensitive controls, pod-shaped swiveling captain’s chairs, and a sculptural, continuous cocoon-like rear-seating environment wrapped in bold red B&B Italia fabric.

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