Ford says there are no plans to build the Evos but design chief J Mays says the first production car to adopt the new styling cues will be unveiled in four months, presumably at the Detroit Motor Show. This is likely to be the production Vertrek.
"We have a new generation of customers around the world and they are fascinated with technology which we happen to be working on quite a lot," says Mays.
"They also have an insatiable appetite for premium design. And by premium I don't just mean expensive design but vehicles and products that look premium."
Mays says the evolution of the Ford brand's styling will be based on six pillars: silhouette innovation, perceived efficiency, refined surface language, technical graphics, the new face of Ford and an overall premium look.
He points to the industry trend to make headlight modules larger as an example of technical graphics.
"They have become less about technology and more about design or style.
"We think that has reached its complete evolution. So we are going to the minimal legal height on headlamps and tail lights. We will let the technology speak for the graphics as opposed to overt style."
The Evos has distinctive proportions, with the 4.5m body slightly longer than that of a Focus. Yet the car is nearly as broad as a Lamborghini Aventador - it's 1.97m wide - and almost as low as an Audi TT at 1.36m.
At the front, the new signature trapezoidal Ford grille is mounted in a prominent, high position. Slim "laser cut" front headlights with LEDs are another key feature designed to give a characterful, upmarket look.
Deep slashes in the lower part of the nose house spotlights, while a sporty splitter and small air intake complete the new face.
Elsewhere, the design is all about bold surfacing - look at the raised bonnet bulge and the sculpted flanks - and with relatively short overhangs and a fastback tail, it's a taut and sporty look that we could see easily being used on forthcoming models.
One feature that won't be carried over is the gullwing door layout, which uses four individual openings.
The front "wings" incorporate the slim windscreen A-pillars and part of the bonnet, while those at the back lift most of the rear bodywork up and away as they open.
Inside, the Evos is built around the driver. The layout features clean, simple surfaces with a slim upper instrument panel and bold trapezoidal cut-outs. Contrasting these shapes are curvy sweeps either side of the driver, providing secondary information about car and infotainment systems.
Individual touchscreens in the rear allow passengers to control functions such as seat adjustment, while up front, the driver sits in a bold red seat and enjoys the latest version of Ford's SYNC in-car connectivity system. This combines music streaming with information about traffic, weather and road conditions.
The idea is that the owner can focus on driving.
It can automatically heat or cool the cabin before anyone gets in, re-route the car to avoid heavy pollution and congestion and update the chassis, steering and engine settings using sat-nav to read the road ahead and prepare for the likely demands.
Under the bonnet, the Evos is designed to use the same petrol-electric powertrain as the Ford C-Max Energi hybrid, which is due to go on sale in Britain in 2013.
This combines a two-litre petrol engine with an electric motor, running off lithium-ion batteries, to drive the front wheels. Ford says the Evos has a range of up to 800km. It can also run solely on electricity, plugging into the mains.
