Australian International Motor Show 2011

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Originally Posted by aquahead2001

Yes, a huge increase inside.

Went to the Motor show last night and was finally able to drool over the Ranger. I am looking forward to getting mine even more now!

Re the Ford Stand, I was impressed in the fact that most of the Booth Staff were actually Ford Engineers. I talked to the young lady that's in the Ford Territory Adverts ("I can visit all my Facebook Friends on 1 tank of fuel") and there were 2 engineers who worked on the T6 project that I spoke to. Needless to say I spent a long time chatting to the Engineers who worked on the Ranger as I'm dead keen on one.

One was a power train specialist and he suggested that the Auto in low Ranger was a standout feature and the 2.2L TDCi (375nm) could out pull the existing 3.0L TDCi (380nm) up a mountain road with a heavy towed load. He said the 3.2L was a torque monster.

The other engineer was from the electrical team and she said that challenge fro them was to ensure that connections and wiring were better placed and protected against water, dust and debris damage.

i walked away from the Ford display thinking that Ford had done a great job with using it's team of young, dynamic and super enthusiastic engineers on their booth. And if these guys were representitive of Ford's engineering capability in Australia, then we will be in for some very exciting Ford product in the future.

i did hear a rumour that the future territory will be based on the new ranger, if thats the case and it runs similar specs to the ute then it'll be a usefull wagon , ie; proper 4wd capacity.....