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11-05-2013, 05:20 PM
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Ford Australia's own Territory is coming under threat from inside its Broadmeadows bunker.
And here's proof that the blue oval's long-rumoured seven-seat SUV version of the Ranger ute is under development in Australia. Drive reader Andrew Brook snapped this shot of a prototype vehicle in Melbourne today. At first glance it looks like a Territory from behind, but closer inspection reveals it is riding on the Ranger’s more rugged underpinnings. The "Left Hand Drive: Engineering Evaluation Vehicle" sticker on the back is also a dead giveaway. “It’s definitely a front-end of the Ranger and the back end of the Territory,” Brook said. Advertisement Ford Australia has been responsible for the global development of the new Ranger and its underpinnings - codenamed T6 - and is believed to be taking the lead on the SUV version; tipped to carry the Everest nameplate. Officially Ford won’t confirm the Ranger-based SUV but admitted it is working on new models based on the Ranger. “We have always said that the Ranger would only be the first of the vehicles to come off the T6 platform,” Ford spokeswoman Sinead Phipps told Drive. “We can’t provide any specifics of other program details at this stage.” The T6-based SUV would be a direct competitor to the Holden Colorado 7 and Mitsubishi Challenger, as well as the popular Toyota Prado. Despite strong sales of the Territory, its fate is linked to the underperforming Falcon, because the two vehicles share the same basic underpinnings. If the Falcon doesn’t continue beyond 2016 then neither will the Territory, so Ford Australia will need to find a new large SUV to fill that important spot in its line-up. Speaking at the recent Kuga launch, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano said the company is evaluating its options when it comes to large SUVs in the future. “If you look at the larger SUVs there’s certainly a market for body-on-frame, traditional off-roaders, and what some people call soft-roaders, like the Territory,” Graziano said. “We’ll just have keep reassessing because the vast majority of those vehicles are Territory-type vehicles as opposed to off-roaders.” Asked directly about the prospects of a Ranger-based SUV, Graziano didn’t give any details away. “It’s really going to depend on whether that segment continues at its present rate or whether its going to start declining for a number of different reasons,” he said. “That’s what we’re looking at now, and then we can look at what’s in the portfolio from Ford that we could slot in there.” Ford Australia may be involved in the development but the SUV-version will almost certainly be built alongside the Ranger Ute in Thailand. http://brisbanetimes.drive.com.au/mo...509-2ja81.html
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11-05-2013, 05:26 PM
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lucky there are only 2 threads on this car and article on this forum
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11-05-2013, 05:27 PM
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11-05-2013, 05:41 PM
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Stolen photo from one of the forum members
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11-05-2013, 05:49 PM
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11-05-2013, 05:52 PM
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Is it at all possible that the next generation Territory could be based on the Ranger platform and that both models will be built side by side at Broadies??
I think it is.
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11-05-2013, 05:58 PM
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11-05-2013, 06:33 PM
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I has to ask, if the current Thai plant can't kept up with production of just a Ranger, why is it a given they'll give Range & this. So their supply rate drops even more? Doesn’t make sense to me!!
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11-05-2013, 07:55 PM
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Ranger supply seems to be OK if you want a manual, it's the auto box that's stuffing them, and us, up
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11-05-2013, 08:06 PM
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If Ford drop the Territory they'll look for a local version of either next gen Edge or Explorer. T6 based Territory serves no purpose with Territory sold to a demographic that barely drives them offroad and has no need for the rugged T6 characteristics, and the Everest will already serve the purpose of a 7 seat wagon on that platform. |
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11-05-2013, 08:08 PM
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AFF... [I] your first sorce for news [/l]
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11-05-2013, 09:18 PM
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12-05-2013, 01:12 AM
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I think that car is perfect. Just when the trend in the US went the wrong direction (to unibody), Australia goes from unibody to body-on-frame with the perfect size SUV. If that had an optional 3.5 V6 EcoBoost with 3.5T towing, 270kw/570Nm (or more), rear LSD, and part-time 4wd, it would be perfect!
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