Toyota’s Fortuner is one of the best selling SUVs in the country. There is also Chevrolet’s Trailblazer, Mitsubishi’s Pajero Sport and Nissan’s Pathfinder. If you are a bakkie manufacturer you simply need to have a bakkie-based SUV in your line-up.
Ford’s Everest has been showing its age for a fair while now, but as these pictures show, a new model is undergoing cold-weather testing and development. It almost a year ago since we last spotted the new Everest undergoing testing, which means the car could be entering is final phase of development.
Although based on the current Ford Ranger, the test mule is a mix between a Ranger’s front half and the rear half of Ford’s Territory SUV.
Not impressed? You needn’t be, as the production version won’t look anything like it (scroll through the pictures above), but closer to the Everest SUV Concept Ford showed last year in Australia.
Details are sketchy at this stage, but we should witness the international unveiling of the Ford Everest before the end of the year. Local availability should also start early 2015. The drivetrains range will include engines and gearboxes from the current Ranger range, and it is likely that both 4×4 and 4×2 derivatives will form part of the line-up.
Picture courtesy: Carscoops.com
