Future models - Ford - EverestFord to build Everest in ChinaChinese market to get locally built Ford Everest SUV with petrol engines4 Nov 2014 CHINA will get its own domestically built version of the Australian designed and developed Ford Everest SUV, complete with a choice of petrol engines that is expected to include the Blue Oval’s lauded 2.0-litre turbocharged EcoBoost powerplant. Ford Australia was the first in the world to engineer the 2.0-litre EcoBoost engine for a longitudinal, rear-drive layout so it stands to reason that local engineers applied their experience from that project to the petrol Everest, which shares its T6 platform, mechanical and structural components with the Ranger one-tonne ute. Like Japan and North America, the Chinese market prefers petrol over diesel, and the Chinese-built Everest is also expected to be offered with a 2.5-litre normally aspirated petrol and a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel. Ford Asia Pacific product communications director Sinead Phipps confirmed to GoAuto that the Everest – which will be sourced for Australia from the same Rayong production facility in Thailand as the Ranger – will also be built in China to supply that market under Ford’s joint-venture with Jiangling. However she said drivetrain details will be kept under wraps until the Everest has its global unveiling in Beijing on November 13. For the four-pot Falcon, Ford Australia installed the EcoBoost in 179kW/353Nm tune, using the same basic engine that debuted Down Under in mid-2011 on the front-drive Mondeo EcoBoost, where it produces 149kW and 300Nm. In October 2012 this engine was pumped up for the Australian launch of the Focus ST hot hatch, to produce 184kW with up to 360Nm available in overboost mode. The other petrol engine in the Chinese market Everest is expected to be the entry level option and is likely to be the same 122kW/226Nm unit that was available in low-spec Australian-delivered T6 Rangers from launch and quietly discontinued in late 2013. Unlike the sophisticated 110kW/375Nm 2.2-litre turbo-diesel that now serves as the low-output option on the Ranger and its Mazda BT-50 twin, Chinese Everests are understood to be getting a more basic and less powerful 2.4-litre unit. Jiangling also builds Transit vans in China, but Ms Phipps said little was to be read into the recent presence of left-hand drive versions at the You Yangs as many vehicles are brought to Australia for testing and calibration work that cannot be done elsewhere. Read more22nd of August 2014 Ford’s Everest escapes Detroit’s three-bar grilleAustralian design centre creates variation to avoid Ford's US SUV grille design12th of August 2014 Exclusive: Ford takes safe route with EverestAnti-crash technology in the engineering pipeline for Ford’s seven-seat Everest SUV10th of June 2014 Exclusive: New-look Ford Ranger spied testingAussie-crafted Ford Ranger gets some Everest treatment in a new look for 20151st of April 2014 Exclusive: Ford guns for Prado with 2015 EverestToyota SUVs seen at Ford proving ground as Everest pitched against SUV benchmark26th of March 2014 Ford’s Everest to get terrain controlAussie-engineered, Thai-built Ford Everest expected to offer dial-up AWD control10th of September 2013 Exclusive: Ford smooths out Everest rideCoil springs and possible self-levelling system on test bed for new Ford Everest SUVAll future modelsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chery Brabham Chrysler Chevrolet Cupra Citroen DS Dodge Fiat Ferrari Foton Ford Great Wall FPV Haval GWM Honda Holden Hummer HSV Infiniti Hyundai Jaguar Isuzu Kia Jeep Land Rover Lamborghini Lexus LDV Mahindra Lotus Mazda Maserati Mercedes-AMG McLaren MG Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Mini Opel Nissan Peugeot Pagani Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Everest pricing
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