Thursday, March 3, 2011

Ford Ranger Wildtrack the Geneva Motor Show 2011

Nothing but thirsty V8: the new frontier of taste exquisitely pick up the U.S. goes through downsizing. That keeps imposing forms and characteristics of multi-purpose vehicle (for the job, but also for recreation), but at the same time, revolutionizing the concept of "big is beautiful" under the hood, and you give a decisive turning the cube engine.

Began with these trump the Ford Ranger Wildtrack, pick up a sports connotation these days that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, which began as the first commercial vehicle developed under the blue oval Ford One business philosophy, born 2012, and the Focus consists of a global launch program for the whole world.

The Ranger Wildtrack, in fact, is designed and developed in Australia, produced in Thailand, South Africa and Argentina and will be available in a full two-and four-wheel drive, three cab solutions in more than 180 markets worldwide , including Europe. Among the new techniques, to signal the presence of the Rear View Camera System, which allows you to view in the rearview mirror inside the camera image: imagine a useful accessory for parking maneuvers and for the coupling of trailers.

The exhibition also includes the presence of electronic stability control ESP, and board a satellite navigation system with infotainment and voice-activated Bluetooth. The safety equipment includes side and curtain airbags for all occupants, Trailer Sway Control, which follows the behavior of the trailer and, in case of sudden crush of the latter, it activates the brake system, the Load Adaptive Control, the 'downhill braking assistance and assistance for hill starts to European markets, the Ranger Wildtrack will be available in two engines, both turbo-family Ford Duratorq TDCi, combined with a new six-speed automatic transmission, and a manual transmission , also a six-speed transmission, both designed - say Ford engineers - and optimize the power and torque without increasing fuel consumption.

The offer consists of engines on the new TD 2.2-liter, four-cylinder, 150 bhp and 375 Nm of torque, and the bigger 3.2-liter 5-cylinder 200 hp and 470 Nm of torque. The automatic transmission has two modes: normal (to mark the accent on comfort and fuel economy) and performance, suitable for a more sporty drive and gives the driver can select ratios in manual mode - sequential.

At the six-speed manual transmission is combined with a gearshift indicator to the instrumentation, which instantly indicates the best time to change gear ratio as a function of economy. Even consumption of optimization is the battery management system, which controls the alternator to turn it off and on again during acceleration and deceleration.

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