Ford Territory

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (February 2008)

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (February 2008)

Ford Territory
Production	2004–present
Assembly	Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia
Engine(s)	Barra 4.0L I6 DOHC 182 kW 380 nm SX 190 kW 383 nm SY 245 kW 480 nm SY Turbo 270kW  550 nm FPV F6X 270
Wheelbase	2842 mm (111.9 in)
Length	4856 mm (191.2 in)
Width	1898 mm (74.7 in)
Height	1714 mm (67.5 in)
Curb weight	2015 kg (4442 lb)-2045 kg (4508 lb)

The Ford Territory is a crossover SUV built by Ford Australia and based on the EA169 platform of the Ford BA Falcon. It was released in April 2004. Its code name inside Ford was E265. It won the 2004 Wheels Car of the Year award, the reviewers praising car-like handling and practicality as reasons for its win. Ford had reportedly spent A$500 million on developing the range over four years. It is built on the same production line as the Australian-made Falcon. While many suspected that it would replace the Falcon wagon, the two actually co-exist together due to the fact that the Territory is bought mainly by private buyers, the Falcon wagon by fleets.

A basic rear wheel drive model is offered with an all wheel drive variant, either in the basic TX trim or the more luxurious TS and Ghia models that feature extra appointments. A DVD player is available as an option on all models. The Ford Territory offers as standard on the TS and Ghia, and optional on the base TX model, side curtain airbags, which were a first for an Australian made car.

Options of five seats (in two rows) or seven seats (in three rows) are available. The rows of seats are arranged in a "theatre style", with the back row highest. They fold down smoothly into the floor.

The original model was the SX and was produced between 2004–2005. The engine was the 4.0 L DOHC I6 Barra engine from the Falcon, developing 182 kW (245 hp).

All wheel drive models have an optional Hill Descent Control system, using the ABS braking to control the car's motion downhill, inherited from Land Rover.

Australian and New Zealand models are slightly different visually: all models sold in New Zealand have body-colour bumpers and alloy wheels, including the base model. Front light detail resembles that of jewellery in a black box. In New Zealand, the only rear wheel drive model is the base version and all other models have all wheel drive; while in Australia, all models are available with either rear wheel drive or all wheel drive.

Appearance-wise, the Territory resembles the Ford Taurus X sold in North America. Both cars have similar styling cues -- it was this that sold the Territory to Ford executives at the head office in Dearborn, Michigan. Simon Butterworth, who was behind the Ford Falcon facelift of 2003, styled the Territory but had worked with his American counterpart, J Mays, in working in the global Ford "DNA". Marcus Hotblack worked on the Territory's interior, with a Swiss army knife as a metaphor. Consequently, the car has touches such as flexible cupholders and a handbag holder to the side of the seat for female drivers, recognizing that many SUV buyers are women.

South African sales for the Territory began in 2005. Exports to Thailand began in 2006, with the Thai model being offered only in AWD Ghia trim.

An updated SY model arrived in October 2005, bringing with it a ZF six-speed automatic transmission on all AWD models and an increase in power to 190 kW (255 hp). The model also comes with a Rear Parking Camera (optional on the TS and standard on the Ghia), another first for an Australian made vehicle.

Ford Australia introduced a turbo variant of the base engine, in mid 2006. The addition of the turbo boosted the engine performance to 245 kW (329 hp) and 480 N·m (350 ft·lbf) of torque.

Contents 1 FPV Territory 2 Awards 3 References 4 External links

[edit] FPV Territory

A new Ford Performance Vehicles Territory has been recently been developed, and is dubbed the F6X by FPV. The F6X boasts the same 270kw turbo-charged engine as the FPV F6 Typhoon^[1] and accelerates 0-100kph in 5.9secs. the F6X is fpv,s up rated version of the all-wheel-drive ford territory turbo Ghia.its full name is:F6 X 270. The F6X is expected to go on sale on February 29 2008. </ref>

Locally in Australia, the Ford Territory competes with crossovers such as the Toyota Kluger, Subaru B9 Tribeca and the Nissan Murano.

The fastest and quickest Ford Territory Turbo was developed by CV Performance, it ran an 11.2 second quarter mile at 122 mph (196 km/h) on 19 September 2007 at WSID.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Awards

• Winner, New Zealand Automobile Association 'AA Motoring Excellence Supreme Award' (Ford SY Territory) in 2006
• Winner, New Zealand Automobile Association 'AA Motoring Excellence Award' (Ford Territory TX AWD) in 2005
• Winner, SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS - AUSTRALASIA 'Automotive Engineering Excellence Awards' in 2005
• Winner, Australia's Best Cars (Territory GHIA AWD - Best Recreational 4WD) in 2005
• Winner, Wheels Automotive Design Award (WADA) - Best Interior, 2005
• Winner, Australia's Best Recreational Four Wheel Drive (Territory TX AWD) in 2004
• Winner, Wheels Car of the Year, 2004
• Winner, Australian Design Award, 2004
• Winner, Australia's Best Cars (Territory TX AWD - Best Recreational 4WD) in 2004
• Winner, News Limited 'Star Car' Award.
• Winner, Courier Mail (Queensland) COTY Outstanding Family Car (Territory RWD)
• Winner, Courier Mail (Queensland) COTY Outstanding Recreational Vehicle (Territory AWD)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ford press release published at Autoweb
• Ford Australia website with information about the Territory
• Ford Thailand Territory website
• Australia's Best Cars website

FPV [http://www.fpv.com.au/

v • d • e Ford Motor Company of Australia, automobile timeline, 1980s–present
Type	1980s										1990s										2000s
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
City																				Ka
Subcompact												Festiva			Festiva										Fiesta
Compact	Escort	Laser				Laser					Laser				Laser					Laser			Focus			Focus
			Meteor
Mid-size	Cortina			Telstar								Telstar					Taurus
										Corsair						Mondeo												Mondeo
Full-size	Falcon								Falcon										Falcon										Falcon
	Fairlane								Fairlane										Fairlane
Sports										Capri					Probe					Cougar
																						Mustang
Utility	Courier																			Courier								Ranger
	Falcon Ute																		Falcon Ute										Falcon Ute
Van				Spectron
	Econovan				Econovan															Econovan
	Transit														Transit						Transit
Compact SUV																						Escape
Mid-size SUV												Raider													Territory
		Bronco							Maverick								Explorer					Explorer