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Exclusive: Ford ‘FX4 Max’ Patent Signals Extreme Ranger
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A More hardcore model of Ford’s fashionable Ranger ute that takes the FX4 special version to new heights could be in the works because the Blue Oval brand has filed a patent utility for ‘FX4 Max’ with IP Australia.
Suggesting a ‘baby Raptor’ is under development with quite a lot of modifications for extra excessive off-roading added to the cosmetic enhancements wrought on the FX4 edition, the Australian FX4 Max seems to be set to follow in the footsteps of related remedies utilized by Ford within the United States.
Whereas ‘FX4’ is basically http://www.technologijos.lt/n/technologijos/automobiliai_ir_motociklai/S-77242/straipsnis/Tai-ka-matote-nuotraukoje-yra-1987-uju-elektrinis-Ford-Ranger-su-mechanine-transmisija-kaip-tai-gali-buti-jei-Ford-jo-negamino , within the US the moniker denotes an off-highway pack obtainable on the Australian-developed Ranger, the top-selling F-a hundred and fifty choose-up and the Expedition SUV, including heavier-duty shock absorbers, all-terrain tyres, skid plates, a terrain management system and electronic locking differential.
It stands to purpose that ‘FX4 Max’ for Australia will deliver comparable off-highway-oriented features, doubtlessly pushing the current XLT-based FX4 above the higher-spec Wildtrak to sit down beneath the flagship Raptor.
In North America, the Ranger FX4 pack is a $US1295 ($A1913) possibility available on all three trim levels (XL, XLT and Lariat), while the FX4 Max nameplate - which was patented in the US in 2018 - seems to have developed into the Tremor pack by the point it reached production.
Tremor is a heavy-responsibility off-highway pack for Ford’s Super Duty trucks.
Ford Australia product communications manager Damion Smy reiterated to GoAuto this week that the Aussie FX4 pack is unrelated to the American one, but would not be drawn on whether or not a extra extreme ‘FX4 Max’ was in the works on the Blue Oval brand’s Asia-Pacific product improvement centre in Melbourne.
“The response to Ranger FX4 has been massively positive, because it builds on the popular Ranger XLT 4x4’s capabilities to add distinctive options for a genuine, unique identity both in and out,” he mentioned.
“In 2019, we labored extremely arduous with clients to bring a number of particular packs and options for their Rangers. This noticed the Heavy Duty Suspension option on the exhausting-working Ranger 4x2, which makes driving with a loaded tray easier, while at the other end of the road-up, the Ranger Wildtrak X was supplied with equipment corresponding to a snorkel, LED light bar and weekend off-highway-prepared gear that reflects the journey and lifestyle Ranger owners are in search of.
Suggesting a ‘baby Raptor’ is under development with quite a lot of modifications for extra excessive off-roading added to the cosmetic enhancements wrought on the FX4 edition, the Australian FX4 Max seems to be set to follow in the footsteps of related remedies utilized by Ford within the United States.
Whereas ‘FX4’ is basically http://www.technologijos.lt/n/technologijos/automobiliai_ir_motociklai/S-77242/straipsnis/Tai-ka-matote-nuotraukoje-yra-1987-uju-elektrinis-Ford-Ranger-su-mechanine-transmisija-kaip-tai-gali-buti-jei-Ford-jo-negamino , within the US the moniker denotes an off-highway pack obtainable on the Australian-developed Ranger, the top-selling F-a hundred and fifty choose-up and the Expedition SUV, including heavier-duty shock absorbers, all-terrain tyres, skid plates, a terrain management system and electronic locking differential.
It stands to purpose that ‘FX4 Max’ for Australia will deliver comparable off-highway-oriented features, doubtlessly pushing the current XLT-based FX4 above the higher-spec Wildtrak to sit down beneath the flagship Raptor.
In North America, the Ranger FX4 pack is a $US1295 ($A1913) possibility available on all three trim levels (XL, XLT and Lariat), while the FX4 Max nameplate - which was patented in the US in 2018 - seems to have developed into the Tremor pack by the point it reached production.
Tremor is a heavy-responsibility off-highway pack for Ford’s Super Duty trucks.
Ford Australia product communications manager Damion Smy reiterated to GoAuto this week that the Aussie FX4 pack is unrelated to the American one, but would not be drawn on whether or not a extra extreme ‘FX4 Max’ was in the works on the Blue Oval brand’s Asia-Pacific product improvement centre in Melbourne.
“The response to Ranger FX4 has been massively positive, because it builds on the popular Ranger XLT 4x4’s capabilities to add distinctive options for a genuine, unique identity both in and out,” he mentioned.
“In 2019, we labored extremely arduous with clients to bring a number of particular packs and options for their Rangers. This noticed the Heavy Duty Suspension option on the exhausting-working Ranger 4x2, which makes driving with a loaded tray easier, while at the other end of the road-up, the Ranger Wildtrak X was supplied with equipment corresponding to a snorkel, LED light bar and weekend off-highway-prepared gear that reflects the journey and lifestyle Ranger owners are in search of.
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