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Prototypes of the T6 ute are being trialed in Europe — with left-hand drive, camouflage and fake badges in the grille — where they are caught by the photographers from Carparazzi.
The pictures show vehicles just like the ones already photographed during trails in Australia from Ford Australia's headquarters in Broadmeadows, although running now with German number plates. The T6 project is a joint global venture to produce a vehicle bigger than the local Ford Ranger, but not as large as the F100 which cominates the truck business in the USA.
There is also a Ranger in the USA, but it is not the same as the truck sold in Australia and this could lead to a commonisation under the 'One Ford' strategy now in place for the blue oval brand.
Carparazzi sources say the T6 program means all future Ranger models will share the package produced in Australia, with a variety of engines and body styles. The on-sale date is sometime in 2012.
The T6 test trucks are both left and right-hand drive, and powered by both petrol and diesel engine. Carparazzi sources say the T6 Ranger for the USA will likely be powered by a new 1.6-litre four-cylinder, direct-injection turbocharged EcoBoost engine producing at least 130 kiloWatts.
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