2009 Ford Territory hits the market
May 11, 2009 by David Twomey
Ford Australia has finally unleashed its “lightly” revised SY Territory Mark II, which features styling changes, minor model revisions and slightly improved fuel consumption on rear-wheel-drive models.
The new look was shown to the public back at the Melbourne International Motor Show in March and is now moving into showrooms.
Territory is currently struggling to make sales numbers and the once darling of the medium SUV market is now running fourth in the sales race, behind Toyota’s Prado and Kluger, and Holden’s Korean-sourced Captiva.
The Territory was a Ford Australia success story after its 2004 introduction, with its not overtly bush-bashing styling and urban friendly functionality, which included a highly successful RWD model.
From a peak of 23,454 sales in 2005 its sales have slowly declined to a total of 12,882 units in 2008.
Ford’s fight back is mild if nothing else, with no major mechanical changes, although some powertrain revisions have yielded slight fuel consumption savings.
A revised model line-up for the SY Territory MkII range consists of the TX, TS and Ghia models, in rear-wheel drive (RWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) configurations, along with the Ghia Turbo AWD – the Territory Turbo model will no longer be offered.
Major design changes include an all-new bonnet, with a complementary new front bumper, upper and lower grilles, new headlamps and a new fog lamp bezel.
Body coloured bumpers and door cladding, new body coloured door handles, new chrome belt moulding, revised tail lamps and body coloured exterior mirrors are also part of the new exterior package.
The interior of the new Territory has also received a significant freshening, with new seat materials, colour finishes and trim highlights on all models, along with the choice of two new interior environments on TS and Ghia.
Additional equipment and features are now fitted as standard on the new look SY Territory MkII range, further improving its competitiveness in the hotly contested Medium SUV segment, as well as delivering a compelling value-for-money proposition for customers.
Territory TX now comes standard with side curtain airbags, cruise control, 17-inch alloy wheels and a full body colour package for the bumpers, door handles and mirrors.
Territory TS is also fitted with the full body colour package, along with a reverse parking camera, front fog lamps, leather-wrapped steering wheel, handbrake and gearshift, and a third row seat as standard.
Ghia models also gain a third row seat as standard equipment, along with an Alpine rear DVD system, side steps, rear privacy glass and 18-inch alloy wheels, while the Ghia Turbo picks up the same list of additions and a new alloy wheel design (18-inch wheels are already standard fitment on the top-of-the-line Territory model).
CarAdvice will have First Steer impressions of the revised Ford Territory and the revised Ranger pickup range on Wednesday, after an initial drive of the new models.
Recommended retail pricing* for the new look SY Territory MkII range:
Model Drivetrain Transmission RRP
Territory TX RWD 4-speed auto $39,490
Territory TS RWD 4-speed auto $44,490
Territory Ghia RWD 4-speed auto $52,490
Territory TX AWD 6-speed auto $44,490
Territory TS AWD 6-speed auto $49,490
Territory Ghia AWD 6-speed auto $57,490
Territory Ghia Turbo AWD 6-speed auto $66,420
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It’s usually considered appropriate that you at least put quotes around what you cut and paste, even if you don’t name the source. eg DriveDotCom
FigJam, How do you come up with the Kluger being roomier?? What kind of measuring stick do you use? Kluger is miles narrower, the centre seat of the second row stows in the front arm rest fercissakes!! Try actually parking them side by side before you make assumptions. As for Kluger being on top of the sales ladder, what price did Hertz pay for the recen 180 delivered in Qld?? Again we come down to numbers versus proffit.
Hmmm Fuel consumption hey? Why not compare Territory consumption in real life to comparable vehicles. You know Petrol engined Seven seaters able to tow 24′ power boats or Twenty foot caravans. PRado, Pajero, Pathfinder and Disco all use way more fuel. Kluger under full load does as well and Santa Fe V6 equals Territory in real life. But hey 22mpg out of a 2 tonne vehicle is absolutely deplorable isn’t it??
As for this face lift, have an actual look at it in the flesh. Whilst it is late (thank you mr Gorman) and it is NOT allowed to be a new Model due to Euro IV compliancing, it is more noticable than BF to BF11.
Bret…….it was from drive.com.au
Hilarious quote from a Ford Director on carpoint.com.au
“Where we have positioned Territory, that [poor NVH] is unacceptable. That [Territory] customer is a sophisticated customer. That customer wants to have a diesel engine but doesn’t want to know they’ve got a diesel engine.
No wonder they can’t sell their cars – they’re targeting Vaucluse but building cars for Mt Druitt.
Or do they think their customer base in Sydney’s West is sophisticated…
Realist,
In a nut shell they dont want to put any half baked ideas into the territory……..
Whats wrong with that???
Same reason why they havent put LPG on it yet
The Territory is renowned as having the best drive line/engine/handling in its class, I agree that they would be mad to rush in any changes to any of those factors with out thinking it right through
Quote Realist……….
“Which bright spark decided to apply the “elevated rep mobile” approach?
Im not sure of exact names, but you can rest assured that the person responsible was made aware of the awards their “idea” achieved
“And who on earth would pay $67K for a Territory??”
Well a lot more people than those that would pay 67K for a Camry
hey how about all u shutup and give ford Australia a break, this is a hard economic climate and they dont have all the money in the world, look at GM for gods sake, hopefully they go broke and they deserve to because they can nener build a decent looking car the territory deserves more sales than the captiva, and at least ford is actually supporting Australian workers by having this as an AUSTRALIAN BUILT CAR unlike holdens korean captiva
and a word to andrew M ur an idiot and i would gladly pay $67K for a territory and F no i would never pay that much for a camry because their design and ride is that poor its not even funny
Jackson, it’s obvious you belong to Ford’s target market…
Jackson,
No, I am not an idiot, you just have a poor understanding of grammer
Did you see the bit right at the start where i listed my post as quoting “The Realist”????
When you use these funny little things “……..”, it means what you are writing is a quote.
Now please re-read my post and consider that everything with in those funny little marks as a quote from The Realist, and everything outside them as my response to what he said.
I wonder how many of the Territory critics commenting have actually driven one? I am not Australian but personally I think Aussies should be proud of the Terri as a locally designed vehicle. We looked at many other options when we bought and none come close to it in terms of handling or value for money. That said the update doesn’t bring much new to the table, bring on the diesel next year….
The wiki page for the Outlander states that the ORIGINAL model came out in 2001, and the CURRENT model came out in 2005 in Japan “when all markets adopted the Outlander name”