2011 Ford Territory first official image

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By Tim Beissmann | December 14th, 2010

Ford Australia has released the first official image of the new-look 2011 Ford Territory.

The sketch reveals the new vehicle will adopt Ford’s global kinetic design language, emphasised by the large lower air intake, thin horizontal grille and sharp, sweeping headlights already seen on the smaller European-designed Fiesta, Focus and Mondeo models.

Ford says the styling of the 2011 Territory provides a glimpse into the future of Ford’s global SUV design.

Completely redesigned inside and out, the Territory will feature a range of new technical features, headlined by the long-awaited introduction of a diesel engine.

The engine will be a 2.7-litre turbo-diesel V6 from the Land Rover Discovery sourced from Europe.

Ford Australia is yet to reveal performance data of the Territory diesel, but fitted to the $68,490 Discovery 4 TDV6 S it produces 140kW of power and 445Nm of torque.

Hauling the Land Rover’s considerable 2486kg frame (around 400kg more than the current-model Ford), it achieves combined cycle fuel consumption of 10.2 litres/100km and accelerates from 0-100km/h in 12.7 seconds.

Ford has confirmed the current I6 engine will carry over into the new model.

Ford Australia President and CEO, Bob Graziano, said he believed the new Territory – which will be the vehicle’s first major upgrade since the launch of the SX in 2004 – would again set the benchmark in the medium SUV market.

“This is an exceptional SUV. It wears an exciting new look and will boast an extensive list of technical highlights,” Mr Graziano said.

“The Ford Australia team is taking the Territory to an all-new level of performance, refinement and quality, and customers will definitely experience these advancements when they drive it.”

Ford Australia is yet to reveal an on-sale date for the 2011 Territory. It may choose to officially unveil new SUV at the 2011 Australian International Motor Show in Melbourne on July 1.

Launch, specification and pricing details of the 2011 Ford Territory will be revealed in the coming months.

c3vzn

My first reaction was “Whoa that looks cool.” Don’t think I’ve ever said that about an Aussie made Holden or Ford before.

dibo

more ugly than commodore and falcon together.

this car is ridiculous , new EXPLORER NOW

dibo

stop negatives , i said commodore and the falcon are uglies!!!!
katyperry

omg 87 negatives…
lol
is that a record on CA?

Fastcar

Ugly!

dibo

Ridiculous = commodore,falcon,territory and camry , AMERICA FOREVER !!!!!

marvin

eat a d*&k
Swagger

Like Yeti,Octavia,Superb,Ibiza,Veron and any Bentley must be german by your logic.

You are ridiculous.

Radbloke

+1 for correct spelling of ridiculous
My Cars Called T-Rex

RadBloke you’ve got Pretty good grammer correction skills for a 13year old skateboard rider.

Radbloke this is a car website not a skateboard blog.

Go away and watch your worn out copy of Bill and Ted excellent adventure.

and feel free to correct any grammer mistakes iv’e made(might as well get some use out of you)

Joker

If it comes out like that…awesome, I have just found my future family car. The design concept doesn’t look heavily exaggerated so it’s probably quite safe to assume it will be similar…and that’s a bloody good thing

delux

From the sketch and spy pics I have seen it looks like it will be the current body with a very good nose job.

Moe

Looks Shmexy best looking average Class SUV ive seen nice one ford

http://zuboora.com mohamad is right when he

beautiful car ay habib.. both my sisters have territory ghias and looks like they will be up grading.

Shak

Is racism popular in your hick town, or has all the inbreeding fried your brain.
Krish

Judging by these sketches, the new territory will look great! Ford will just need to make some small increases to the diesel engine in power and torque to make it the benchmark in its class. Great effort by Ford, look forward to the release!
Also to the “realworld,” how old are you champ? No room for racism here bud, most of us are just car lovers and thats where it ends!
evelyn

coo, call me when they want to view it i work in sa 0438688701

AB

I think this is the best example of Fords new Global Design language so far!
Nik

This is a cool rendering, but I know the real thing won’t look as cool. Look at other renderings of the first territory compared to the real thing.

classic

You shouldn’t be getting a heap of thumbs down for your comment Nik. I saw the testing vehicle in disguise on the Westgate Freeway here in Melbourne last week, and it didn’t look anywhere as radical as the rendering shown above. The headlights look pretty well on the mark, but apart from that and some obvious slight changes to the front and back, the majority of the body seemed pretty much the same as the current vehicle.

Moe

Would be nice if there was a 5L Coyote V8 option
KM

I agree, it’s an amazing looking car for a Ford, oh and it will share it’s engine with a Land Rover. Oh and the front of a Range Rover Evoque. How big IS Ford’s spare parts bin?

ScottT

The deisel engine is designed and developed by peugoet-Citreon as are most of fords deisels,

Aquahead

I think you need to check on this, all the Ford Eurpoe Diesels including the Peupoet/Citreon & Land Rover/Jaguar versions are made at Ford’s Dagenham Engne Plant.

Des

Yep the diesel is Ford/PSA jointly developed.

JR

Hope the resale value is better on the new model

Joker

Given the the ever growing attraction to Diesel cars…it’s a sure bet that that Turbo Diesel variant will hold it’s re-sale well. I would expect used one’s to be snatched up by those who can’t afford the retail new..

Banicks

What makes me depressed about this is that concept images never are close to the actual manufacture for en mass production cars.

Wait and see of course, I really do hope it sees reality as this is one of the few SUV/4WD styles Ive seen that I like.
RickyC

Hmm so this “new” Territory basically has to last until the next generation Falcon (if there even is one)? That’s at least another 6 years away (2016), by which time the basic underpinnings for this model will be 12 years old. Isn’t the 2.7L diesel rather old by now? 5 years ago it was impressive but there are better and more powerful diesels around now. I’m not convinced – it will add weight, cost, and will probably be slower than the petrol engine. It’s a shame the new Explorer won’t be made in RHD – it would be a perfect replacement and suitable for our market (except again no diesel).

Des

Ricky, yes there WILL be another Falcon (and plenty more after that).
You’ll be ‘pleased’ to know that GM is seriously considering FRONT WD for the 2015 Commodore.

Ironic that, after all that got heaped on Ford, for looking at FWD for future Falcon platforms, that it is now more likely that future Commadores will be FWD as opposed to future Falcons.

Shak

No it aint. Mr Devereux has pretty much kyboshed those rumours, saying they were looking at it, but it wasnt likely. he has said they will most likely focus on weight reduction and using turbocharging. He has said FWD in the Commodore just doesnt fit in with what the buyer of a Commodore requires.

Skeeter

Hopefully they tone down that grill a little in the production model
golfer

I must be the only one that finds this thing ugly.
Sure the “Evoque” headlights are sexy, then you get the Mazda smile………. with braces!
The drop in an excellent diesel donk only to abuse it’s presence by stonking on another 400KG!
I was excited by the prospects of the all new Terry but if there is any truth to this story, I’m left dismayed.

Zandit

Check the story again mate, the Territory is 400kgs LIGHTER than the Disco, makes it a whole new story!!

Tritenite

I must be the only one that finds this thing ugly.
Sure the “Evoque” headlights are hot, then you get the Mazda smile………. with braces!
The drop in an excellent diesel donk only to abuse it’s presence by stonking on another 400KG!
I was excited by the prospects of the all new Terry but if there is any truth to this story, I’m left dismayed.

AndrewS

“The drop in an excellent diesel donk only to abuse it’s presence by stonking on another 400KG!”

That was in reference to the Disco being 400kg heavier than the current model Territory. I doubt any car maker would put on 400kg on a new model.
ChopstaR87

The teritory is actually 400kgs less then the range rover the engines comes from… so its actually not abusing the engine at all…

yeah ok

Looks good but its just a drawing like a cartoon. (not the real thing)
Guess we will wait till it comes out.
BOB

Love the diesel option like the front but wonder what the back looks like?
Popeye

It is still a Ford! Good luck if anything needs fixing!

Qikturbo

With European brands you would even more so need the luck if something went wrong!

mmmmmm

some adding an outdated european engine from unreliable range rovers will make it better???

Stoney!

AHAHAHA I’m glad someone said it so I didn’t have too, well done.

Stoney!

Eric

So are you saying buy a Ford, it will brake down but just as often as a Euro.

Gooood Onne

XR5Man

HRMM, my mateys BMW 135i has a list as long as your arm wrong with it, dont matter how much money you spend………

Stoney!

yeah, of course he does…..

john

Super cars cost $600,000 and they are in for repairs every 100km lol

michaelangelo

i love the illusion of a much more expensive car it has and that 2.7TD engine will sell as fast as it’ll go – stinking quick.

just curious if they’ll change the fog lamps for a mercedes-style LED set up?
JabbaTheHutt

Wow!!!
http://CarAdvice Onepoppa

No Tritenite – you are not the only one. I have only one word for it – Yuk.

The two grilles are the problem – they might have got away with the lower one but not together with the upper one. It is way too heavy – looks like something from Ssangyong. This is one where the US stylists have the edge – the new Explorer looks much better – at least from the front.
Daniel D

I own a current generation Terri and find the look is ok, but I am not that excited about it. Really what I am looking for is the “We screwed up with the current car and how we treated customers” speech, that indicates that Ford realise what they did to those of us that own the current car and we problems we have had, is simply not acceptable.

If this turns out to squeak, rattle and rust just as good as the current one does, with the ususal awesome Ford backup and support (sarcasm intended) I really couldn’t be bothered to even walk into a showroom.

This car should suit our family down to the ground, but I won’t ever accept the current experience of ownership again.

Tell us you fixed it Ford and offer an apology for the current one while you are at it. You owe Territory owners at least that. You took a good car and ruined it, by not standing by your product.

Dan
Sambo

Yuck!!!!!
jj

looks fantastic.

ive actually leaned against one of these at You Yangs testing grounds earlier this year while it was idling… let me just say, the diesel is VERY quiet and smooth.

soccer mums rejoice this will sell in droves.

oh and in reference to the person a few posts above, we have a ba 2 in our driveway, 245000 kms on it, NOT ONE PROBLEM with it EVER, and if i rolled the speedo back to 80 thousand, you wouldnt pick it!!

the next car after it will be a falcon too.
nickdl

It looks terrific, here’s hoping that Ford don’t change it too much by production.
Robin Graves

This makes the Craptiva look a little… crapper!

Frosty

This must be the first time Robin has thumbs up and proves she is a Ford Fanboy/Girl. I bet she/he or more appropriately it has never been near a Captiva. The new one due in the first quarter of next year is a improvement on a SUV that already is in most peoples opinion (Going on sales figures worldwide vs Territory((HaHa wherever else the Ford is sold)) as well as Australia where Captiva is in front) and will have the Australian built Direct injected 3.2ltr V6 along with the Turbo diesel. The massive Grill and Headlights on it looks very much like what Toyota has done to the Kluger and imagine the comments if this infact had Toyota badges on it. Oh and I just remembered, spy shots of Next model Captiva released long ago had a large similar sized grill so Ford are definately followers not leaders in design. I dare you look up images of the next Captiva to see just how right I am. Now let the Ford fanboys/girls throw their disgust at me my giving me the thumbdowns. I am afraid Ford has lost me due to experiences I had with quality in the 80′s and I vowed never to buy one ever again whilst every Holden I have driven has been first class.
Whether that is luck or typical is beyond the point as its my experience.

john

WoW! your defending a Craptiva… what happened? not enough oxegen at birth?
Captain Nemo

Yep i think your right Frosty

Miss Graves has traded in her white auto Corolla for a white auto Focus.

JEKYL & HYDE

oh i totally agree robin,

this picture makes the new terry look like a dream.hopefully by the time ford actually make it,they might of had time is fix all its other problems.like thirsty motors,wallet-crushing suspension woes,rust issue’s,brake problems.and the new diesel is 5 years old allready.and a new model captiva,with a nicer looking front end,and quieter,more powerful diesel with 6 speed auto is just around the corner.but,hey,i wouldn’t buy either.i’ll just take the p*ss out of everything,and not ever say what i really like.remind you of someone robyn…

PTP

Actually, I’d say the bluff front end is not a million miles removed from the face-lifted Captiva due here next year …

nickdl

Much, much nicer though.

Dave

It has no class
Shak

Its actually very good looking, and could point towards a future Falcon design. However i doubt it will look like this as previous mules have seemed to have the Falcon double scallop headlights and everything else unchanged.
Sean

Very handsome looking car.

Lke a few people on here, I think it may look less imposing when seen in the flesh. It has a real look of a Mitsubishi concept electric SUV seen recently and also a similarity to the facelifted Captiva.

Well done Ford and good luck with this baby
PoisonEagle

Very modern, unique and classy. I think this will re-energise Australia’s SUV to take on it’s rivals.
http://www.caradvice.com.au Jim Goose

I’m hanging to see what the new interior will look like. The current interior looked ordinary in 2004,now its ordinary and grossly outdated. Love the new front…if it actually makes its way to the veicles without being toned down. the diesel engine should get sales back up to decent levels,and should have been offered from day one.

Shak

They are pretty much plonk the Falcon interior into it, seeing as it is all Falcon mechanicals.

Des

Actually it will be a generation ahead of the current FG Falcon and be a pointer to the next Falcon interior.

Shak

Why would they do that. i dont think the next gen Falcon will be coming out for at least another three years at the least, and by that time the Territory interior would be two years old.

Des

Seems the new article posted on CA (19/12/10) has vindicated my comment.

Somehow the post about the FGii picking up the new interior in 2011 got accidentally moderated – unless it blew a CA “scoop” lol.

Martin

the current version interior looks a lot like the BA Falcon interior, so theres a chance that the next gen territory may look like that of the FG Falcon

Bob

AWESOME! Lets hope this one doesn’t rust, and that the front wheels stay on till at least you’re out of the dealership.
chris

ive seen it a couple of weeks ago even though they had it disguised i can say it looks very close to what the rendering is ,cheers
CK

Too little, too late.

This is only putting the Territory in ‘catch up’ mode – not ‘leap ahead’ like it first was.

Ford has been banging on about the diesel engine for so many years now, I have gone to sleep waiting for it… and now… it may only be released in another six months time???

Shows over. You missed the boat.

jojo

Looks great and sure it will sell ok but the 2.7 V6(140kw/445NM diesel engine seems underpowered. My Sorento diesel develops 145kw/436Nm from a 2.2 4cyl.

Tomas79

Yawn,
Not another stupid pretend-4wd…
Same dated look like the old territory on the side, but now american inspired chrome grill in the front…
And listen to the ford fairies rave!!

Andrew M

Yawn,
Not another stupid comment.

It doesnt pretend to be a 4WD, thats a totally different class.

If they had it with big muddies down in the valley doing rock climbs, then yes, it would be a pretend 4WD, but it doesnt claim such a thing

Tomas79

It is a pretend 4wd, trust a ford fairy like you to have a cry about it!

Alex

Very mature Tomas79.

I suppose you have a big manly Colorado hahahahahahahahaha
Alex

wait, it’s probably a red as well…..hahahahahahaha

Tomas79

Nope, I don’t have a Colorado, but given the choice I’d have one or an isuzu d-max over this anytime.

My Cars Called T-Rex

Lots of car companys make soft roaders,I think toyota started it,not Ford.

So who’s reaily having a cry.

Able

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Henry

^^ comment directed to Tomas

Byron

’11 Holden Captiva is better, both inside & out. It’s less in your face too & is a great update with new corporate face, as well as 6 speed’s across the range oh & a new 2.4 Litre Petrol with more power this time Can’t wait. This looks like the sexy ’11 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, except a lot fuglier.
JooberFPVGT

Looks good , almost a cousin to the evoke. Although the move is a bit late at least its a. Move in the right direction (eye catching looks and the marketable diesel) this will sell no doubt… Lets hope reliability issues dont plague it.
Daniel D

And your problem free Falcon invalidates my personal experience with the Territory how?

Actually I’ve owned Falcons too. Two good ones, one ordinary one and one complete lemon (GT too), but I have no idea what that has to do with the many issues, minor and major I have had with the Territory. I’m not comparing my car agains’t a Falcon or suggesting my experience with Territory will be yours.

What I can say is there are enough common problems with the Territory to say the engineering of this car and in the case of the rust, the build quality was sub par.

There is a good reason why Territory sales are half of what they use to be.

Blitzkrieg

I’ve read so many stories about problems with the terri and BA-BF falcons and Fords poor customer service i persuaded my wife to buy another vehicle other than the FG XR6 she desperately wanted.

Des

Fool!

I’ve read lots of bad stories about Skodas and VW’s but I would make my own decisions if I was looking.
99% of the “bad stories” are posted by opposition fans who actually have no idea!

Pete

NICE!!!
The Realist

So will Ford actually put some proper luxury features in their top of the range model this time?

Will the FPV version get racoon eyes and 16″ rims?

Stoney!

ford don’t know what luxury features are, I though the Falcon range was a prime example of this lol.

Hung Low

Oh no, the skivvy wearing VW Golf boys are at it again! You two would make ideal domestic partners!

Stoney!

ahhh outdated ‘new’ diesel and terrible front end styling that will no doubt not even come close to matching the side profile… I can feel the terrible quality now.

Stoney!

My Cars Called T-Rex

No,you just have your hand on it.
Hung Low

If you want to talk about terrible quality, please go ahead and list the issues you have had with your relatively new Golf on here again!

I will start the list for you with;

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Reckless1

My god that is the fugliest front end I’ve seen for a long, long, long time.

Hung Low

Yet you would get a boner over it, if it was wearing a German badge!

Chris MC

You just need to look at the 2011 US Ford Explorer, the exterior looks very similar
Car Fanatic

Aquahead is correct, it is a joint venture between Ford and PSA. PSA designed and built diesels were manufactured in France and Sweden initially and used in all Ford, Peugeot and Citroen Diesel cars. They are now into phase four of the joint venture and Ford Diesels are designed, engineered and built at the Dagenham plant. PSA now benefits from having their manufacturing plants freed up for future development.
Simon

Wow! Absolutely stunning, (he says as he wipes the drool from his mouth). Sure beats my 91 Camry.
carl

This is some decent design from Ford finally!!, Did they hire a designer who has worked in Subaru?
Martin

This is just a sketch, the production version will definitely look more appealing
G6ETurbo

Looks good,

but WHY did they discontinued the Turbo, my previous car was one and I never had more fun driving a car.

it was best in class.

Dlr1

20L/100km urban might have something to do with it.
Des

Euro 5 compliance! Simple as that.

Fastcar

Price price price!
Thats what I want to know!
Duckula

It’s an improvement ( the current one is hardly ugly) nice to see the oil burner and a refreshed interior… I had one at work for a while, it did everything I wanted it to do, with no fuss…. Dont see why everyone is getting so worked up about it all… Its just a decent enough truck having a nip and tuck and freshen up..
nice engine

G6Eturbo…you’ll have just as much turbo fun with the diesel…. and Ford still have the 3.0l from the Disco4 up their sleeve… FPV Territory maybe???

As for Tomas79 he’s just upset they put a picture of a real 4WD slap bang in the middle of this article…Te HeHe
Dibo

America rules, give me GM car anyway. If it wasn’t for us great Americans who almost went bust and caused the GFC. You Aussies wouldn’t be enjoying a strong dollar.

George W Bush was the smartest man alive for causing the GFC. You all should be thanking the U.S for being crap administrators.

Shak

Clear proof the Education System in America is top notch(TIC)!

Roger Ramjet

Almost as bad as Qld’s

Ben

The new teritoy looks sweet as!! will look so sweet on the road, would love to see the new GT 5.0 under the hood, now that would be truely insane!!!! even as a concept, come on fpv
Dave

Nima!!!! nice work mate!!
autoboy

I like this rendering of the front. My only concern is that we are joining two different design ‘languages’. I suspect some work will need be done to the rest of the body to make the translation a little smoother, which isnt entirely clear from the picture with its front-3/4 focus.
http://www.driveabc.co.uk Driving

I love this. It looks really cool
shibu jacob

Any ideas on the pricing of this updated version?
http://CARADVICE Jordan

Captiva is way better can’t wait for the new one, eveyone you can’t even buy the new one how much is this thing gonna cost 70k BUY CAPTIVA!! AND IF YOU DO BUY ONE WATCH OUT YOU YOU’LL PROB HAVE BROKEN BALL JOINTS LOL
Nik

Have been waiting for the diesel version, s Glad to see it’s finally almost here, but what a horrible front grill. May have to reconsider.

Nik
Sarah

oh that grille will take a bit of getting used to, soften it a bit, might as well make it one grille like the Audi its so big..but like the LED lights, i’ve had 2 Terry Ghia turbo’s, wheres the petrol turbo, will there be a FPV turbo for us petrol turbo fans..this looked under powered by the stats, i love my Terry and prepared to pay for the petrol for my driving hobby (retired, mortgage paid off – at long last, others may buy a boat!). If too underpowered and not enough torque may have to look at a q7 or x5 high powered variant, but really dont want to pay the price and would like to support Aussie Ford
Damo

I saw a white one turning from Pennant Hills road onto the M2 on Saturday (not too heavily disguised, just a lot of tape around the head and tail lights and a heap of xxxxx on the bottom of the doors) it looked very very similar to the drawing. I was just to slow with my phone to get a picture.
http://www.driveabc.co.uk/about.htm Driving lessons Birmingham

It would be nice to know some prices
http://www.proprietatea-ideala.ro Imobiliare

Good think it’s diesel as well
http://www.autoon.co.uk/ Used Cars Birmingham

Nice one