Ford has formally confirmed that it’s going to begin promoting the F-150 decide-up truck in Australia by the center of 2023. The F Series is immensely common in the United States and has been absent from the Australian marketplace for 16 years since 2007.
When the F-150 was final sold in Australia, models had been transformed from left- to proper-hand drive in Brazil earlier than being shipped over. The newest, 14th-era of the F-150 set to go on sale subsequent 12 months can even endure a RHD conversion, which can be dealt with by Thailand-based engineering agency RMA Automotive.
As reported by Drive, the F-150 will be imported to Australia in LHD and remanufactured to RHD regionally at a brand new facility situated in Broadmeadows, Victoria, underneath the supervision of a staff of Ford engineers.
It ought to be famous that RMA Automotive has not done conversion work on this scale earlier than, because it specialises in up-becoming Ranger fashions for police, army and mining use at a facility not removed from the Ranger and Everest manufacturing traces in Rayong, Thailand.
Converted F-150s will be sold in Australia by way of Ford’s showroom community with a 5-12 months, limitless-mileage guarantee. Initially, the F-150 will be provided in XLT and Lariat variants, each that includes a 3.5 litre twin-turbo EcoBoost V6 (405 PS and 678 Nm), a ten-pace automated transmission and selectable 4-wheel drive.
Other options embrace a 4.5-tonne towing capability, Ford’s SYNC 4 infotainment system and a collection of superior security programs like blind spot monitoring, cross-visitors alert, lane maintain help, automated excessive beam, reverse brake sensing and help, automated emergency braking in addition to put up-collision braking.
Pricing for the F-150 will be revealed nearer to its market launch, and there’s a risk that different fashions in the F Series vary can even be transformed for the Australian market.
