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Volkswagen is turning International Harvester's long-dormant Scout nameplate into a standalone brand to build body-on-frame off-roaders, but it's not the first time the company has experimented with the idea of developing a rugged SUV. It launched a Jeep CJ-like model called Iltis (Type 183 internally) in 1978, and it released a sketch of a big, Amarok truck-based family hauler that never left its design department.
The image gives life to something lots of people have been asking: would Volkswagen build its own version of the Ford Everest given the two brands joined forces to co-develop Ranger and Amarok?
An SUV version of the Volkswagen Amarok – a twin to the Ford Ranger ute and Ford Everest four-wheel-drive wagon – was on the drawing board early in the design process of the new ute.
While it is closer in size to the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, the GWM Tank 500 will launch with a starting price undercutting the soon-to-be-replaced Prado, at $66,490 drive-away for the Lux Hybrid variant.
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The new Pro Trailer Back-Up Assist is the main addition, which is borrowed from the full-size F-150 – and also coming to the related Ranger ute.
The 2024 Ford Everest SUV will follow its Ranger ute sibling in gaining minor upgrades when it arrives in showrooms later this year.
Chinese car giant Great Wall Motor (GWM) brand has revealed the second-generation Haval H9 seven-seat four-wheel-drive wagon, ahead of an Australian launch expected some time after its Beijing motor show debut this April.