ROAD TEST
Ford Everest has mountains of practical talent
The locally built Ford Everest now offers plenty of vehicle at a lower price, writes Mark Smyth
Ford is quite rightly being lambasted at the moment over its handling of the Kuga fires issue. Recently, it also announced a recall campaign on the Fiesta ST, which uses the same 1.6 engine as the Kuga, although owners will have to wait an unacceptably long time, until the fourth quarter, for the remedial parts. While all this has been going on the company has continued to sell its other models in vast numbers. This is no surprise because burning issues aside, Ford is making some superb vehicles at the moment and showing many of its rivals the way forward when it comes to specification, in particular in the realms of multimedia and engine technology. We were hugely impressed with the second-generation Everest when it was launched, but sadly the imported model, with its high specification, sits at the upper end of the spectrum — with a price tag to match. Then the company announced it would produce the Everest locally, at its plant outside Pretoria, and the range would include some l...
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