Created like a go-anywhere vehicle family for emerging markets and built in Thailand as a joint venture with AutoAlliance, Everest is determined to be a global product.

A mid¬-sized sport utility that is built around a four wheel drive chassis that will take whether 2.6 litre petrol or perhaps a 2.3 litre turbo diesel engine and only manual or automatic five speed transmission.

Sitting high in road, this provides you with plenty of ground clearance, Everest delivers better handling than may be expected in this sector, yet it achieves this without recourse to complex electronics.

Ford understands that simplicity and easy maintenance is important since it rolls out the product into emerging markets.