I&#;ve had my beloved Tezza since the 3rd of September, now as my trusty first car and family truckster / dog-mobile. If you don&#;t want to read on, then my summary is this: it&#;s a fantastic car in every single way and the best $5,000 you&#;ll ever spend if you&#;re anything like me.
Also, the 8.9/10 rating is only an aggregate from the CA ratings criteria. My personal rating is a 9.5/10.
Design
Design is always going to be subjective so my word (like the rest of this) isn&#;t final &#; but I think it looks the goods, even considering the design is going on 14 years old now. Its stance is wide, low and purposeful and the flared wheel arches give it some visual muscle. The body is a fluent mix of Falcon and Explorer but with its slowly rising windowline and falling roofline it looks sportier than either.
Interior
The interior is half of what made the Territory the first SUV to win Wheels Car of The Year in . In all, there are 27 storage spaces inside including things like a removable, dishwasher-safe bin in the rear seats, stretchy cupholders in every door (that can take anything from the size of a Red Bull can to a 750mL iced coffee) and two rubberised storage compartments atop the dash.
The boot is more than generous for my two family labradors (with space to spare &#; if the little one wasn&#;t such a space invader you could easily fit four). The floor is completely flat and wide, and there is a little bit of extra storage underneath the reversible boot floor cover. As a bonus, mine came with the ($300 option!) cargo cover and metal cargo barrier, so the dogs and anything else that goes in is safe and sound.
Headroom is massive, even for 6&#;3&#; me &#; front and back. Legroom is even better; I have sat in the back when the seat in front of me is adjusted to my driving position with my legs fully extended and my knees are still easily a foot from the seat in front. Only issue is that you can&#;t get your feet all the way under the driver&#;s seat due to the seat wiring and storage drawer underneath &#; but the amount of room you get for your feet anyway makes it fine. The seats themselves are nice too, with the front seats offering good bolstering and cushy centres and plenty of (part-electric) adjustment and lumbar support. Perfect for road trips.
Fit and finish is good &#; it&#;s no BMW but for a 237,000km-old Ford everything is screwed together tightly and there are only two small occasional rattles. Equipment-wise my optioned-up TX (worth, by my calculations, $46,990 as new) is generous &#; but it wouldn&#;t be a big stretch to even go for the TS and its colour screen and dual-zone climate control. Mine has (excellent) A/C, 6-disc CD, auto-save radio, cruise control, power windows, partial power driver&#;s seat, power adjustable pedals, power mirrors, parking sensors and a multifunction steering wheel. Probably not many wish-list items by today&#;s standards, but it has kept me more than happy through the 11,000km I&#;ve driven it so far.
Performance
It&#;s needless to say, really, that the Territory has plenty of grunt. The 190kW/383Nm Barra 4.0-litre straight six (with over 200kW/400Nm on 98 octane) is a smooth and strong engine that gets the two-tonne Ford going with plenty of conviction. The torque is massive and comes on its peak at just rpm, an engine speed achievable just about anywhere. Living in the Adelaide Hills, a true test of a car&#;s strength is getting up the 9km-long Adelaide-Stirling stretch with a 300-metre climb at 100km/h. Obviously, any car can make it up here, but the Territory makes it look easy &#; even when towing a full trailer, as it has done.
Its 0-100km/h time, last I read, was 8.8 seconds but I&#;d be willing to take at least half to three quarters of a second from that time. In other words, easily enough go to make overtaking or merging onto the freeway an easy task.
There&#;s only one thing I&#;d change about my Territory &#; the transmission. It&#;s certainly not bad; it&#;s smooth and operates smartly (doing things like engine braking down hills) and the performance mode and manual modes are very good. Not to mention that the -/+ is the right way around, pulling back to shift up and forward to shift down. The problem is that it&#;s the 4-speed DSI auto that had been on Falcons and Territories since , when in , my car&#;s model year, AWD models were available with the new ZF 6-speed. Around town the 4-speed is just fine, timing its shifts well and not hunting around in the Barra&#;s massive torque band. But more gears are better, and the adjustability of the 6-speeder would certainly give a little boost to performance and economy. Ordinarily I get about 13.4-14L/100km, which I would say is perfectly acceptable for driving that is mainly done in the Hills or city traffic.
Ride & Handling
This was the other half of the Territory&#;s COTY triumph. The Falcon-based chassis with its Control Blade IRS is really as good as they say it is. Being the more important criteria for a family SUV, the ride is still what&#;s most impressive. It takes riding in another car to remember what it feels like to feel bumps. There&#;s never the obligatory &#;owwww&#;, &#;ooofff&#;, &#;oh for God&#;s sake let it end&#; that comes in just about any other car on SA&#;s usually-busted tarmac. It soaks up bumps like they aren&#;t even there, especially at highway speeds, yet you still feel totally connected to the road.
The ride is what makes the handling even more impressive. As Wheels said in their launch review (June ), &#;Not only is it truly car-like; it&#;s a bloody brilliant car.&#; Through bends, particularly long sweepers, the Territory&#;s lower-than-usual ground clearance and brilliantly engineered independent suspension give plenty of grip and body control that let you trace the same out-in-out driving line through every corner. I know this isn&#;t coming from someone who has driven a lot of different cars &#; dynamically, the best car I&#;ve driven is Dad&#;s F30 328i. The BMW is obviously an unfair benchmark for the 500kg-heavier Ford, but for the Territory to still impress me after seeing the BMW&#;s DTM-car dynamics is no mean feat.
What also earned the big Ford widespread praise was its capability on dirt. Now, I don&#;t do a whole lot of dirt driving but what I have done has shown me that the Territory is a brilliant car on dirt. Its stability and comfort in acceleration, cornering and braking show just how much it was made for Australia.
The steering is a thing of beauty, as well. The steering is pretty much the same system as used in B-series Falcons, and without even having driven one I can tell right away. The feedback is excellent, the weighting is consistent, kickback is almost non-existent and it&#;s nice and quick off-centre. Cornering is an effortless exercise, as is parking. Turning circle&#;s not bad, either.
Perhaps what makes the Territory most luxurious-feeling, though, is how quiet it is. Wind noise is low, but road noise and vibration are incredibly so. It helps having smooth-riding Bridgestone Ecopia tyres fitted, too, but the Terri is the kind of car I could drive to Melbourne in one day and not feel tired at the end. The engine is a refined companion as well. It&#;s ultra-smooth and almost silent at under rpm, where it spends most of its time, but makes a nice straight-six bark if you get stuck into it, without being loud.
And that, really, is that. The Ford Territory is as faithful and lovable a car as anyone could want and can do just about anything you&#;d ever need it to. It&#;s versatile, quick, comfortable, handsome, tough, cheap to buy and run, quiet, dynamic and, of course, made right here where it belongs. No SUV fits our country better.
NB: If you&#;re wondering about ball joints and diff bushes, they really aren&#;t that much of a headache. They&#;re about $1,000 to replace, but only require doing every 100,000km or so &#; and are a small price to pay for the asking price of the car and are just about the only thing that will need doing.
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It&#;s been over a year since the Ford Territory was introduced to the Philippine market, and we&#;re sure that some of you might be wondering if it has aged like a fine wine or gone stale over time. That&#;s usually the case with most cars that are made in China, and while we&#;ve discovered some &#;Chinese car&#; quirks, it still wears the Blue Oval with some purpose.
As such, here&#;s a long-term review of the Territory. We&#;ve logged over a thousand kilometers collectively as a team, and our thoughts go beyond just a weekend drive with the car, in fact, Ford was generous enough to give it to us multiple times to test again and again. As such, here are our thoughts on the Ford Territory as a long-term car.
The exterior&#;s still good
The units that were lent to us on separate occasions all had mileages that ranged from 6,000 to 8,000. Ford lent us the cars after we reviewed them, so they experienced quite a bit of driving in our hands and in the hands of our other colleagues in the media. Even though rain or shine, even the black variant still had a good level of gloss in it with minimal swirls. The paint quality over time is pretty decent, and the styling, well, that&#;s another thing.
We got tired of seeing the Territory, not because it&#;s designed poorly, but because a lot of people enjoy its look. It&#;s not uncommon to see a Territory out on the road. Even when we were plying the roads of Manila, the highways or NLEX, or the twisties of Tagaytay, we saw at least two or maybe up to 10 Territories. Now that isn&#;t to say that it is a Vios or Innova or anything, but it&#;s a decently common car that can still tug at people&#;s heartstrings, as evidenced by their choice to go with it.
Overall, however, the LEDs are still as bright as we remember, the design is still as appealing as before, and the colors available are still quite eye-catching. One of our favorites is the light blue.
The engine&#;s still okay
There have been a lot of developments in the subcompact to compact crossover segment, and the Territory&#;s engine is a little unexciting to drive. Mind you, that&#;s not totally a bad thing in our opinion. For most people that use a car in the city or use it for very sane drives, the engine is acceptably powerful and the transmission is respectable in its response. That being said, it&#;s not a total slouch since it has a decent pull from 0 to 100 km/h. The problem comes past the 100 km/h mark, where the motor struggles to pull the weight of the car. Of note, when we revisited the engine&#;s power output, we were fully loaded with anywhere between four to five passengers riding. The engine feels a little sensitive to changes in load, so that&#;s something that you need to take into consideration.
The reason why we initially had no complaints about the model at first was that we figured that not a lot of people drive as spiritedly as us. We&#;re not saying that the Territory can&#;t be a fun car to drive, but we&#;re just saying that there are &#;fun-er&#; options out there with sharper throttles and sportier suspension. Before you say anything, yes we tried putting it into &#;sport.&#;
Apart from that, the fuel economy is still as average as ever. Considering that the 1.5-liter turbo engine is pulling a lot of weight all the time, that&#;s to be expected. Our numbers dipped down the more people were in the car as well. Also, note that a full tank can last you from Manila all the way to Subic without any stops and at the limit on the highway. In the city, it&#;s still around 8 km/L. On the highway, it still managed to pull about 15 km/L unloaded, and about 14.5 with a bunch of people mucking about in the back. Still, quite consistent figures even after a decent amount of mileage have passed.
The interior held up
Even though the Territories we&#;ve been able to borrow passed through many hands, the interior plastics still seem sturdy with minimal to no creaks and rattles. It&#;s still predominantly plastic, however, with some soft-touch materials in key zones, but even those held up well.
Also timeless is the space that rear passengers get, which is plenty enough for occupants that are &#;healthier&#; or &#;sexier&#; than others. The space at the back is also plenty for overnight bags, shopping bags, or even plants! If ever you lack the space, you can fold down the rear seats to get an accommodating rear. While plastics and metal get old, open space will not and the Territory has plenty for a five-seat crossover.
Technology&#;s not as good as we remember
If you get the Territory, you better use the Android Auto or Apple CarPlay loaded into the head unit. The trouble comes when you will, unfortunately, have to navigate to the air conditioning controls, so our advice is to set it and then forget it. Just leave it in auto to blast cool air until the temperature is to your liking before you set off. It&#;s quite cumbersome to fiddle with the AC controls of the Territory, so much so that we wished it had come with physical buttons and not software ones.
Following that, the rest of the menus don&#;t flow as well as we remember. There are a few hiccups here and there, but everything else works almost flawlessly. We say almost because the 360 camera takes a little time to boot up when you flick it into reverse, but other than that, it&#;s still a great feature to have. Adaptive cruise works well, but we will note that the blind spot monitoring is a little too aggressive with its notifications. The car keeps you very safe while driving and it monitors your blindspots pretty well, perhaps a little too well.
Even with its quirks, it&#;s still an exceptional value
While not all of its more advanced features are polished, it&#;s not as if the car is defective. It takes getting used to but you will be able to get to your air controls eventually, and for a long drive, it&#;s incredibly comfortable even fully loaded, and it&#;s a great first, second, or third car to have.
If you find yourself puttering around town often, the Territory is a great vehicle to have with its space, features, and compact size. However, it&#;s an average highway miler, meaning that it could use a little more power for passing. It&#;s a so-so twisty road carver as its soft suspension gets in the way of more spirited driving. Although, through it all, we can safely say that it is a comfortable all-rounder that can do many things decently well, but not excel in just one area like some cars out there.
In terms of price, which comes in at P1,277,000 for the base trim and P1,310,000 for the top trim at the time of this review, it&#;s still a good buy. Hey, what about the more affordable models like the Geely Coolray or the Changan CS35 Plus? Well, for the price premium you get extra space in the back row and the Blue Oval&#;s logo all over.
Specifications
Engine
1.5 L
Fuel Type
Gasoline
Performance
141 hp @ 4,500 rpm
Transmission
CVT
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Summary
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Name
Ford Territory 1.5 EcoBoost Titanium+ CVT
Body Type
Crossover
Price
&#;1,310,000
Transmission Category
CVT
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Engine
-
Engine Size
1.5 L
Displacement
1,490 cc
Number of Cylinders
4
Number of Valves
16
Transmission Type
CVT
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Performance
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Drivetrain
Front-Wheel Drive
Max Output (HP)
141 hp
@ 4,500 rpm
Max Torque (nm)
225 Nm
@ 1,500 rpm
*Acceleration Rate (0-100 km/h)
n/a
Top Speed
n/a
*estimated
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Economy & Environment
-
Fuel Type
Gasoline
CO2 Emission
n/a
Fuel Capacity
52 L
*Fuel Consumption
8.5 L/100 km
*Range
n/a
*estimated
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Dimensions
-
Length
4,580 mm
Width
1,936 mm
Height
1,674 mm
Wheelbase
2,716 mm
Turning Circle
11.4 m
Ground Clearance
180 mm
Wading Depth
n/a
Trunk Capacity
420 L
Max Cargo
1,120 L
Number of Doors
4
Number of Seats
5
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Safety & Security
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Driver's Airbag
Front Passenger's Airbag
Side Airbags
Curtain Airbags
Knee Airbag
Auto Brake System
Electronic Brake Distribution
Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)
Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD)
Immobilizer
Security Alarm
Stability Control
Electronic Door Locks
Speed Sensing Door Locks
ISOFIX
Lane Departure Warning System
Blind-Spot Detection System
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Features
-
Cruise Control
Front Parking Sensors
Rear Parking Sensors
Leather Upholstery
Push Start Button
Wheel Size
18 in
Wheels Metal Type
Alloy
Airconditioning System
Automatic Temperate Control
Entertainment System
10-inch touchscreen with adjustable quad view via 8-speakers
Connectivity
Apple Carplay, Android Auto, Bluetooth, and USB
Navigation Ready
Warranty
3 Years (100,000 km)
Keyless Entry
Roof Rack
Sunroof
Electric Adjustable Seats
Power Steering
Power Windows
Power Outlet
Steering Wheel Audio Control
-
Technology
-
Active Park Assist
Hill Start Assist
AWD Modes
n/a
Tire Pressure Monitoring
Heads-up Display
Power Liftgate
Start-stop System
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