Announcing its return to South Africa last week, including pricing of the new Tunland G7 bakkie , Foton also provided a first hint of two additional models it well market locally most likely at some point next year.
Look familiar?Unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show last year, the so-called Mars pair of bakkies borrow heavily from the Ford F-150 and Ram Rampage stylistically, although without any motivation from an engine bigger than 2.0-litres in capacity.
While known as the Mars 7 and Mars 9 within the confines of the Peoples Republic, for South Africa, the pair will be sold as the Tunland V7 and Tunland V9 as a step-up from the regular Tunland that carries the Yutu suffix in its market of origin.
Starting first, the F-150 influenced Mars 7 or Tunland V9 straddles the gap between the G7 and Mars 9/V9 with an overall length of 5797 mm, height of 1910 mm, width of 2090 mm and wheelbase of 3505 mm.
For its part, the Rampage-aping V9, despite its supposed flagship nomenclature, has an overall length of 5 617 mm, height of 2 090 mm, width of 2 000 mm and wheelbase of 3 355 mm.
