Fiat Brazil's drip-feed of details and images of its upcoming Toro pickup truck continues with the release of an 'official' rear view.
As just-auto reported earlier, this is Fiat's first ever, medium-size, four-door, crew cab pick-up. Launch was delayed and it is now due late in the first quarter of 2016.
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Fiat has so far announced few details other than that its new truck is 4.915m/16.1ft long, has a one tonne payload and roomy, top-trim seating for five. It's actually derived from the also-Brazilian-made Renegade with an extended wheelbase and shares the mechanicals of the compact Jeep (1.75-litre/106.8 cu in flexible-fuel ethanol-petrol and two-litre/122 cu in diesel engines), transmissions (2WD and 4WD) and the same, all-independent suspension, albeit much reinforced.
A design highlight is the vertically split and hinged cargo bed gate, a photo of which, taken at the factory in Goiana, in Brazil's northeast state of Pernambuco, was leaked earlier on the internet. But the official photo, intended to keep that under wraps till launch, was a front three-quarter view.
The Toro is the first one-tonne pick-up in Brazil with unitary construction and fully independent suspension. The usual layout in this segment is cabin and cargo bed bolted to a ladder-type chassis with a live rear axle. Models already on sale like the Chevrolet S10, Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi L200, VW Amarok and Nissan Frontier (in order of market share) are over 5m/16.4ft long and heavier.
