Mazda Motor Europe has updated its Thai-built BT-50 light truck line (shared with Ford which sells the line as the Ranger in most markets outside North America).
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Since launch about two years ago, the automaker has sold over 60,000 units globally (over 19,000 in Europe).
Mazda will continue to offer three cab sizes, each with different cargo box lengths – regular cab (room for two); Freestyle cab with centre-opening doors (seating four) and double cab (room for five).
A restyled ‘oblique H’ front end design creates, Mazda said, a bolder, tougher appearance. There are also new headlamps, new rear lamps and a body-colour tailgate handle surround plus a wider choice of exterior colours and combinations, more body colur parts, available dark tinted glass for the rear side and back windows and a new 16-inch alloy wheel design for 4WD models.
Interior changes include new fabrics, colours and lighting, amber dashboard/console lighting and a black leather package is now available for the ‘high grade’models.
Standard equipoment now includes heated door mirrors and an auxiliary jack for MP3 players on the audio system.
The MZR-CD 2.5-litre common-rail turbo diesel with intercooler is carried over, producing 105kW/143ps.
