Bronco has been a distinctly North American affair so far. Customers on this slice of the Western hemisphere have enjoyed the local renaissance of this famous Ford while other markets have watched enviously.

But for anyone who doesn’t call North America home, Ford’s answer to your Bronco-lessness is the new Ford Everest. Read on to learn more about the 2022 Ford Everest.

Part Bronco, part Ranger

The 2022 Ford Everest is an SUV that’s based on a pickup.

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notes that the Everest is a close match to the Ranger pickup in several domains. If you cover the back of the Ranger you might mistake it for an Everest, minus some grille differences. And the Everest has pickup-like tendencies, too: it can tow 6,800 pounds and it sports impressive off-road capabilities.

It’s this SUV-pickup mixture quality that makes the Everest a worthy Bronco counterpart. But if you like the Bronco for its looks and not its personality, then the Everest may not be for you. Mild curves characterize this SUV, and there’s a whiff of sweetness about it. It’s not particularly imposing or surprising.

Luckily, the gentleness of the exterior belies an array of tough qualities.

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Not called Everest for nothing

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The Everest boasts a 2L Bi-Turbo engine, or a single Turbo engine, depending on the version you get. If you opt for the 2.0L Bi-Turbo Titanium+, you’ll get the benefit of the Terrain Management System, which allows for adjustment to whatever kind of ground you want to tackle.

This type of spin-the-dial reaction to snow or mud or grass was unimaginable until fairly recently, and was the subject of at least one ugly patent dispute. Now it’s typical for off-roaders, and the Everest incorporates a pretty cool hill feature on top of that, where it uses the brakes to make ascension and descension comfortable and easy.

It hangs its hat also on a sensitive torque system, which, like the new neural patterns that heighten hearing for a blind person, will transfer all torque to just one wheel in the event of a trifecta of traction loss.

Off-roading adventures can take place in cohorts of seven in the Everest, and if you value your stuff over your friends, the last row of seats can fold down with the press of a button. An enormous moon roof will aid in exclamations of delight at the abundance of stars in the off road sky. And don’t forget: you can tow your ATVs.

It’s also kind of a butler

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If you love being catered to as much as you love gunning it through the mud, then this SUV is ideal. The driver assistance features include Active Park Assist, which the Ford site claims will help you “park perfectly,” autonomous emergency braking, lane-departure responses, and tire pressure detectors. Even the windshield wipers are solicitous: if they detect a drop of moisture they’ll clean it right off.

Anyone who wants to jump on the Ford Everest (base cost around $50,000) train can do so in the spring of 2022, in all likelihood. And let us know if it satisfies any Bronco cravings.

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