The diversion from the maelstrom of urban travel with which we’ve burdened our Ford Everest long-termer arrived with the recent Heritage Day long weekend.
Bakkies, especially the lifestyle niche, are going through their biggest renaissance. An increasing number, like the new Volkswagen Amarok on test, are now million-rand buys, able to juggle mule work and being used as luxury family wheels.
Ford launched its current Everest last year and chose the Kruger National Park as a setting. It felt right at home in the wilderness, with bold aesthetics to intimidate the most fearsome of safari creatures, as well as a more luxurious interior to please those with discerning tastes.