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FOTON Thunder: The Challenge is on!

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Aimed to showcase the powerful and reliable Cummins engine of the FOTON Thunder 4×4 Pick-up, FOTON Philippines staged its first ever Thunder 4×4 Outdoor Action Event at the Parking 4, NE Pacific Mall, Cabanatuan City.

The FOTON Thunder is a pick-up equipped with a Euro 4-compliant 2.8 liter ISF CRDi turbo diesel Cummins engine mated with a 5-speed manual transmission from GETRAG. With these parts, Durability will come with the name of Thunder. The Thunder is a vehicle that gives high level protection for its passengers safety rated 4-star by ANCAP and Euro NCAP. Equipped with front crumple zones, Dual front-airbags and anti-lock brakes with electronic brake force distribution.

During the event, the FOTON Thunder 4×4 tackled a track composed of slopes and hills of different heights and angles to demonstrate Thunder’s power and traction. Other obstacles proved the Thunder’s flexibility and maneuverability in various types of terrain of rocks, mud, and water with its meticulously engineered suspension.

The Thunder 4×4 Outdoor Action Event in Nueva Ecija is just the beginning and FOTON will continue to bring the Thunder to other parts of the country and raise the challenge to every Filipino.

For additional details and know more about FOTON vehicles and existing promos, visit any of the 22 FOTON dealerships in the Philippines, or call (02) 459-2121 or 0999-9999998. You may also visit their website at www.foton.com.ph

Test Drive This: 2013 Foton Thunder

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Over the week-end, Foton mounted a Big Show exhibition at the World Trade Center where they had all of their big cars, trucks and event machineries up for a test drive.

While we were excited at the idea of driving a crane or ten wheeler, we eventually settled for a tamer model — the Foton Thunder.

The Foton Thunder is the company’s own 4×4 pick-up truck that all comes with manual transmission. The model that we drove was diesel-powered so you can easily feel that vibration of the engine and the shaking of the gear shift while driving.

It’s a huge truck, nevertheless, and that custom bumper grill makes it look bad-ass. What’s more surprising is that this unit actually costs only a little over Php1.1 Million. Not bad for a 2.8L 4×4, right?

We took the Thunder around World Trade Center and the drive was a bit shaky despite the smooth road. We wished we could have driven it on some terrain or off-road to see how it fared in rough roads, where we think the experience will be more realistic.

The interior looks pretty simple but well-apportioned and you also get leather seats. Over-all, the pick-up looks pretty decent and to think this Chinese car company was only established in 1996.

Foton also manufactures heavy machineries, agricultural tractors, buses and heavy-duty trucks. They have cranes and bulldozers that were also on display during the exhibitions and I was told I can also test-drive those but I was not that confident to drive them anyway.

Btw, I hear Foton has an R&D facility here in the Philippines (just like Japan, Taiwan and the US) so it’s possible some of the research or design were done here.

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