Brazil's first Troller, the 1996 RF-Sport, wasn't built like an ordinary 4x4 — its fiberglass body was bonded to a tubular chassis the same way dune buggies are made.
Median 150 hp across 105 similar cars
Lead trim: T4 2.0 L AP2000 (Volkswagen EA827-derived) four
Troller T4 first generationFirst generation · 1996–2001
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FactBrazil's first Troller, the 1996 RF-Sport, wasn't built like an ordinary 4x4 — its fiberglass body was bonded to a tubular chassis the same way dune buggies are made.
The Troller T4 (initially the "Troler RF Sport", RF for founder Rogério Farias), a four-wheel-drive off-roader with a Jeep-inspired design, was founded in 1995 in Ceará, Brazil (later a Ford-owned brand); the two-door body combined fiberglass panels over a tubular chassis, in a construction process similar to dune buggies. The first generation initially used a carburetted Volkswagen "AP1800" (EA827-derived) engine making about 99 cv, with a 5-speed manual gearbox carried over from the Ford F-1000 and Jeep Cherokee-sourced solid axles; from 1998 a 2.0-litre "AP2000" EA827 variant making 115 cv took over. Four-wheel drive. The page gives no wheelbase or body dimensions, and quotes power in the Brazilian "cv" unit rather than the literal "PS"/"hp" text this catalogue's checks require, so horsepower is left unset here rather than converted.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T4 2.0 L AP2000 (Volkswagen EA827-derived) four | 1998–2001 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 115 hp | — | — | 4WD | — | — |
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Brazil's rugged, Wrangler-styled Troller T4 wasn't a bespoke design for its third generation — under the fiberglass body sits a Ford Ranger frame, Ford's actual global pickup platform.
Midway through this generation's run, Troller stopped being an independent Brazilian 4x4 maker: Ford bought the company outright in 2007 for R$400 million, and Ford parts started showing up inside the T4.
Brazil's first Troller, the 1996 RF-Sport, wasn't built like an ordinary 4x4 — its fiberglass body was bonded to a tubular chassis the same way dune buggies are made.
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