Vauxhall is reviving the Frontera identify for the chunky compact SUV that can exchange the Crossland later this yr.

Due to be revealed within the coming weeks forward of deliveries beginning on the finish of the yr, the brand new Frontera is bigger than the Crossland and can introduce the choice of an electrical powertrain.

It shall be launched shortly forward of the alternative for the bigger Grandland, which would be the remaining mannequin within the Vauxhall line-up to get an EV variant. 

The authentic Frontera was Vauxhall’s model of the Isuzu MU, a rugged, mid-sized SUV within the vein of the Land Rover Freelander that was offered over two generations from 1991 to 2004.

Built in Luton, the primary Vauxhall SUV was accessible as a standard five-door mannequin and in short-wheelbase, two-door kind with a comfortable high. 

The new Frontera shall be offered solely as a five-door five-seater however will take cues from its Nineteen Nineties namesake in adopting a chunkier, extra overtly 4×4-inspired look than that of the Crossland. 

It shall be, Vauxhall mentioned, “a fun car with clever functional features” and “a high level of space and versatility” in a bid to enchantment to “customers with an active lifestyle and families alike”. 

All clues level to the brand new Frontera being a direct rival for the Dacia Duster, and like that automobile, Vauxhall has promised it is going to be provided “at an attractive price” – possible beginning within the low-£20,000s.

Images of a camouflaged prototype reveal the Frontera is clearly a radically completely different proposition from the Crossland, with chunkier, flatter edges and a extra overt billing as a small SUV, slightly than a raised supermini. 

Vauxhall’s new Vizor entrance finish, with its slimline LED headlights and contrasting wraparound ‘grille’ panel, is nearly seen by the heavy camouflage, however there – it appears – is the place the similarities finish.