Raptor

For roughly two months Ford’s Ranger Raptor cornered a new bakkie niche in South Africa all to itself. But so competitive is the motor industry that this unrivalled market capture was always going to catch the eye of watchful marketers. We just didn’t think Isuzu would be first to...

We drive the new 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor in South Africa. Not some aftermarket kit, is it? Nope. Built locally in Pretoria on an assembly line that runs parallel to the new-gen Ranger, Ford’s 2019 Ranger Raptor isn’t merely one of the dressed-up Wildtrak’s you see affixed with different...

A passenger-car bottleneck at Ford South Africa has developed. Some of 2018’s stock (Focus, Fiesta ST, Mustang) hasn’t been disgorged on our shores because Ford is busy satisfying their main markets ahead of our little daub on the spreadsheet.  Not that those will affect the outcome in the bigger...

Ford has finally lifted the covers from their highly-anticipated Ranger Raptor bakkie. The Raptor will be produced in Thailand and Pretoria and is expected to go on sale in 2019. The Raptor boasts some interesting dimensions – 1873mm in height, 2180mm in width and 5398mm in length. Ground clearance...