FORD RANGER
One of the UK’s most popular pick-up trucks – the strong and functional Ford Ranger
With an array of features and capabilities, the Ford Ranger is – as of this moment in October 2018 – the year’s best-selling pick-up truck. The secret to its success is fairly simple, it offers a breadth of functionality and technology and famous pick-up strength and versatility at exceptional value. From our point of view, it’s easy to see why we get so much interest in the Ranger here at Synergy.
There’s a choice of 2 diesel engines with the Ford Ranger, with the first being a 2.2-litre 4-cylinder turbo with 158bhp and 385Nm of torque. In the ‘4x2 Regular Cab XL’ model, a slightly de-tuned version of this engine is used to enhance efficiency, but Ford also turns the dial the other way on some of its other models, offering a 3.2-litre 5-cylinder turbo diesel with 198bhp and 470Nm of torque. This stronger, larger engine is better suited to Synergy customers looking to carry large loads or need their Ranger to carry out regular towing duties. Maximum towing capability is listed at 3,500kg, but both the 2.2-litre unit and 3.2-litre are capable of doing this, and both have a payload capacity of 1-tonne.
With its strong engines and switchable all-wheel drive system, the Ranger is a very capable off-road vehicle, making it a useful tool for people such as Foresters and Farmers. It can also be specified with an off-road pack to help protect it if much of its time will be spent away from the tarmac. If you need it to, you don’t have to worry about it getting wet either, as the Ranger can wade through up to 80cm of water without any difficulties.
Just because the Ranger is a pick-up, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t get the luxuries you’d expect to find in some of Ford’s passenger vehicles. Automatic lights and wipers, adaptive cruise control, dual-zone climate control, a reversing camera and parking sensors, Ford’s ‘SYNC3’ touchscreen infotainment system with navigation are all present in the Ranger line-up, as is a selection of items and equipment designed for the cargo bed.
Great value for money and with all the capability and practicality you could need from a pick-up, the Ford Ranger is a simple recipe, but one that works so well for so many people.