Ford's Ranger Raptor headed for Southern Africa

Last week, Ford announced that its hugely popular Ranger bakkie will be available in an off-road performance variant for the first time.The purpose-built, desert-racing-inspired bakkie joins the Ford Performance family, as the new ‘Ranger Raptor’, says the automaker. Ford SA says: "The Ranger Raptor will be coming to Southern Africa, with further information to be revealed in due course." "Designed and engineered to deliver an adrenaline-pumping experience, Ford Ranger Raptor sports a head-turning exterior look that exudes toughness as well as a level of capability and off-road performance never before seen in the mid-size bakkie segment. "Sharing the same nomenclature as the F-150 Raptor, the world’s most extreme production bakkie, Ranger Raptor is in a class of its own among mid-size off-road performance vehicles." The automaker says: "Building on the success of the class-leading Ford Ranger, one of the best-selling bakkies in a number of markets, Ranger Raptor brings the thrilling off-road performance capabilities of the ‘Raptor’ to the Ranger for the first time ever.” Jamal Hameedi, chief engineer, Ford Performance, says: "Combining the Raptor’s advanced off-road capabilities with the versatility of the Ranger is a significant accomplishment for Ford’s world-class engineering and design teams." Ranger Raptor joins F-150 Raptor to extend the globally renowned Ford Performance DNA, complementing the on-road high performance line-up of Ford GT, Ford Mustang Shelby, Focus RS, Focus ST and Fiesta ST. Earlier in September, Wheels24 reported that Ford SA had sold 6 482 vehicles in South Africa in August 2017, making it the automaker's second-best monthly volume this year – second only to the 6634 vehicles sold in January.*Novel Ford have confirmed that the Ranger Raptor will be available locally, but couldn’t provide any further details about the launch date, pricing and specs at this point.-Wheels24 and own reporting

Ford's Ranger Raptor headed for Southern Africa

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