Ford Ranger
The Blue Oval’s market-leading pick-up truck gets a major reworking You might think of a pick-up truck as a purely utilitarian vehicle, a tool simply to haul hay bales, sheep and building materials. But it appears that for many UK buyers, their Ford Rangers are much more than that.Take this for a stat: in the UK, 80% of Rangers of the last generation were ordered in Wildtrak spec. To those less familiar with Ranger trim levels, that’s the bells-and-whistles version with nice alloy wheels, leather upholstery, soft-touch interior materials and all sorts of other car-like features.It’s a trend that seems to have come from the US. The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle there for years, and quite obviously not all of them are farm trucks. A lot of them are lifestyle vehicles as well, suited to towing boats, transporting camping gear and the like.The Ranger line-up is pretty extensive, with chassis cab, single cab and double cab options. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel comes with three power outputs, and there is one V6 diesel too. The V6 petrol only comes in the Ford Ranger Raptor. If you want any of the more powerful engines, you will need to go for the double cab.Importantly for Ford’s outdoorsy, independent Ranger owners there’s a PHEV model with a 2.3-litre petrol unit and a 75kW electric motor powered by a 11.8kWh (usable) battery. Ford reckons the PHEV can do everything a diesel can do, but just with lower emissions and tax.
The Blue Oval’s market-leading pick-up truck gets a major reworking
You might think of a pick-up truck as a purely utilitarian vehicle, a tool simply to haul hay bales, sheep and building materials. But it appears that for many UK buyers, their Ford Rangers are much more than that.Take this for a stat: in the UK, 80% of Rangers of the last generation were ordered in Wildtrak spec. To those less familiar with Ranger trim levels, that’s the bells-and-whistles version with nice alloy wheels, leather upholstery, soft-touch interior materials and all sorts of other car-like features.It’s a trend that seems to have come from the US. The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle there for years, and quite obviously not all of them are farm trucks. A lot of them are lifestyle vehicles as well, suited to towing boats, transporting camping gear and the like.The Ranger line-up is pretty extensive, with chassis cab, single cab and double cab options. The 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel comes with three power outputs, and there is one V6 diesel too. The V6 petrol only comes in the Ford Ranger Raptor. If you want any of the more powerful engines, you will need to go for the double cab.Importantly for Ford’s outdoorsy, independent Ranger owners there’s a PHEV model with a 2.3-litre petrol unit and a 75kW electric motor powered by a 11.8kWh (usable) battery. Ford reckons the PHEV can do everything a diesel can do, but just with lower emissions and tax. 
