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Ford has commenced exports of the Next-Generation Ranger from its manufacturing plants in South Africa to serve the ever-growing customer demand. The South African-built Next-Gen Ranger is presently shipped to more than 100 global markets.
Hot on the heels of the exciting and trendsetting Next-Generation Ranger Double Cab models that hit the South African market in December last year, Ford South Africa is launching the Single Cab and SuperCab derivatives, scheduled to go on sale in March this year.
Ford South Africa is further enhancing its commitment to customer service by implementing new Rapid Hub teams across each of the country’s nine provinces. These Rapid Hubs will complement not only the launch of the Next-Generation Ranger, Ranger Raptor and Everest, but will reach and support existing Ford customers too.
The 2022 South African Rally-Raid Championship (SARRC) drew to a close in dramatic fashion this weekend in extremely difficult conditions, but the
Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Castrol Team ended its season on a high as Gareth
Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer (#277) claimed their first overall race win in the mighty EcoBoost V6
powered FIA T1+ Ford Ranger.
Ford South Africa has a multitier CSR program that saw the organisation donating approximately R26-million towards various community projects and initiatives over the course of 2022.
Launched in South Africa in 2010, Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) is Ford’s award-winning and free driver training programme, developed to raise the standard of safety among South African drivers while rewarding them with essential skills designed to elevate the level of driving in the country.
A next-generation Ranger Raptor, race-prepped but remaining stock and street legal, finished the SCORE-International Baja 1000, one of the world’s toughest and most prestigious off-road races, in first place amongst the stock classes, then drove back to base in Riverside, California.
Ford Motor Company’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, today became the third plant to commence production of the Next-Generation Ranger for customers around the world.
Production of Ford’s current-generation Ranger pick-up has drawn to a close at the Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. The last unit came off the assembly line on 10 November 2022, ending with a total of 873 751 vehicles produced as the final preparations are made for the imminent start of production of the highly anticipated Next-Generation Ranger.
The World Economic Forum and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate announced at COP27 the expansion of a coalition of global companies and new purchase commitments for green technologies by 2030 to make a critical contribution to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
Ford announced today that a next-generation Ranger Raptor will be its latest off-roading vehicle to tackle the SCORE International Baja 1000 – one of the toughest off-road races in the world. The Ranger Raptor will be racing on a low-carbon biofuel, demonstrating the potential of these fuels in the most demanding environments.
Ford South Africa is proud to have supported two determined learners who represented South Africa at the 2022 International WorldSkills Competition in the Mechatronics Technology category. The South African team competed in regional and national rounds before heading off to Stuttgart, Germany for the final round which finished on 8 October 2022.
Ford Motor Company’s Struandale Engine Plant in Gqeberha has been crowned the overall winner of Exporters Eastern Cape’s annual Exporter of the Year awards for 2022. The announcement was made at the 27th edition of the prestigious awards at a gala dinner held at the Boardwalk Convention Centre on Friday 21 October 2022.
The final and largest piece of
Ford Motor Company’s R15.8-billion investment puzzle for its South African operations has slotted into place with its new Frame Line commencing operations in preparation for the start of Next-Generation Ranger production later this year.
Impoverished communities in Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo provinces are benefitting from Ford’s annual Global Caring Month in September, with 19 non-profit organisations (NPOs) receiving a total of R2-million in grants from the Ford Motor Company Fund.
The ultimate for any Ford fan would be to visit the iconic Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, to be immersed in chapters of Ford’s heritage with influential vehicles ranging from the Model T to the Mustang.
The current Ford Ranger pick-up was the leading vehicle export from South Africa in September 2022, with 9 829 units shipped from Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant to customers in more than 100 markets around the world – its highest export volume for the year, surpassing the 8 595 units exported in June 2022. Combined with domestic sales of 1 604 units, total Ranger volume for September reached 11 433 units.
Ford announces the final third-generation Ford GT special edition model. The 2022 Ford GT LM Edition celebrates America’s only Le Mans-winning race car that won in 2016 and the historic 1-2-3 podium sweep in 1966.
The Ford Wildlife Foundation (FWF) has been selected to receive one of BirdLife South Africa’s prestigious Owl Awards during the annual Owl Awards ceremony in September 2022.
