For adventurers who need to tow, the Ford Everest’s rugged capability, innovative technologies and smart safety features make hitching and hauling a trailer or caravan easier, safer, and more convenient than ever.

The 2nd of September marks International Vulture Awareness Day, and the Ford Wildlife Foundation (FWF) is supporting an innovative initiative to protect our region’s biodiversity through environmental education, research, and conservation projects across Sub-Saharan Africa. At the core of their mission is the locally assembled Ford Ranger Double Cab 4x4, a key mobility asset that is advancing Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) research in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the Eastern Cape

The South African Rally Raid Championship (SARRC) raised the ante for competitors on 18 and 19 September 2023 by scheduling back-to-back races for rounds four and five of the 2023 season in the Free State town of Parys. The event lived up to all expectations of being a tough test for the teams and vehicles, with almost 750km of fierce competition playing out in the dry and extremely dusty winter conditions over the two days.

Deep inside a metal storage garage hidden behind a wind tunnel building in Allen Park, Michigan, a handful of team members gathered in 2021 for a new, after-hours mission that on paper felt like an impossible dream: design a Mustang to take on the best of European sports cars.

Community members and a school in Komani (formerly Queenstown) in the Eastern Cape are the latest beneficiaries of disaster relief support from Ford and Gift of the Givers Foundation, following torrential rain and extensive flooding experienced in the area during February 2023.

Coming off the high of an impressive one-two finish at the tough 1 000km Botswana Desert Race in June 2023, the Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Castrol Team is relishing the opportunity to get back in the action at the Parys 400 – a double-header for rounds four and five of the extremely competitive South African Rally Raid Championship (SARRC) on 18 and 19 August.

The Sandton Convention Centre bore witness to a display of innovation and social impact as the Enactus South Africa National Exposition unfolded on Wednesday, 19th July 2023. The Enactus Exposition was attended by over 700 youth from universities around South Africa, academic staff, top business executives, sponsors as well as Enactus Alumni

Engineered to go further off-road without compromise, Ford’s new Ranger Wildtrak X is built to help owners tackle daily adventures and weekend escapes with a host of new trail-ready technologies and equipment.

Ford’s major investment in its South African operations for the Next-Generation Ranger is delivering on its ambitious targets, achieving record production and the highest quality levels to date for the Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria.

The Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Ford Castrol Team scored an emphatic one-two finish in the EcoBoost V6-powered T1+ Ford Rangers at Round 3 of the South African Rally Raid Championship (SARRC), which was held in Jwaneng, Botswana, from 23-25 June 2023.

An extreme racing version of the Ford Ranger will lead the expansion of Ford Performance global off-road racing to include the famed Dakar Rally in 2024 and beyond

In a ground-breaking achievement, the Ranger has become the first bakkie (pick-up) to secure an overall win in the prestigious South African Car of the Year competition. Ford further asserted itself in the awards by taking second place overall with the Everest.

The Next-Generation Ford Everest raised the bar for luxury, sophistication and capability in the mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment when it was launched in South Africa late last year. Now Ford South Africa is upping the ante once again by expanding the range from two to six derivatives.

Ford South Africa is expanding the Ranger line-up with an exciting and adventurous all-new model, the Wildtrak X, which will make its debut at this year’s NAMPO Harvest Day, taking place from 16-19 May in the Free State.

The 2023 South African Rally Raid Championship (SARRC) was expected to start with a bang, and the opening round at the Nkomazi 400 certainly didn’t disappoint. The fiercely competitive series now heads to the Sugarbelt 400 in Eston, Kwazulu-Natal, for Round 2 on 12 and 13 May 2023 where the battles will intensify.

After three full days of riveting motorsport action at the 13th running of the Simola Hillclimb, both Ford and Shelby South Africa came away with silverware, and in some classes the overall win.

The Next-Generation Ford Everest raised the bar for luxury, sophistication and capability in the mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment when it was launched in South Africa late last year. Now Ford South Africa is upping the ante once again by expanding the range from two to six derivatives.

Over the last 10 years combined, Ford Mustang® – which is celebrating its 59th birthday – is the world’s best-selling sports car, according to Ford analysis of registration data from S&P Global Mobility

Ford’s Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) free driver training program helps to raise the standard of driving in the country and promote road safety. This year is no exception with its first public event coinciding with the Easter holidays – a notoriously dangerous period on South African roads. By equipping motorists with the necessary skills and awareness, many of these accidents can be avoided to ensure a safe and enjoyable holiday for all.

The Ford Motor Company of South Africa has once again partnered with the READ Educational Trust in the Eastern Cape, by donating much needed funds to the Rally to Read programme. This year, the programme will include a digital literacy element, for the first time.