The information of Ford’s attainable return to India has already garnered a good quantity of curiosity amongst loyalists. As we now have solely reported, the Everest would be the first new Ford that’ll be launched right here as a full import. And whereas we don’t count on an expansive ICE line-up – the corporate will as a substitute give attention to EVs in India – new spy photographs of the newest Ford Ranger have sparked off hypothesis that this too could possibly be on playing cards for India. The Ranger pickup, in spite of everything, shares its underpinnings and engine choices with the most recent Ford Everest. This is the second time that the pickup has been sighted within the nation, with the first being noticed in Chennai.

Ford Ranger is basically an Everest pickup

The design of the Ranger may be very carefully associated to that of the Everest. The massive radiator grille with the horizontal bar incorporating the Ford badge, and squarish headlamps with the C-shaped LED DRLs are similar on each fashions. What’s totally different on the Ranger is a brand new entrance bumper that seems beefier and has a bullbar-like ingredient.

Over on the sides, the doorways are additionally shared between each fashions. However, on the rear, it will get a brand new tailgate design with the Ranger title stamped into the steel, and the edges have barely extra pronounced wheel arches with an built-in step on both aspect of the bumper to enhance entry to the mattress.

Ford Ranger inside is rugged, hard-wearing 

The inside of the Ranger is similar to the Everest – it has the identical horizontally-orientated touchscreen taking centre stage on the dashboard. The display screen is flanked by vertical AC vents on both aspect and a stack of buttons for the local weather management beneath. The dashboard has a clear, uncluttered look with an all-black theme, and the hard-wearing supplies are set in straight traces, which add to its rugged enchantment.

In phrases of kit, the Ranger will get ambient lighting, ventilated entrance seats, a full-digital instrument cluster, wi-fi charging, automated local weather management, powered driver’s seat and the Ford Pass linked car expertise.

 

Ford Ranger and Everest: what’s frequent?

Under the hood, the Ranger will get a variety of two.0-litre and three.0-litre diesel engines globally which might be shared with the Everest. The vary begins with the single-turbo model of the two.0-litre, four-cylinder unit that produces 170hp, after which there’s the bi-turbo model of the identical engine that produces 206hp. Finally, the range-topping 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine produces 246hp and 600Nm of torque. All engines are mated to a 10-speed automated transmission. The 2.0-litre engines get each 4×2 and 4×4 drive layouts, however the 3.0-litre V6 is barely obtainable with a full-time 4×4 system.

Ford Ranger: will it come to India?

If the Ranger is launched in India, just like the Everest, it should additionally arrive as a full import, with the potential for being domestically assembled at a later stage, as soon as Ford makes its plant absolutely operational. Sharing powertrain, platform and several other exterior and inside parts, it shouldn’t be too troublesome to localise the CKD kits for each fashions collectively; actually, it should solely add to the size.

However, not like the Everest (previously Endeavour) which enjoys an enormous fan following in India, the Ranger will likely be an all-new nameplate for our market. Traditionally, life-style pickup vans haven’t been vastly fashionable in India, however with the Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max, the section has been slowly rising. Add to that the rising off-roading tradition in India, and the Ranger may simply discover a place in our market.  

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