Ford has refreshed its Ranger pick-up truck again in Thailand. We’ve lost count of the number of facelifts the T6 has had now – we were at the T6 Ranger’s ASEAN debut in 2011 and first drove the truck in 2012, so the Ranger is no spring chicken. Nothing major for model year 2021 though, just a reworked front grille with two “side pods” (our words not Ford’s) as seen on the FX4 edition earlier this year. This trapezoidal grille is now standard across the XL, XL Street, XL+, XLT and Wildtrak board.
The XL+ Sport, XL Street, XLT and Wildtrak
variants get black alloys and side mirrors caps, and those dark bits are joined
by black door handles on the XL+ Sport, XLT and Wildtrak A new load compartment
accessory called the power roller shutter makes its debut – it’s exclusive for
the range-topping Wildtrak. Ranger watchers would have noticed a new variant in
the list above. Made for “fearless spirits to hit the beaten track”, the XL
Street is based on the two-door king cab, but with some sporty elements thrown
in. Those include stripe graphics designed by Ford’s design team in Australia,
who were inspired by Ford Thailand Racing (FTR). There are also matching red
accents on the grille.
Available in Lightning Blue, Aluminum
Metallic, Arctic White and Absolut Black, the new XL Street comes with the
black bits mentioned above. No changes to the 2.2L turbodiesel or the more
advanced 2.0L bi-turbo unit with 213 PS and 500 Nm of torque, mated to a
10-speed automatic gearbox. “By utilising data analytics, customer feedback, as
well as series of testing, the 2.0L engine has been further engineered with key
manufacturing technology and material upgrades,” Ford says, hinting at minor
running changes.
In the Land of Smiles, which the Ranger is
built for domestic and export markets, Ford is offering a 10-Year Driveline
Care Program for purchases of all Ranger variants through the end of the year.
The programme extends the warranty coverage of the vehicle’s driveline
components to 10 years or 150,000 km, and it covers the engine, transmission,
and rear/front-wheel drive axles. The Ranger XL Street is priced at 669,000
baht in Thailand, while the Ranger Wildtrak is priced from 979,000 for the 4×2 MT to 1,265,000 baht for the 4×4 AT.
