Ford resurrected a 1990s favorite last September when it brought back the Splash name as a package on the current midsize Ranger, showcasing the debut on a bright orange truck. The Splash package is available right through the 2022 model year, but Ford also announced at the time that it would be dropping small runs of Splash Limited Editions throughout the year.
Now three of those new limited editions
have been revealed, and they’re very much at the opposite end of the impact
spectrum to the original promotional Splash package truck. You might even say
that two of them are pretty dull, but at US$ 1,495 apiece, they’re still a fairly
inexpensive way to make your Ranger stand out from the next one on the
construction site.
First to arrive, in spring 2022, and the
most numerous, with a 750-unit production run, is the upscale Lariat-based Snow
Edition. The paint is called Avalanche, though it looks more like the filthy
slushy mess left at the side of the road five days after fresh snowfall. Trim
details are picked out in a graphite color, while the nostrils get a coating of
body color paint. Being a Lariat, there’s a luxury-themed black leather
interior, which in this case is finished with carbon weave stripes and
bolsters, plus various helpings of black trim.
Of the three new options though, the
Ranger Splash Forest Edition is our favorite. Based on the XLT Ranger it gets
Forged Green paint, and shoutier red grille nostrils. Inside, you’re treated to
ebony cloth seats, again with gray stitching and carbon weave tuxedo stripes
and bolsters. Production is limited to 500 units and they should be available
in summer 2022.
Last to arrive are 500 examples of the
Sand Edition, which, like the Forest version, is based on the Ranger XLT. It’s
kind of a blend of the previous two packages, mating a subtle Desert Sand paint
scheme with the Forest’s red nostrils and cloth interior trim. That one drops
in fall 2022.
