End of an era

AFTER 11 years and 873 751 units the last of the current generation Ford Ranger rolled off the Silverton assembly plant on November 10. It’s the beginning of a new chapter as Ford prepares to assemble the next-generation Ranger following an R15.8-billion investment to modernise and expand local operations which will see it being launched early next month.

Local production of the current

Ranger was the result of an initial 2009 investment of R3.4bn in the plant and the Struandale Engine Plant in Gqeberha to supply the domestic and global markets. By 2018, the total investment in South Africa for the Ranger programme had increased to R11-billion. | IOL Motoring