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November 06, 2025

Bye-bye biturbo: Ranger, Everest engine change coming

November 06, 2025/ Richard Bosselman
Bye-bye biturbo: Ranger, Everest engine change coming

The staple engine of Ford’s utility and its SUV sister ship is being dropped, in favour of a revised single turbo unit. Also there’s wider availability of the diesel V6.

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November 06, 2025/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Ranger, biturbo, V6, Everest, Ranger Raptor, Ford NZ
October 21, 2022

Ranger factory ticked for electric switch

October 21, 2022/ Richard Bosselman
Ranger factory ticked for electric switch

Assertion the Thailand plant supplying NZ’s top-selling one-tonner, and Everest, will make EVs raises a big question.

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October 21, 2022/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Ranger, Thailand, Ranger Raptor
July 22, 2022

New Ranger on sales rampage

July 22, 2022/ Richard Bosselman
New Ranger on sales rampage

Pre-sale action has overwhelmed supply chain and kicks dirt in the face of Clean Car.

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July 22, 2022/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Ranger, Ranger Raptor, T6.2, Ford NZ, Ford Performance, Tom Clancy
March 30, 2022

Clean Car cloud over F-150?

March 30, 2022/ Richard Bosselman
Clean Car cloud over F-150?

America’s mega-ute provisioning in right-hook with Raptor’s twin-turbo V6 has good economy by category standards – but emissions might hurt.

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March 30, 2022/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
F-150, Ford NZ, Ford Australia, Ranger Raptor
February 22, 2022

Raptor hottie likely to feel CO2 penalty burn

February 22, 2022/ Richard Bosselman
Raptor hottie likely to feel CO2 penalty burn

Performance petrol set to land as country ramps up for more change in environmental considerations

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February 22, 2022/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Ranger, Ranger Raptor, Clean Car Standard, emissions, economy, penalties
February 11, 2022

Raging Raptor takes to desert skies

February 11, 2022/ Richard Bosselman
Raging Raptor takes to desert skies

Listen closely: Ford Europe has released a teaser clip of the next Ranger Raptor being hammered around a rally course.

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February 11, 2022/ Richard Bosselman/
Ford
Ford Ranger, Ranger Raptor, Ford NZ
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