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IS A quantum leap in automatic emergency braking coming to the next-generation, Aussie designed and developed Ford Ranger?
Spy shots snapped in mountainous Colorado in the US suggests that the ability to jam on the brakes even before a driver recognises they are in trouble is under development – one of the big changes due for Ford Australia’s best-selling vehicle.
It also means the Ranger will get a more advanced active cruise control system; tacit recognition that people are buying these cars as replacements for normal passenger vehicles and SUVs that dominate the market.
Left-hand-drive Ford Ranger development cars have been spotted testing in Victoria, close to the home base for the global T6 program that spawned the original version of the trade ute. However, the net-gen car is preparing for an introduction to the North American market for the first time – where pick-up trucks of all sizes are big business.
The updated Ranger could also introduce Ford’s new “Panther” engine, a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel unit that is likely to replace the current 2.2-litre turbodiesel engine in cheaper versions of the Ranger.
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