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The new South Africa-bound Ford Raptor Ranger was unveiled at a press event in Thailand on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“Meet the latest edition to the Ford Performance line-up, and the most epic Ranger we\u2019ve engineered. The first-ever Ford Ranger Raptor,” said Ford South Africa in a social media post.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ford Performance team is excited to extend the Raptor name from our flagship off-road performance F-150 to Ranger. Just like the F-150 Raptor, the Ranger Raptor builds upon the core capability of the range of vehicles it comes from and carries the unmistakable Ford Performance DNA appearance,” Ford said.<\/p>\n
Under the bonnet is a 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine making 157kW of power and 500Nm of torque.<\/p>\n
Measuring 1.87 metres tall (up 52mm), 2.18 metres wide (331mm wider) and 5.39 metres long (30mm longer), the Raptor raises its ground clearance to 283mm, 46mm higher than regular Rangers.<\/p>\n
Colours include include lightning blue, race red, shadow black, frozen white, and hero colour, conquer grey.<\/p>\n
It is unclear when the Raptor will launch in South Africa, or what its pricing will be, however it is likely to begin sales only in 2019.<\/p>\n
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