2015 Ford Ranger review | first drive - Cars Guide
The new Ford Ranger was designed and engineered from the ground up in Australia -- but it’s made in Thailand. The Ranger is the top-selling Ford in Australia (and has been for the past two and a half years), selling at five times the rate of the locally made Falcon sedan and triple the rate of the Territory SUV. The new focus on families is one of the reasons the new Ford Ranger is the most technically advanced ute among its peers. Technology that was recently only accessible on luxury cars is now available on the updated Ford Ranger, such as lane departure warning, lane-keeping assistance (it will correct the steering to stop you drifting from the lane), and radar cruise... There is just one catch: the technology pack that gives the new Ford Ranger bragging rights is optional. Incredibly, a rear camera is still only standard on one of the 37 variants of the new Ford Ranger, even though utes and SUVs are over-represented in drive-way deaths and cameras are now standard on $14,990 cars. Ford is not alone with a lack of rear-view cameras across its ute range, but most rivals have them standard on more models. Source: www.carsguide.com.au
