FIRST DRIVE | 2019 Ford Ranger comes out swinging with more muscle

Ford has squeezed a gutsy 157kW and 500Nm from the new bi-turbo 2.0 engine used in the Wildtrak.The world was last week awestruck by the first image of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far, far away, which provided further proof of Einstein’s theory of relativity.

There is also a new single-turbo version of the engine with outputs of 132kW and 420Nm, which is installed in the slightly lesser-specced XLT versions of the Ranger double cab. Putting foot in the 157kW Bi-Turbo version liberates some bona fide urgency in this large and heavy bakkie. It accelerates up to cruising speed in a hurry and then lopes along effortlessly, its easy progress untroubled by steep inclines. A fixed-geometry low-pressure turbocharger works together with a variable-geometry high-pressure turbo to ensure strong urge across the rev range, and at sea level I didn’t feel any significant turbo lag.

At the George-based launch I also drove the new single-turbo Ranger, which is available only in XLT specification, in 4x2 and 4x4 guises. The Ranger XLT uses a single-turbo engine with outputs of 132kW and 420Nm. A new EZ lift tailgate requires 70% less lift force to close.Back on the tar the single-turbo performed without any power shortcomings, and it’s really all the engine one needs if shopping in the sub R600,000 segment of the double-cab market. Like its bi-turbo brother, this engine’s notably refined.

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