Raging Raptor takes to desert skies
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Listen closely: Ford Europe has released a teaser clip of the next Ranger Raptor being hammered around a rally course.
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First view of next-gen Everest
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With Ranger uncovered, focus is now on preparing the related sports utility for market.
Read MoreRanger V6 rocks, VW boss says
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Grunty V6, a sophisticated full-time all-wheel-drive – indication elements keeping the current Volkswagen Amarok in high regard here will be adopted by the next-gen Ford Ranger has thrilled VW’s local boss.
Read MoreSmarter, sharper new-gen Ranger revealed
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Six-cylinder oomph, high-tech features and a smarter deck design are coming for the best-selling ute.
Read MoreTransit thieves hounded by app
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A phone programme for Ford vehicles sold in NZ proved crucial in bringing back Cabbage and his mates.
Read MoreRanger rocks October count
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Best ever result comes as Ford announces reveal date for next gen.
Read MoreAnother Ranger ‘sneak peek’, Mustang special coming
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Latest local news from Ford focuses on the models with highest Kiwi interest.
Read MoreFord’s EV transit under way
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To meet expectations of a local market showing increasing interest in electric cars …. Ford NZ will offer a plumber’s van.
Read MoreMach speed for Ford's local EV strategy?
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Ford New Zealand will brief media tomorrow about its ongoing electrification strategy. Surely only one car is worth that effort?
Read MoreElectric-empowered Pumas en route
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Ford NZ rallies to the eco cause with a thriftier version of its small crossover.
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Next Ranger teased
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A couple of photos and a brief video give a first glimpse of the 2022 arrival.
Read MoreHow Ford torture tests the Mustang Mach-E
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Car makers are often asked if electric vehicles are as durable as their combustion engine counterparts.
Read MoreRanger 3.2 going the distance
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Talk about the five-cylinder 3.2-litre turbodiesel being dropped from Ranger soon has been refuted by the brand.
Read MoreRanger racing toward unprecedented 11,000 registrations
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Ute-bashing has backfired in respect to the country’s top-seller, the Ford Ranger.
Read MoreGovt’s EV plug premature
/THE dominant brands in the one-tonne ute sector appear to have pulled the handbrake on Government contention that electric versions of their Kiwi-favoured workhorses are close.
Read MoreUS pickup storm won’t include Lightning
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Three heavyweight champs of the US pickup scene are in the news. But only one has immediate relevance to Kiwis.
Read MoreVan, SUV drive Ford’s EV promoter link
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ANNOUNCEMENT today of Ford New Zealand having joined the primary independent pressure group for electric vehicle uptake isn’t a signal it is any closer to including the Blue Oval’s first fully-fledged battery-compelled car, the Mustang Mach E, into its portfolio.
This today from the brand’s communications manager, Tom Clancy, who says there is still no clarity as to when, or even if, the five-seater sports utility might be sold here.
Read MoreRanger freshened across ditch
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SEVERAL updates implementing in the Ford Ranger for what is likely its final full year of sale have been announced in its country of birth – but the impact on this side of the Tasman has yet to be clarified.
The most relevant change to the NZ market-dominating model for Kiwis is that the XLT variant heavily favoured here adopts adaptive cruise control as standard. This feature allows the vehicle to 'latch' on to the vehicle ahead and maintain a safe following distance.
Read MoreEnd of the line for Mondeo
/The car whose name was determined to engender a sense of world-wide belonging has been dropped.
ALREADY pulled from New Zealand, now set to leave every other market.
So it goes for the Ford Mondeo, set to die in 2022 after 29 years with no replacement planned, the Blue Oval having determined to focus instead of sports utilities.
Ford NZ has confirmed its stock essentially ran out at the end of 2020. The car’s final representation here was in petrol EcoBoost and 2.0-litre turbodiesel hatch and wagon formats, with a petrol hybrid sedan also availed as a special order unit.
All those models will go out of production in Europe in March 2022, when the nameplate is also set to be retired for good.
Mondeo launched in 1993 and ran for five generations, with five million built. The nameplate was derived from Latin mundus, meaning ‘world’.
It was thought Ford was hatching plans to replace the Mondeo with a croosover style vehicle. That car is coming, but with a different nameplate.
Blaming "changing customer preferences" for the decision, Ford Europe said it was “evolving our passenger vehicle range in Europe to meet changing customer needs as we move to an electric future”.
