Ford’s The most important new car launch in years has hit a snag.
A newsletter is sent to the dealer confirming the production 2022 Ford Ranger has been affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in China.
Dealers will have less examples The new Ranger will sell more than originally forecast. As a matter of fact, the wait times for customers in the queue to buy the new Ranger are likely to be longer – though it’s unclear by how much.
However, the launch time of the new Ranger has not been delayed.
“Q2 production of the Next Generation Ranger has been negatively impacted as several major cities in China are currently under COVID lockdown,” read confidential news release April 27, 2022, shared on Facebook.
“Unfortunately, part of Q2 production volume is expected to need to be rescheduled [sic]with a detailed impact on production expected in the next two weeks.
“The production loss from Q2 has delayed the expected timing of the April allocation (for July production) as we assess the latest available and currently expected information. will be on Dealer status on Thursday, April 28 morning.
“Due to the production loss-impacted outflow from Q2, a portion of the April Dealer allocation (for July production) will now need to be dedicated to building current orders of Agents from previous allocations, reducing the number available for allocation to Dealers in April.”
Ford says China’s COVID lockdown has affected 91 suppliers and 393 unique parts used on the Ranger.
The company announced earlier this month that it will start selling the new Ranger in June, releasing Full price for range. You can see our details Prices and specifications article here.
The core range starts at $35,930 before on-road costs for the XL single-carriage in standard high-drive body style, up to $71,190 for the Wildtrak weekend warrior version with the V6 diesel engine option. new.
The turbocharger V6 Raptor is priced at $85,490 before on-road costs.
If direct similarity were possible, list prices between old and new Ranger models have gone from $240 to $2240 – although in some cases like the best-selling XLT BiTurbo, the list price has actually remained unchanged. .
The 2022 Ford Ranger includes XL, XLS, XLT, Sport, Wildtrak and Raptor specification grades, and offers four engine choices, all available only with automatic transmissions.
Typical diesel engines are Ford’s 184kW and 600Nm 3.0-litre V6 diesel engines in XLT, Sport and Wildtrak grades. The revised 2.0-litre BiTurbo four-cylinder diesel generates the familiar 154kW (3kW down) and 500Nm, while the base 2.0-litre single-turbo diesel produces 125kW and 403Nm.
The V6 diesel is $3000 more expensive than the 2.0-liter BiTurbo 4-cylinder replacement.
The Ranger Raptor switches the old four-pot diesel engine to a 3.0-litre V6 turbo petrol option of 292kW and 583Nm, which is designed to make the car warm up quickly on dirt roads.
Like the Ranger before it, the new model was designed and built for the world in Australia by Ford’s local engineering department.
It uses an updated version of the familiar T6 architecture but features huge strides in technology, as well as power and torque.
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