SA Country Life

True Class

Seldom have I been as surprised by a car as I was by the new Ford Ranger Raptor. I spent the week leading up to my test-drive of it with a regular Ford Ranger, fitted with a 2.2-litre turbodiesel engine and a 10-speed automatic gearbox. I liked it enough, but it didn’t speak to me or make me hanker after one.

Then I swapped

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