Auto Express Magazine

Ford Ranger

Running costs

33.5mpg (on test)

£109 fill-up/£275 road tax

Practicality

Bed length/payload

1,613mm/1,068kg

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

11.4 seconds/112mph

MODEL TESTED: Ford Ranger 2.0 EcoBlue 170 Ltd auto PRICE: £32,441 (ex. VAT) ENGINE: 2.0-litre 4cyl, 168bhp

THE Ford Ranger is our current favourite pick-up truck, having won the class in our New Car Awards for three years in a row. The truck in our pictures is the now-discontinued Ranger Thunder, which has a more powerful 210bhp twin-turbodiesel, but we’re testing the mid-range Limited model, with a 168bhp EcoBlue diesel and 10-speed auto gearbox.

Design & engineering

THE current Ranger’s basic body-on-frame platform has been around for a decade now, but

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