There is an old saying that technology trickles down into mainstream engineering. Applied in the sporting world, it goes: “Motor racing improves the breed.” In the off-road and 4WD world it's more about tech from the top of the range ‘flagship’ models evolving out across a model range.
This was never more accurate than in the case of New Zealand's sales rockstar, the Ford Ranger.
Invited to view pre-production nextGen Rangers at the Boat Show in May, NZ4WD saw media going ‘ooh’ and ‘ahhh’ with some justification over the cabin fit-out, the wellside steps, the front-end styling.
But underneath the shiny
