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Ford Ranger Platinum (2024) Price & Specs

The flagship Ford Ranger Platinum will be arriving in South African showrooms shortly. Here’s pricing and specification for the range-topping double-cab bakkie.

The Ford Ranger Platinum is being touted by the Blue oval as the most sophisticated and luxurious Ranger ever. As a reminder, the Ranger was the most popular double-cab bakkie sold in South Africa in 2023.

Visually, the Ford Ranger Platinum has a unique grille with mesh and silk chrome finish, and a bold Platinum badge on the bonnet and lower sections of the doors. There are 20-inch alloy wheels wrapped in all-season rubber and there are colour-coded bumpers, mirror caps and door handles for additional appeal.

The vehicle features a fixed sports hoop and side rails as standard, and the tailgate gains additional damping which makes it easier to use. The cargo management system has been fitted, making securing goods simple. If you want the powered roller shutter, that will be an added-cost option.

How much does the Ford Ranger Platinum cost in South Africa?

There’ll be five colour options for the Platinum model; Iconic Silver, Frozen White, Carbonized Grey, Lucid Red and Agate Black, and the vehicle will be arriving in local Ford dealerships at the end of the first quarter of 2024.

Ranger Platinum Double Cab 3.0L V6 4WD 10AT R1 119 000

The price includes a 4-year/120 000 km warranty, 4-year/unlimited distance roadside assistance and 5-year/unlimited distance corrosion warranty. The recommended service interval is 15 000km or annually, whichever occurs first. Customers can purchase a service or maintenance plans up to 8 years or 135 000km. The warranty can be extended up to 7 years or 200 000km, while the roadside assistance can be extended for an additional one or two years.

 
Ford Ranger Platinum (2024) Launch Review

How much does the Ranger Platinum cost in South Africa?

Ford Ranger 3.0TD V6 double cab Platinum 4WD R1 119 000

Included in this price is Ford’s 4-year/120 000 km warranty, 4-year/unlimited km roadside assistance and 5-year/unlimited km corrosion warranty. As a reminder, customers can purchase service or maintenance plans of up to 8 years or 135 000 km. For example, a 6-year/90 000 km service plan costs an additional R23 959.10 (March 2024). There are various warranty extension options too

Summary

With the introduction of the Platinum derivative, the already diverse Ford Ranger portfolio now caters for affluent urban-based buyers who want a bakkie that’s more upmarket than the Wildtrak (and may also be tempted by the bakkie’s Amarok cousin). Mid-range XLT derivatives may appeal to those who seek a moderately well-equipped double-cab, but at the summit of the Silverton-based brand’s bakkie line-up sits the Platinum: a comprehensively specced lifestyle bakkie with a highly desirable upmarket image.

Granted, the newcomer eschews a small degree of its off-road skillset (because of its handsome 20-inch wheels shod with 255/55 tyres), but we reckon its target market won’t be too concerned with that. Right now, the 3.0TD V6 double cab Platinum 4WD is South Africa’s most luxurious double-cab bakkie.

 
Ford Ranger Tremor (2024) Launch Review

How much does the Ranger Tremor cost in South Africa?

Ford Ranger 2.0 BiTurbo double cab Tremor 4WD R977 500
The price includes Ford’s 4-year/120 000 km warranty, 4-year/unlimited km roadside assistance and 5-year/unlimited km corrosion warranty. As a reminder, customers can purchase service or maintenance plans valid for up to 8 years or 135 000 km. For example, a 6-year/90 000 km service plan costs an additional R23 959.10 (March 2024). There are various warranty extension options too.

Summary

With a price tag of just under R1 million (March 2024), the Ford Ranger Tremor offers reasonably good value for money for 4x4ing enthusiasts who seek a bakkie with considerable off-road capability straight from the factory. If overlanding and adventuring in the untamed wild is your idea of a good time (and it is, perhaps to more outdoorsy people than you think), then this might be the double-cab bakkie for you.

The Tremor’s biturbo engine is willing; its full-time 4-wheel-drive system (with several off-road drive modes to choose from) is laughably user-friendly (even for novices) and, thanks to its raised ride height and deeply grooved plump tyres, the bakkie will clamber over many – if not most – obstacles with ease.

For the average consumer, the normal XLT 4×4 (upon which the Tremor is based) is probably the bakkie all they would ever need, but if you desire a 4×4 double cab with extra attitude (kerb appeal), as well as the off-roading goodies to match the show, this newcomer certainly tugs at the ol’ heartstrings.

 
Ford Ranger Tremor Vs Toyota Hilux GR Sport III: Spec Check

The off-road-focused Ford Ranger Tremor will compete against the incoming Toyota Hilux GR Sport III. With both bakkies priced at just under R1 million, we compare the major styling and specification differences between the rivals!

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa recently launched the luxurious Ranger Platinum and off-road-biased Ford Ranger Tremor. Slotting in snuggly beneath the Wildtrak X, the Tremor is positioned as a “more affordable” alternative to its higher-specced sibling and is priced at R977 500 (April 2024).

The Ranger Tremor will, however, soon face off with the incoming Toyota Hilux GR-Sport III, which is due to be launched in South Africa soon. The new Hilux GR-Sport III is similarly priced from R999 000.

If you’re wondering what sets these off-road-focused double cabs apart from one another, this article will highlight the key specification differences between them. Let’s take a closer look at the details!

 
Bliksem ventilated seats would have been nice in the Raptor. Fsckers
 
New Ford Ranger Tremor proves its mettle on tough 4x4 launch route

Just when you thought Ford had saturated the Ranger range, along comes the locally built bakkie with two more options – that when you think of it – actually makes sense.

There’s a new king of the luxury double-cab segment with the Ranger Platinum and an off-road biased Ranger Tremor.

The Ranger Platinum adds the sophistication of the same-named Everest SUV into a double cab and also uses the 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine capable of 184kW and 600Nm, which sees it slot in just above the Wildtrak and below the halo Raptor.

We’ll focus on the Tremor first and in another article spend some more time with the Platinum.

Based on the XLT Ranger, Ford thought it good to use the lower-specced option to add a whole lot of lekker 4x4 goodies similar to the Wildtrak X.

 
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