Ford Ranger Raptor to now cost almost Php 2 million

MANILA: Pickup trucks are the thing of interest these days, aren’t they? Ever since the population of the world started using pickup trucks as lifestyle vehicles rather than mere load pullers, this particular segment has been one of the more sought after ones. The likes of Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Strada, Toyota Hilux, and more are not only great performers but also come loaded with all the features one would expect in a car.

This, as a result, has also affected the prices of the pickups and the amounts are going up, only. Ford Philippines, after introducing the Ranger Raptor, one of the best pickups out there in the world, at a price of Php 1,898,000, has now increased the price of the vehicle by Php 100,000.

While the change in the price has been implemented across the geography of the Philippines, the customers who had already booked their unit before 1 March 2019 will still get their thing of beauty for Php 1,898,000. It must be a sigh of relief for those who reserved their Ranger Raptor before the aforementioned date. Bertrand Lessard,

Ford Philippines Managing Director, said, “The introductory pricing offer which ran for over five months received an overwhelming response from Filipino pick-up truck fans and enthusiasts with the number of customers who reserved and purchased their Ranger Raptor.”

If we compare the price of the range-topping variant of the Ranger, that is, the Ranger Wildtrak with the cost of Ranger Raptor, there is a difference of good Php 303,000. However, Lessard citied that the performance, power, and best-in-class features of Ranger Raptor still makes it very competitive in the segment even with the increased price.

In case you’re looking for a pickup truck, the Ford Ranger Raptor houses a 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel inline-four that is capable of making 213 PS of maximum power and a peak torque of 500 Nm. The transmission duties have been assigned to a 10-speed automatic unit. The pickup truck also gets bespoke dampers from Fox along with a Terrain Management System that features a “Baja” mode handy for those dirt drive hours.

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