You read the headline right. Ford SA has announced the one-millionth locally-built Ranger has rolled off the production line at its Silverton-based facility.
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Said Neale Hill, president of Ford SA, “It’s fitting that we celebrate reaching — and now rapidly surpassing — the one-millionth locally-produced Ranger during Ford’s centenary year in South Africa.
“We have continued to invest extensively in our local operations at the Silverton manufacturing plant and the Struandale engine plant to expand Ranger production for the South African market, and to support crucial exports to more than 100 global markets.
“At our Centenary event last year, we were delighted to announce a further investment for the exciting new Ranger Plug-in Hybrid as the latest chapter in this remarkable story. This reinforces the significance of our local operations and the contribution of our South African team in the global success of the Ranger programme.”
As a reminder, the local arm of the Blue Oval brand started assembling the first generation of it ever-popular bakkie in the year 2000, the same time Ford re-entered our market. In 2011, manufacturing of the second iteration kicked off. When production of the latter model ended in 2022, Ford SA had built 873 751 examples over the 22 years.
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