JOHANNESBURG - One thing’s for certain, we won’t have to look very hard for our long-term Ford Ranger FX4 in any parking lot. Ford calls it Racing Red and if you think Ferrari you’re spot on ...

Those are the 2025 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X, the Ford Ranger Lariat FX4, as well as the Honda Ridgeline TrailSport. Ahem, they're not exactly mid-size pickup truck workhorses, as it turns out.

Give Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley room to brag and chances are you'll hear the word Ranger cross his lips. At the Detroit Auto Show in January, he couldn't help talking to the news media about ...

So you can imagine my slight apprehension about being handed the keys to a 2020 Ford Ranger ... across the bush and the Ranger’s Trail Control delivers on that. The FX4 also comes with skid ...

In many cases, a Ford Ranger with the Tremor package or even the FX4 package is more than enough. At the same time, you will maintain better capability with payload and towing. My personal conclusion?

The global-market Ford Ranger received a major ... it makes more sense here to go without the FX4 Off-Road package and its stiffer springs. The Ranger's easy style extends to its steering, which ...

The mid-size 2024 Ford Ranger comes in three trim levels: XL, XLT, and LARIAT. In addition, the 2024 Ford Ranger Raptor is a bona fide model of its own. The XL trim comes with a turbocharged 2. ...

2017 Ford Ranger FX4 You'll be the bad-boy standout at the work site though. Included are 18-inch Stark Grey alloys, and black for the roof rails, bonnet, tailgate, sports bar, rear bumper ...

If that’s not enough, the first-ever Ford Ranger Raptor promises to keep things interesting. Our Ranger Lariat with the FX4 Off-Road Package proved quite capable of tackling wilderness terrain I ...

That one's good for 315 hp and 400 lb-ft. There is an FX4 package, but Ford hasn't said anything about a Ranger that could slot between the regular Rangers and the Raptor as far as off-road ...

After the segment's stalwarts started to become stale in recent years, it appears the stars have aligned as Ford ... and my Ranger XLT with the FX4 kit stickers for $44,905.