When we talk about off-road pick-up trucks in general the first few trucks that come to our mind generally are the Ford Raptor which has been the king of off-road trucks since it was launched, the ram rebel, and the Chevy Silverado.
But when we talk about these same trucks in the context of the Indian market, it rarely happens that a name flashes in our mind. When that question comes to me, the only truck I can think of is the Isuzu D max Vcross, except that all the pickup trucks that are present in the market are for heavy-duty industry purposes and don’t have an off-road side to them.
And this is the reason we don’t see them being so popular but the internet has surely made a significant amount of effect and that has resulted in a pickup truck fanbase in India that wants some awesome off-road trucks.
Well, it seems like the gods of off-roading have finally heard our prayers as we are going to get the ford ranger, yes! You read it right, the younger brother of the ford raptor will soon be launched in India and ford has got the whole planning ready for it.
Moreover, to make things even more interesting they are not going to bring the standard raptor, they are going to bring the best of all, top of the line Raptor version, the ranger raptor.
I know, what you might be thinking, that the price is going to be too high, well every good thing has a price, so does the ranger raptor, it’s one of the best trucks in the market when it comes to doing serious off-roading and only lags behind its elder sibling the f-150 raptor when it comes to going off-roading all in.
So, it will be priced around the 65-70 lakh mark, which honestly is great, it’s even less than what the defender costs if we talk from just an off-roader point of view and not the badge.
Also, it’s not just the ranger raptor that ford is thinking of bringing to India, they are even planning to be the focus max-hatch and the focus st hot hatch, now think about that for a second.
If these cars that ford has planned for India actually come and start getting manufactured then it won’t be long when we will get to see Indian car culture becoming great.
The thing about the raptor ranger that truly might give it an edge is that there is currently no competition in the Indian market for it. There is no manufacturer that is selling off-road pickup trucks in India right now which is at the level of the ranger raptor. So, it will have a monopoly of its own.
It’s simply going to control the market unless and until a manufacturer like Ram or chevy decides that they also want to launch a similarly styled pickup truck in India, then things will get interesting as there will be tough competition among manufacturers. And the thing about competition is that the customer is always winning as in the end, it’s the customer who is going to get the better product.
So, I am eagerly waiting for the ranger raptor to arrive and I can’t wait to see it on the Indian roads, it’s dimensioning might cause a few issues while driving but the attention one is going to get in it is going to be surreal.
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