"The biggest news from the announcement is that the 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine is being discontinued. This mill, that is manufactured at Ford engine plant in Struandale and shipped to the main manufacturing facility in Silverton, produces 154kW of power and 500Nm of torque.

Both the 184kW/600Nm 3.0-litre V6 and 125kW/405Nm 2.0-litre single turbo oil-burners have been kept. But the single turbo will eschew its current six-speed automatic transmission in favour of the 10-speed automatic transmission that serves on the bi-turbo and 3.0-litre models.

The Ford Ranger Raptor will also keep the 292kW/583Nm twin-turbo 3.0 V6 petrol engine."

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