THE RANGER REVOLUTION

This is an unfamiliar feeling. Driving a current model to the launch of its replacement isn't something that I've done before, despite many years of doing this job. The timing never works out, the overlap never presents itself.

And to be fair, the only reason it's happening now is because this isn't the official launch of next-gen Ranger – that's expected later this year. Instead, it's an exclusive opportunity to sample some of the first locally-assembled Tooling Trial units on home soil, while nearly replicating the final market specification. My first thought on the