Ford New Zealand recently hosted 400-plus customers, dealers, business partners and staff to say thank you for helping make the Ford Ranger #1 in New Zealand for an amazing 10 consecutive years! The event held under brilliant blue skies featured a special Ranger driving safari across a private 500-acre farm as well as the Ford digger challenge. Attendees were also the first to see the new Ford Ranger PHEV which made its NZ debut at the event. The Ranger PHEV took pride of place powering up a tent, outdoor lighting and full size rotisserie that cooked dinner each night.
“The celebration was all about saying thank you to the people that made it all possible,” said Annaliese Atina, Managing Director Ford New Zealand. “It was a fantastic week and great to get a chance to celebrate what has been a huge milestone. No other vehicle in NZ automotive history has done what the Ford Ranger has done so it was great to be able to personally thank so many people who helped make that happen.”
In addition, Seven Sharp, the New Zealand prime time current affairs program, hosted their Thursday show at the event site. Seven Sharp has been covering the success of the Ford Ranger over the past few weeks and as part of the celebrations held a competition to give away two brand new Rangers to two deserving community groups. The winners, present for the filming, were presented with the Rangers at the event - another way Ford wanted to say Thank You New Zealand.