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DAVID FURLONGER: Life on the assembly line

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23 June 2023 - 07:00

Here’s some free advice. If you’re thinking of buying a brand-new Ford Ranger, wait a few days … at least until some other mug has bought the one I helped build this week. 

I was among a handful of people invited to Ford South Africa’s Silverton vehicle assembly plant in Tshwane to get a taste of life on the production line. Late last year, the plant began manufacturing the latest generation of the Ranger bakkie, following a R16bn investment from the US. Off the same assembly lines, it also builds the Amarok bakkie for Volkswagen. ..

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