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2023 Ford Ranger delivery update! If you're waiting for a Wildtrak V6 and Raptor, the situation has at last changed

Some new-gen Ford Ranger models like the Raptor and Wildtrak V6 are attracting more orders than the company anticipated.

Good news if you're wondering when your new Ranger will arrive.

Ford has secured a larger-than-expected allocation for Australia this year, to help address growing demand and low supply.

With around 10,000 vehicles coming over the next few weeks from Thailand, the company is confident that it will help alleviate growing buyer frustration over the long waiting times currently being quoted by some dealers – some of which are now said to approach 10 months for certain models like the V6 petrol Raptor and Wildtrak with the newly-optional V6 turbo-diesel engine.

Announced at the Ranger's Australian launch in Melbourne, the extra vehicles are arriving just as Ford confirmed it had received over 17,000 orders up to the end of June, with the flagship performance Raptor grade representing over 4000 of these, or nearly 25 per cent all up.

These numbers would almost certainly have surged beyond 20,000 units by now if the added shipment of Rangers had not been secured, though orders are expected to keep rising once the long-awaited Everest and Raptor are finally released in Australia later in August.

"The initiative has been prompted by strong interest (in Ranger, Raptor and Everest), as well as global semi-conductor and COVID-related supply chain challenges," Ford said in a statement. "Which mean some customers will unfortunately face extended waits.

"(We are) working hard with global colleagues and its network of more than 180 dealers to get vehicles to customers as soon as possible. This includes air-freighting parts where needed, accelerating arrival forecasts, and providing customers with status updates about their vehicle."

Although Ford is attempting to alleviate growing frustration over ongoing delays with more-transparent delivery information now published on its website, the brand expects production constraints will continue into the foreseeable future, particularly as the Ranger, Raptor and Everest rollout continues across the globe.

"We can't guarantee that the supply arrangement right now because it is fluid," according to Ford Australia president and CEO, Andrew Birkic. "We'd obviously like to be fairly sequential and linear in what we deliver, and that's what we're aiming to do.

"We're one of a number of markets – there's Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, the ASEAN region, Australia and New Zealand. It's a global launch, and we'll work with the team there. But chips are still an issue.

"2022 will still be tough. But we're looking for that to improve next year."

The importance of getting started on the right foot with the launch and consistent deliveries of the new models cannot be underestimated.

Last year, the Ranger accounted for 65 per cent of total Ford volume in Australia, or 82 per cent including the Everest, underlining the huge reliance the brand has on the T6.2 models.

While Mr Birkic admits that supply constraints on Ranger and Everest sourced out of Thailand are heavily impacting Ford Australia's overall sales, production shortages in Europe are also holding other models back as well.

"It is very significant, and it is very critical," he said. "And right now, it is more critical, because we haven't necessarily achieved the supply out of Europe (for the Transit van made in Turkey) … as well as the Escape (medium-sized SUV built in Spain).

"We've had some supply constraints there, so our overall numbers have come back, and that makes Ranger and Everest the greater percentage (of overall Ford Australia volume).

"Transit is the one we have pretty strong orders in fleet that we'd love to meet, but we just can't get them right now."