Ford began in the General Pacheco industrial complex the production of the second engine for the new generation of the Ranger Pickup. It is about Panther 2.0 170 hp turbodiesel and 405 nm of torquewhich adds to Lion V6 3.0 liters of 250 hp and 600 nm that the company already manufactures in this plant since mid -2024.
In this way, Ford produces in Argentina two of the three propellers that currently equip the truck that is also manufactured in Pacheco. The third engine, the 2.0 liters Bi-Turbo of 210 hp and 500 nm, will continue to arrive from India.
With this industrial milestone, the company closes a cycle of investments that began with 580,000 million dollars for the development of the new pickup and then continued with others 80,000 million For the new engines plant.
For the launch of the New Ranger, Ford made a complete transformation of the Gral. Pacheco plant that included the new engines plant where from today they occur, in the same flexible line, both turbodiel propellers that represent 80% of the Ranger sales.
For this 2025 Ford decided to increase the annual production of the Ranger to 70,000 units, which represents 15% more than in 2024 and almost 30% above 2023, its year of launch.
The engines plant follows the concept of Manufacturing 4.0 Already adopted in other areas of the factory, with a high level of technology, automation, connectivity and sustainability, Ford said in a statement.
In this way, the wide use of digitalization and intelligent process control contributes to guarantee quality and efficiency in production.
The new brand engines has an installed capacity to produce 82,000 engines a year in two shifts. Its intelligent quality management system uses more than 2,000 sensors and 50 cameras to monitor engines and components throughout the process.
Those cameras are the ones that are validated during the assembly process so that the engines continue to advance from station in station.
Las 129 Workstations They have automatic task control, including an intelligent screw adjustment system. They were also designed to optimize the ergonomics and comfort of the operators, who have received more than 5,000 hours of training.
The production of the new Panther engine in Pacheco represents a significant milestone for Ford Argentina, consolidating it as a key export center, with approximately the 70% of the production for the markets of South America.