How to join the impressive off-road experience that Ford offers on the Coast during the winter holidays

Winter holidays have begun, and that’s for Ford is synonymous with warming up the engines and officially launching the Winter Experienceits proposal for each season on the Atlantic Coast, which this year comes with activities for all tastes and a stand in Carilo to see the latest releases in first person.

Open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., the traditional Ovalo space on Divisadero and Cerezo avenues is the epicenter of everything the brand has scheduled until July 28. From there, they even depart their off-road trips, which are already a classic, and that their clients travel through the challenging dunes of La Frontera, in Pinamar Norte.

Designed exclusively for vehicle owners. Ford’s Strong Breedis about management clinics comprehensive courses aimed at learning the virtues of the Oval models and how to use them on this type of terrain: first, a team of experts offers a theoretical talk with everything there is to know about 4×4 driving in the sandin addition to providing technical details to get the most out of the vehicles they will use during the experience.

Then comes the time to put all that knowledge into practice in the Ford Off-Road Campusits exclusive circuit, full of climbs, descents and extreme challenges for the bravest drivers.

“It was amazing. It was my first time with a 4×4 in the sand, and the truth is that the machine responded wonderfully and the journey was spectacular. An extremely enriching experience,” said Roberto Bernard, a user of the brand and one of the first to dare to adventure this winter break. “It is a very good after-sales service, a pampering that I did not expect,” he said.

Jorge Fiordeoliva, who joined the journey almost by chance, expressed his opinion along the same lines and does not regret having decided to do so. “They thought about it very well, it was much more important than I expected. We had a great time, and I did things I would never have done otherwise.. “I even discovered qualities of my truck that I didn’t even know it had!” She was surprised.

“The best thing was learning to drive on slopes”added Facundo Rodríguez, another Ford client who received the invitation and did not hesitate to join. And he highlighted all the assistance received from the drivers and the brand team. “From the talk in Cariló to the adventure in the dunes, they were always with us,” he said.

The next clinics for Strong Breed users will be the Saturday July 20one at 10 a.m. and another at 2 p.m., while users of Ford Maverick y Ford Bronco You can do it at the same times but the next day, Sunday the 21st. To register and participate in these experiences, simply complete a form on the website that Ford launched especially for this winter season.

The presence in Cariló is part of the Ford Winter Experience that also took the Óvalo to Las Leñas, the exclusive ski center in Mendoza that has the brand’s support in the winter season until September 30. There, Ford accompanies snow lovers with exclusive benefits and activities for its customers.

But Ford’s proposal on the Atlantic Coast is not only for the most daring: those who like to simply go for a walk through the center of the city also have an almost obligatory visit in that space, with un showroom imperdible in which the brand deploys all the design, technology and power of the best of its catalog in the country.

Thus, for example, one sector is especially dedicated to the brand’s SUVs. In Cariló they say present during these winter holidays the new Ford Territory, the Ford Bronco Sport and its powerful variant Wildtrakwhich is already on sale in the country.

The Ford Bronco Wildtrak raises the bar for performance with its EcoBoost V6 biturbo gasoline engine that delivers no less than 332 HP, and also stands out for its new technology applied to off-road, such as Trail Turn Assist, which blocks the turning the internal rear wheel to facilitate maneuvers in very tight curves, or Trail Control, which helps on steep slopes without having to step on the accelerator or brake.

But in addition to the sport utility vehicles, there is also room at the Cariló stand for the Raza Fuerte family, headed by the Ford Ranger Raptor – the powerful version of the pick-up that was developed by Ford Performance – as well as the F- 150 Hybrid and, of course, the inevitable New Generation of Rangermanufactured at the General Pacheco plant.

The presence of this icon of the national industry appears in Cariló at a very special moment in its history: in a key step, Ford confirmed the start of production of two turbodiesel engines in Pacheco.

These are the Lion 3.0L V6, with 250 HP and 600 Nm of torque, and the 2.0L Panther four-cylinder, with 170 HP and 405 Nm of torque, which will equip the Ranger. This advance was possible from an investment of 80 million dollars, and is added to the 580 million that had already been spent to remodel that industrial center towards a 4.0 manufacturing concept that other areas of the factory had already adopted and guarantee the highest level. of technology, automation, connectivity and sustainability.