Do you ever get the urge to just go out for a drive, but for some reason you can't? Well, thanks to the wonders of social media you can experience driving from the comfort of your home, via POV videos uploaded on various platforms. You can basically experience driving any car you want, which can also be helpful if you're thinking about purchasing a vehicle.
Of course, this kind of experience doesn't come close to the real thing, but it's still information you can work with. You can get a sense of how the car accelerates, sounds like and handles various situations. And today we're getting a view of how the Ford Ranger Lariat performs during the winter.
The Ford Ranger is one of the trucks that Ford is currently offering, and it can come in either Supercab version with a 6' (1.82 meters) box or a Supercrew Version with a 5' (1.52 meters) box. A 2.3-liter EcoBoost Engine comes as standard for this vehicle, and it is mated to a Electronic Ten-Speed automatic transmission. In terms of drive options, you can either go for the standard 4x2 or upgrade to a 4x4.
There are three trims available, the XL, the XLT and the Lariat, which is the premium version. If we're looking at the Supercrew variant, the XL starts at $30,970, the XLT starts at $34,635 and the Lariat is the most expensive option, with a starting price of $38,675. The model highlights include a Band & Olufsen sound system with 10 speakers and 675 watts of amplified power, which should make the driving experience even better.
The car featured in this video is finished in White Platinum, with ebony leather on the interior. It's also equipped with the FX4 Off-Road package, which will cost you an additional $1,295. The video starts with a quick tour of the car, and we get to see it from multiple angles, including a view from the rear seats and a view of the engine bay. As the driver starts up the vehicle, we get to see the rear-view camera in action as well, which is quite a good feature for a car of this size. It's good to also see the reviewer flooring the throttle from a standstill through 1st, 2nd and 3rd, as he reaches a speed of slightly below 70 mph (112 kph).
We really appreciate the smoothness of the gearbox, as the driver goes through the gears at various levels of throttle input. Upon entering a parking lot still covered in snow, the driver demonstrates the features of the Terrain Management System, as he switches in between modes to showcase how the car can handle roads with reduced traction levels. After some more driving on the open road, he finally parks the car back at the Ford dealership in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The things Dragos enjoys the most in life are, in no particular order: cars, motorcycles, diecast cars, and drifting. He's seen (and driven) many vehicles since he started his writing career back in 2009, but his garage currently houses a 1991 Mazda RX-7 FC3S Turbo II and a 1999 Suzuki SV650-S. Full profile
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