The Ford Ranger has been named Drive’s Car of the Year, the first time in the awards history that a dual-cab ute has been given the top award.

It is a great local news story too, as Ford’s Australian business took the global lead on the new Ranger’s engineering and development.

Trent Nikolic, Managing Editor at Drive gave John Stanley the lowdown why the Ford Ranger was named this year’s number one.

Drive.com.au is owned by Nine, which also owns this radio network.