DUBLIN, Ireland — The new Ford Ranger has won the International Pickup Award 2013 as judged by a pan-European judging committee. The judging panel ranked the new Ranger as their number one choice; praising its performance on and off road, strong engine line-up, payload and towing capability, and safety.

The new Ranger won the International Pickup Award 2013 award following extensive testing at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, England, after which it was awarded 47 points – more than the combined number of points garnered by the second- and third-placed Isuzu D-Max and Volkswagen Amarok. The award was presented to Ford by jury chairman Pieter Wieman at the Fleet Transport EXPO 12 event, in Dublin.

“The Ford Ranger is a great all-rounder, combining the perfect blend of on-road comfort and stability with off-road capability,” said Jarlath Sweeney, the Irish judge on the panel of CV journalists that also serves on the International Van of the Year jury.

Distributed locally by KIG, the starting price for the single cab unit is $3.85 million while the double-cab starts at $4.3 million.