Ford PH to raise prices on select models up to P123,000 due to Safeguard Duty

The local distributor of the Blue Oval in the country has already started to jack up the price of certain vehicles by as much as P123,000 following the imposition of Republic Act 8800 (Safeguard Measures Act).

Based on its latest announcement, Ford Philippines have increased the prices of select variants of the Ranger and Territory. To note, the Ford Territory was only unveiled to the local market last year, while the updated Ranger lineup, just last month.

“In compliance with the Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 20-11 issued by the Department of Trade and Industry that mandates the imposition of provisional safeguard duties on imported vehicles, Ford Philippines is implementing a new pricing structure for selected Ford vehicles starting March 1, 2021,”the local arm of Ford stated.

Of the Ranger lineup, the Ranger Raptor and the Ranger Wildtrak 4x4 have retained their current pricing.

Below are the models affected by the new pricing adjustment:

Model variant	MSRP as of Feb. 28, 2021	Price Increase	New MSRP effective March 1, 2021
Ranger 2.0L Wildtrak 4x2 AT	P1.455 million	P85,000	P1.54 million
Ranger 2.2L FX4 4x4 AT	P1.416 million	P94,000	P1.51 million
Ranger 2.0L Wildtrak 4x2 MT	P1.39 million	P90,000	P1.48 million
Ranger 2.2L FX4 4x4 MT	P1.356 million	P94,000	P1.45 million
Ranger 2.2L FX4 4x2 AT	P1.316 million	P64,000	P1.38 million
Ranger 2.2L XLT 4x2 AT	P1.236 million	P94,000	P1.33 million
Ranger 2.2L FX4 4x2 MT	P1.256 million	P64,000	P1.32 million
Ranger 2.2L XLS 4x4 MT	P1.181 million	P123,000	P1.304 million
Ranger 2.2L XLT 4x2 MT	P1.176 million	P123,000	P1.299 million
Ranger 2.2L XLS 4x2 AT	P1.092 million	P123,000	P1.215 million
Ranger 2.2L XLS 4x2 MT	P1.062 million	P93,000	P1.155 million
Territory 1.5L EcoBoost Trend CVT	P1.199 million	P78,000	P1.277 million

Just like the Ranger Raptor and the Ranger Wildtrak 4x4, the Ford Territory Titanium will also keep its existing retail price of P1.31 million—together with the rest of the Ford lineup.

The American carmaker’s local distributor had taken some of the brunt of the adjustments.

“In order to manage the impact of the safeguard duty to its customers, Ford Philippines is taking on the partial amount of the tariff for selected Ranger variants,” Ford Philippines claimed.

The first two vehicle distributors who announced the imposition of the upward price adjustment were Sojitz G Auto Philippines (Geely’s local marketer) and Legado Motors Inc. (Philippine partner is Guangzhou Automobile Company).

Photos from Ford Philippines, Ruben D. Manahan IV

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