Sales manager at John McGrath Motors Michael Dooley is a local man in every sense of the word. Born and bred in the Goulburn/Crookwell region, he is immensely proud of the town and its people.
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“I have a strong belief in trying to keep business local,” Michael said.
“I walk down the street, wander into people’s shops and I get a great feeling of pride knowing that these are my clients and I am offering the region quality motor vehicles.”
“I have been with the John McGrath Group for around eight years now and the last four have been in management. My main focus is to keep people buying local.”
At the John McGrath Group, where Michael is sales manager, he is perfectly placed to offer some of the most popular vehicles on the road.
Two of the best brands, the multi-award winning Ford and Kia can be found in one location, when you visit John McGrath’s showroom.
Michael said he regarded the Ford Ranger XLT as untouchable in the commercial vehicle stakes.
“If you’re looking for a commercial vehicle nothing even comes close the Ford Ranger, there is no surprise as to why it has been the bench mark commercial vehicle for a long time.”
“Kia Cerato is also hard to beat in that $20k price bracket with a seven-year unlimited km warranty.”
Michael said the Ford Ranger XLT was popular due to its blend of safety equipment, car-like driving abilities and tough looks.
The general public seems to agree, given the Ranger has overtaken the mighty Toyota HiLux as Australia's top-selling 4x4 light commercial in 2016, with 28,009 sales to the end of November (up a whopping 32.6 per cent).
Reinforcing its status as the ‘truck’ to beat, the Australian-designed and engineered Ford recently picked up a range of updates including the Sync 3 infotainment system and a much-needed reversing camera.
The Ford Ranger XLT is no simple workhorse. It's a statement car for weekend warriors, bought with the heart as much as the brain. Ford says an amazing 62 per cent of Rangers sold are the XLT or the even more primo Wildtrak.
Under the bonnet it's a familiar story, a 3.2-litre turbo-diesel five-cylinder with 147kW at 3000rpm and 470Nm between 1750 and 2500rpm that's at the pointy end of the class, but which has less pulling power than the Colorado and Amarok V6. The tank is 80L.
The Ford 2016 plate runout is on at John McGrath motors, if you are in the market for a new vehicle, then the Ford Ranger should be your choice.
Test drive one today by giving the team at John McGrath Motors a call on 4823 1000.
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