Rebecca, you are the one whoe made me buy the previous Ranger Raptor, the white truck you reviewed, and I am thankful to you, and a loyal fan of yours too❤❤❤
I like it, but as you mention there wasn't a lot wrong with the old model. Nothing wrong with a fresher look though with better infotainment etc. I do like the load bay cover mechanism though as we have so many magpies looking to liberate your stuff on one hand and a bunch of others looking to offload garbage on the other.
From the other side of the pond, i must admit that i never expected Rebecca Racer reviewing a pickup truck...🤯🤣😉 Nice , thorough review and no banana reference. 👍🤗😂
There are many pickups that drive better than the Ranger. Ford's F150 and Super Duty line are both better to drive. The nicest driving truck is probably the GMC Sierra HD 2500/3500.
I know this review is about a year old, but all things said it is a fair one and accurate in every aspect, I own the Wildtrak in Australia and believe me it is a reliable vehicle , capable and ready for any situation, thanks for the review.
Not sure how many Rangers are sold in the UK but in Australia year to date the Ranger has outsold the Qasqhai 10:1 - these are basically the replacement family vehicle for the Commodore/Falcon
I believe that Ford have been selling about 20,000 Rangers annually in the UK out of 60,000 sold across Europe, which isn’t bad going. With this New Generation and with reduced competition [Mercedes, Fiat, Mitsubishi and Nissan have stopped selling pickups in this class] the only thing that will limit sales this year are supply and the general economy. More supply constraints than anything as the V6, unless ordered already, has a twelve month wait. More chance getting a VW currently as they are about to be launched [July 2023] and have not had many customer orders as yet. That will soon change. Large Ford dealers tend not to have stock on New Generation for immediate delivery although they do have a few of the previous model lying around. Unless they have unsold stock orders on the way, the wait is a long one for a factory order. My own large Transit/Ranger specialist distributor has no unsold V6 stock orders left so any new prospective owners have a very long wait. I believe they do have a few 2.0 Wildtraks left in various colours but with the combined tow and tech pack plus 20” wheels and electric bed covers. Personally I would prefer having the ‘power pack’ and tow pack with surround cameras to 20” wheels but there you go.
I liked the next Gen Ranger that much that I brought a 2023.5 wildtrack V6 turbo diesel here in Australia & should have it in about 6 weeks. I certainly didn’t have any complaints about so called hard plastic in some places & the gear box doesn’t hunt for gears in the V6 diesel as per the presenters comments about the twin turbo 4 cylinder engine the you get in the UK. With 184 kw & 600 Nm of torque from the V6, it goes very well even in stock form .
It doesn’t hunt with the UK 2.0 with ten speed either. I own one. The UK ones do get built in South Africa rather than Thailand so there may be some minor spec differences of course.
It is actually all new and the mechanicals have been thoroughly revised and updated. Slightly less hp from the 2.0 Ecoblue but revised timing belts and injectors plus detailed changes to the emissions systems. The 10 speed automatic has a new torque converter and revised internal shafts, bearings and seals in critical places found to be weak points on earlier incarnations. Plus the firmware and interactions between various major components is changed. It is truly a brand new vehicle from front to back and top to bottom. The chassis is totally new and so is the body and suspension. The build quality is superb but the tow bar is removable, which is good, but is a slack fit and prone to rattle.
@@jamesshesketh1 I know but what a pain in the butt! So 1970’s. It doesn’t actually need to be slack, it just is and the only reason to slacken the bolt is to stop it wearing the bolt and its end being riveted. There are gadgets that replace the pin and pull the drawbar tight to the side of the frame but that is a Heath Robinson type solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place.
@@paulcook6635 Shouldn’t need an aftermarket fix at the owner’s expense. Yes there is a type of device that pulls the drawbar hard to the side of its frame, the box section, utilising the hole used normally for the plain pin. Very Heath Robinson as a solution to a problem that should not and until now did not exist on our hitches.
no it isn't. it's a refresh. the chassis and core suspension is the same. wider hubs provide more track width. the suspenion mounting points for the front end were pushed 50mm further forward. That's basically it from a physical POV. it's an interior and sheet metal update. nothing wrong with that. oh and it also introduced a lot of beta-stage software and firmware. SO many corrupted and incomplete integrations in this generation. Anyone who can competently use forscan can se for themselves...
@@simonr23 The chassis isn’t anything like the same, apart from being a conventional box section type. I can assure you that it is totally new. Further, the software on the vehicle is new, the displays are totally new and I have no issues with any of it apart from the disabled keyless entry in the UK which is for theft prevention and insurance rating purposes. No doubt there will be software updates and my friend’s week old Ranger’s software is very slightly different to mine, but most people would not tell the difference.
In the UK the best version of this is the Tremor. Same vehicle but has uprated suspension, 10" screen but is basically jet washable inside. If you really need a pickup for what they are built for the Tremor trim is the one.
I have a huge problem. Here in Poland I can still buy the previous model for 200 000 zł ($49 000) and the new model for 250 000 zł ($61 500). Both 2.0l 205 KM, 10-speed automatic, Limited trim level. The price difference is a significant amount of money. I'm not going to sell this truck so it will probably stay in the family for 15 years. The new model has a separate 4x4 mode (4A) that can be used on normal roads just like in modern SUVs. It will engage 4x4 when losing traction. Plus the new car has a nicer infotainment system with wireless android auto and apple carplay instead of a wired one. Than again the old model is also quite capable, 1/4 cheaper and available to buy right now. For the new model I'll have to wait about 4 months. While choosing a pick-up truck I also driven the Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-max. The Hilux doesn't really care about comfort. It's loud and the people in the back seat are tossed around like a sack of potatoes. Also I just couldn't find a comfortable driving position - my knee was constantly pressed against a rock hard console. It does have a big 2.8 l engine though and the start/stop system was quite smooth. The Isuzu D-max was more civilized but in my country it's sold only with a weak 1,9 l 160 KM engine and the car is quite sluggish. Either way I'll buy a Ford Ranger. I just don't know if the newer model is $12 000 better than the old one. I still haven't driven one, I'm waiting for my local dealer to get a demo car.
It depends on how much importance you place on the 4A option and the really quite superb technology in the new one. As in Poland there are a few of the old models unsold in the UK at a significant saving but since I intend to keep it for at least ten years, possibly longer as long as I am capable of using it in my old age, I bought the new generation. I already have a 2.2 Limited bought new in 2014 and it continues to work hard. Do please consider waxing the chassis thoroughly inside and out while brand new and clean and also buying cheap grommets to fill the holes in the chassis sides facing the wheels. The big pipe with open ends can be blanked using aerosol can tops cut to fit on the older model and with the top of 20 litre chemical plastic cans in the larger pipe of the new generation. These can be sealed in place with Tiger Seal or equivalent mastic glue/sealer. There’s plenty of ventilation even when the big openings at the outer ends are completely sealed to prevent dirt and road spray and salt entering.
@@hedydd2 Tomorrow I'm picking up the Next-Gen Ranger 2.0 biturbo, limited. Just like you said, I'll seal off the two weird holes on the sides and put some kind of undercoating to prevent rust. Also I found a company that will fabricate a bed cover for the car. I'm pretty excited. I never had a pick-up truck and as a farmer I kinda want to complete the look ;) Thank you for the advice.
I have had it with all diesel engines. They are forced to keep emissions as low as possible and that is making them unreliable. Petrol for now hoping we get the F150 lightning in the uk soon . Had chance to drive one in the USA for a couple of weeks and loved it .
Good review but it's pretty far from moderately priced, hope the chasis doesn't rust like the old ones, and then there's the 10 minute oil change. The previous rangers where decent enough but at a price.
I waxed my chassis thoroughly both in 2014 and last week for my new one. Still got the old one and its chassis remains in good condition. The new ones are far better painted and partially waxed from the factory but i did it all anyway and blocked the holes facing the wheels with a combination of grommets and Gorilla tape plus the big cross tube with 20 litre can tops glued in with adhesive mastic
@@hedydd2i’ve heard loads of people doing that and never bothered. I am trading mine in for a new one in a few weeks . My current one is 5 years old i’ve owned from new and being honest never gave the floor or chassis a second thought. By the time it rusts it’s someone else’s problem.
@@Crsf84 an ex demo ranger a few months old could be bought for around 20,000 plus vat back in 2017. Lots of rusty rangers out there saw a 2016 more or less needs to be rechaissed, only 35,000 Miles on it. The new rangers are over priced, they are no longer a work vehicle. The days of rusty ford's has returned. You shouldn't have to wax oil a vehicle straight after buying. Personally I bought a new Landcruiser, reliable and won't loose a fortune on trade in.
@@Crsf84 I tend to keep them until they are scrapped. It’s a business tool. I’m flexible though but my 9.5 year old Ranger sailed through its MOT yesterday. The day before, because my pressure washer has broken down, I took it to a manned car wash. The lads took one look and mentioned that it was so dirty it would cost a tenner. Half way through and sweating like pigs they asked if I minded paying £15 due to the easily 25kgs or more mud and shite that they were hosing off and the water they used, which all had to be paid to dispose of. It really does look as if it has just come out of the showroom as new now, at least on the outside. The inside is still covered in dust with a layer of mud and grit on the front floor. It will do for another five years and 150,000 total hard miles, I’m sure.
The chassis is a completely new design and certainly not carried over from the old one. I have a 2014 and a new 2023 and have spent a couple of days, off and on, underneath the cars waxing my chassis. There is not much in common and the paintwork and even some standard waxing from the factory on the new one is far superior. The old one wasn’t really well painted with thin poor quality paint and it is only because I waxed and blanked off the holes facing the wheels on that one in 2014 that it still remains in very good condition today.
Didn't they used to have isuzu engines in them, then they essentially switched to modified ford transit engines in the UK models? What engines are the current models using?
In the UK there's a load of tax benefits to running one of these as a company vehicle, so yeah they're very very popular. Ford's Ranger is the biggest seller here as well.
If you have ever visited rural Europe you would know why full size pickups don’t suit here even before you looked at the price of fuel. Not that the Ranger is that much smaller than the F150 and while the payload and towing capacity of base 4x4 F150 is substantially lower than that of pickups sold in Europe, which mostly have a metric ton payload and tow 3500kgs as standard. There are few 4x4 exceptions and the Raptor and equivalent VW Amarok are just about the only ones, appealing almost exclusively to rich people as toys.
@@tonycole9851 You mean the F150, not the Ranger right. Last year the Ranger sold just over 300,000 units world wide. Ford sold more than twice that many F series trucks in the US alone. Ram sold nearly twice as many Ram trucks in the US in 2022 and GMC/Chevy combined for about 2.5 times as many Sierra/Silverado trucks in the US as Ford sold Rangers world wide.
It's a shame, also, that for this money you don't get a flip-down ladder built-into the tailgate (as per the Ford F150 in the US). This would make it far easier to step up into the bed while the tailgate is down and is genuinely useful if you're working with these vehicles (as I do). The new side-step to the bed is okay but is completely useless when your hands are full. Most of us don't have arms that a 160cm long so we actually have to get up into the bed in order to load or unload heavy items placed close to the cab (where they'll end up anyway if you brake hard). The Ranger doesn't have a decent (useful) folding back seat design either. This has the same (almost useless) tilting backrest and flip up bench rear seat design as my 2015 model. The American-spec Toyota Tacoma shows how the back seat should fold and is way more useful (and better built) and I was really, really hoping that Ford would fix this in the new Ranger. For a vehicle that doesn't have a boot/trunk where you can easily reach your shopping or some toolboxes that you want to keep in the cab but don't want to mark the seats, it would really help if the back seats folded flat and had a hard plastic/rubber surface to put things on. Especially if they're substantial. Don't get me wrong - I like the Ranger. I still run both of the previous generations (European models) and like the new dashboard and some of the new features. But the basics could be so much better and would really have provided useful reasons to upgrade. As Rebecca says, the previous model was already pretty good (and quite a bit cheaper). Other than the things I've complained about, I love my previous generation Ranger. Some love the new American-style grille and headlamps. I'm not one of them, though - to me the new Amarok (and previous generation Ranger) look more classy and less brash. 🙂 If you're venturing off road (as I do regularly), the underside of the new Ranger is more likely to ground out on a lumpy surface. The extra width (which also makes it better to drive) is one reason. The wheelbase is the other. Other than that, like the previous model, it's very good off road. On road it's better than the previous model, I think. It's very quiet for a pickup - a least in the higher spec versions.
read the comment about the ladder and stopped. the f150 is miles bigger and higher the ranger does have a step and does not need a ladder it’s a van bed not climbing into a loft.
@@Crsf84 Obviously you've not used a Ranger for serious work. I do every day. Good luck with jumping up on the bed with heavy kit, mate. Or getting it out from just behind the cab. You may have arms that a 2 metres or 6 feet long (bed length plus tailgate). I don't. Opening and closing the tailgate while standing on the rear step just to get at stuff is a royal pain - you end up stepping over the closed tailgate to grab stuff from the back of the bed and closing it again to slide it out and get it on the ground before carrying it. With every single item. Loading and unloading heavy kit isn't a particular joy when you have to do this a dozen times on a run. And mate.... trust me... especially when you work off road or drive at high speed, you put all the heavy stuff just behind the cab. Not close to the tailgate. Unless you're an idiot, of course, just begging to know what happens to your vehicle (and that stuff) when it all flies forward when you least expect it. I would absolutely love to see you hop in and out of a Ranger's bed over the tailgate on a daily basis while carrying 30kg / 66lb of tools, cement or large tubs of paint in your hands. And do that on a regular basis without ending up busting the tailgate, busting what you're carrying or busting some part of your body. We've ended up carrying portable steps in the bed to avoid that eventuality. Which works fine as long as you're on solid and level ground - but not so well otherwise. And mate, we have vans too. They're designed with side doors and low interior floors for that very reason. Rangers aren't. The shorter F150 versions aren't appreciably bigger than the Ranger at all, incidentally. Here in Europe, the Ranger bed on a utility/work vehicle can be longer than that on a shorter F150 double cab. If you need better access to behind the cab you use a drop-side bed and chassis cab (as we do on some of our pickups). But the downside there is that this is still not great for heavy tubs of liquid - which are designed to be carried hanging from your hands and not lifted or squeezed. The other downside is that the tray is a lot heavier (because it's more robust than the factory bed) so the mass/weight of what you can carry takes a substantial hit due to your fixed gross vehicle weight. You pay for that weight (and boxiness) in fuel. Had you read further than you did, you'd have noticed that I explained why the Ranger's step (or steps, if you have a model with a rear step) are inadequate. The key words were "...useless when your hands are full". The rear step is useless anyway when you have the tailgate down because it's covered by the lowered tailgate. Please feel free to stop reading whenever you like. Those of us who use these things every day for real work really won't care much.
I hate those giant infotainment screens. It looks like someone hit the brakes too hard and got a tablet embedded in the dash. It's illegal to use a phone whilst driving but you can fiddle about with your cars tablet? Nah, give me real buttons everyday of the week.
It has real buttons on the console and steering wheel for the most used functions while driving. It also has effective voice control for many of those functions. This includes ventilation/heating, navigation, telephone and infotainment, none of which actually require one to take an eye off the road. Anyone who does faff about with any physical controls of any type that requires refocussing to the centre instrument controls while driving is an idiot. It just isn’t required while driving.
@@Sammie551 Then don’t go buying it. Get something you like and let others benefit from what is among the best of modern technology. Perhaps a 2005 Honda is more to your liking?
I'm sorry but if you want a ranger, and you are worrying about the plastics... you shouldn't be buying a ranger. end of. The car is built to do things others can't - if you don't want to use it for that... that is your issue, not the cars!
That A10 auto gearbox is so bad, hunting gears, slow pick-up from start.... I would never buy this car again just because of that gearbox.... I have spend days and days in the Ford Dealership complaining about it... how it shifts or does not pending the weather temp... Flatout a bad gearbox design , or its controller.... I asked for a new shiftmap, yet that does not seem to exist. The dealer always comes back with this BS story... It self learning and adapts to your driving style.... hmmmm I think I must be a terrible driver then.... So, once a Ford , never again...
Not a joint effort. It's a Ford, with the VW just a version tailored to feel like a VW based on VW's requests to Ford, and then Ford build it for them.
@@Cous1nJack Several companies have been caught, including Renault, Mercedes and VW, but not many others I can think of, and not for the want of trying to find them. No sign of Ford or BMW or JLR being implicated. Not heard of Peugeot or Fiat either, all being large diesel engine manufacturers.
Unusually for Rebecca, I've marked this one as thumbs down for that nonsense at the end about it being a "Winner" - NO! Ford should be disgusted with itself - for the "non-VAT pricing", for the laggy tech, for the interior trim, and most of all, for the seriously out-of-date mechanicals, FOR £47000!!!
The tech is no more laggy than anything else and I can compare it to the current Volvo, BMW X7 and Kia Sorento. The price isn’t too bad considering that the latest top of the range four cylinder Formotion VW Golf costs over £50,000. However I quite agree that unless you have a VAT registered business and can offset some of the cost against tax for that business, and don’t need a ton carrying and three point five ton towing, a pickup truck is probably not the best of vehicle choices for anyone. It is obviously not for you.
they are a work van that’s it they qualify for vat that is the uk problem not ford. They are not 47k, And they are as laggy as any other van. You want a quality jeep suv style vehicle. Wrong place. You want a decent place to spend the day whilst working in a work van then the ford is the best out there value for money by miles.
I’ve driven Rangers daily since 2003 on my fourth one ready to change, funny as not one caught fire, improvements over the years have kept coming and a test drive in the all new Wildtrak 2.2 and V6 have been a joy to drive especially with the technology pack 71 fitted.
Where ,when, and how GM employees should not be watching FORD reviews.Also as you know GM spent a fortune on there useless vehicles. Now go back to work at GM and let normal people decide what they want to buy .
Completely different. The ranger offers itself to both families and trades and having the tray makes it practical for moving thing a you wouldnt normally be able to in a normal car
Why the hell do people in uk buy hilux and rangers? They can’t really go anywhere for intended purposes, just show ponies, at least we can go anywhere in oz . And you pay over the odds in u.k
Err work? Landscapers, tree surgeons, blind installers, sparkies, I know a lad who comes out and fits window tint who drives one. Gas engineers, plumbers, carpenters ect. If you're self employed or don't want to own both a van and a car or need an all rounder. Something that you can load up with tool boxes and blinds or wood or whatever and get you, your girlfriend and your kids then then what else are you going to have aside from a Discovery or Defender or something but then you get into the same argument as size. I know some people who just own a 3.5 van and that's infinitely more impractical than a pickup or a Defender or something. I've actually never owned a pickup because I have a car and a Defender so there's not much point but I've only ever driven big vehicles and if you're used to them then they're really not that difficult. I drive the Defender around Liverpool City centre and the narrow roads of Liverpool and Manchester, as well as taking to Scotland and on hikes and camping trips and on building sites and so on the point I'm making is they're really not as difficult to live with in the UK as people imagine. Plus the potholes in this country, they're actually far more practical than some little go kart of a fiesta or Golf or something
Farmers and plant operators, tree surgeons, civil engineers and vets are the biggest customers for new pickups, though not exclusively so, all of which either tow large loads, carry heavy loads and/or need the offroad ability. At certain times of year here in Wales, up to every fifth vehicle is a pickup or large SUV towing trailers of all kinds. Mostly rural machinery or livestock. They used to be mostly Land Rover Defenders but are now overwhelmingly the more versatile and available and more reasonably priced dual cab one ton pickup. Ranger is the biggest seller with Toyota and Isuzu not far behind. Ssangyong is coming up fast with a lower price and a lower body which is attractive to a lot of potential customers.
I drive one as a works vehicle, I undertake abnormal load surveys over roads, across farmland, many into remote locations, I can get all the kit I need in the tub and still have a very nice vehicle to use as a family carrier.
Rebecca, you are the one whoe made me buy the previous Ranger Raptor, the white truck you reviewed, and I am thankful to you, and a loyal fan of yours too❤❤❤
I like it, but as you mention there wasn't a lot wrong with the old model. Nothing wrong with a fresher look though with better infotainment etc. I do like the load bay cover mechanism though as we have so many magpies looking to liberate your stuff on one hand and a bunch of others looking to offload garbage on the other.
From the other side of the pond, i must admit that i never expected Rebecca Racer reviewing a pickup truck...🤯🤣😉
Nice , thorough review and no banana reference. 👍🤗😂
I love the Ranger, it's the best pickup truck to drive period.
There are many pickups that drive better than the Ranger. Ford's F150 and Super Duty line are both better to drive. The nicest driving truck is probably the GMC Sierra HD 2500/3500.
@@rich7447 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know this review is about a year old, but all things said it is a fair one and accurate in every aspect, I own the Wildtrak in Australia and believe me it is a reliable vehicle , capable and ready for any situation, thanks for the review.
Not sure how many Rangers are sold in the UK but in Australia year to date the Ranger has outsold the Qasqhai 10:1 - these are basically the replacement family vehicle for the Commodore/Falcon
I believe that Ford have been selling about 20,000 Rangers annually in the UK out of 60,000 sold across Europe, which isn’t bad going. With this New Generation and with reduced competition [Mercedes, Fiat, Mitsubishi and Nissan have stopped selling pickups in this class] the only thing that will limit sales this year are supply and the general economy. More supply constraints than anything as the V6, unless ordered already, has a twelve month wait. More chance getting a VW currently as they are about to be launched [July 2023] and have not had many customer orders as yet. That will soon change. Large Ford dealers tend not to have stock on New Generation for immediate delivery although they do have a few of the previous model lying around. Unless they have unsold stock orders on the way, the wait is a long one for a factory order. My own large Transit/Ranger specialist distributor has no unsold V6 stock orders left so any new prospective owners have a very long wait. I believe they do have a few 2.0 Wildtraks left in various colours but with the combined tow and tech pack plus 20” wheels and electric bed covers. Personally I would prefer having the ‘power pack’ and tow pack with surround cameras to 20” wheels but there you go.
About 16,000 are sold in the UK each year.
@@davidsivills3599 in australia they sold 64,000 rangers it was car of the year
I liked the next Gen Ranger that much that I brought a 2023.5 wildtrack V6 turbo diesel here in Australia & should have it in about 6 weeks.
I certainly didn’t have any complaints about so called hard plastic in some places & the gear box doesn’t hunt for gears in the V6 diesel as per the presenters comments about the twin turbo 4 cylinder engine the you get in the UK.
With 184 kw & 600 Nm of torque from the V6, it goes very well even in stock form .
It doesn’t hunt with the UK 2.0 with ten speed either. I own one. The UK ones do get built in South Africa rather than Thailand so there may be some minor spec differences of course.
Do they have a petrol turbo version in Australia?
@@subarustifan4694 yes, it’s called a Raptor, it’s a twin turbo 3 litre V6 producing 292KW/583 NM OF Torque.
@@subarustifan4694 yes, it’s the Raptor
It is actually all new and the mechanicals have been thoroughly revised and updated. Slightly less hp from the 2.0 Ecoblue but revised timing belts and injectors plus detailed changes to the emissions systems. The 10 speed automatic has a new torque converter and revised internal shafts, bearings and seals in critical places found to be weak points on earlier incarnations. Plus the firmware and interactions between various major components is changed. It is truly a brand new vehicle from front to back and top to bottom. The chassis is totally new and so is the body and suspension. The build quality is superb but the tow bar is removable, which is good, but is a slack fit and prone to rattle.
@@jamesshesketh1
I know but what a pain in the butt! So 1970’s. It doesn’t actually need to be slack, it just is and the only reason to slacken the bolt is to stop it wearing the bolt and its end being riveted. There are gadgets that replace the pin and pull the drawbar tight to the side of the frame but that is a Heath Robinson type solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Think you will find that there is a fix for the rattle from the removable tow bar. Looks like a u clamp device.
@@paulcook6635 Shouldn’t need an aftermarket fix at the owner’s expense. Yes there is a type of device that pulls the drawbar hard to the side of its frame, the box section, utilising the hole used normally for the plain pin. Very Heath Robinson as a solution to a problem that should not and until now did not exist on our hitches.
no it isn't. it's a refresh. the chassis and core suspension is the same. wider hubs provide more track width. the suspenion mounting points for the front end were pushed 50mm further forward. That's basically it from a physical POV.
it's an interior and sheet metal update. nothing wrong with that. oh and it also introduced a lot of beta-stage software and firmware. SO many corrupted and incomplete integrations in this generation.
Anyone who can competently use forscan can se for themselves...
@@simonr23 The chassis isn’t anything like the same, apart from being a conventional box section type. I can assure you that it is totally new. Further, the software on the vehicle is new, the displays are totally new and I have no issues with any of it apart from the disabled keyless entry in the UK which is for theft prevention and insurance rating purposes. No doubt there will be software updates and my friend’s week old Ranger’s software is very slightly different to mine, but most people would not tell the difference.
I love the old model and I like the new fresher look too.
Rebecca delivers the best reviews out there. ☘️
I prefer the look of the pre 2023 Ranger.
We will keep driving our 11 Ranger XLT super cab 4X4 with the 4.0L V6.
It has only 35K miles and at our age, we’ll be driving it when we die
100 %....i drive a 2015 ....notchy gearbox....the older ones was better
In the UK the best version of this is the Tremor. Same vehicle but has uprated suspension, 10" screen but is basically jet washable inside. If you really need a pickup for what they are built for the Tremor trim is the one.
I enjoyed watching the Video Review. I have seen three so far 😊
I have a huge problem. Here in Poland I can still buy the previous model for 200 000 zł ($49 000) and the new model for 250 000 zł ($61 500). Both 2.0l 205 KM, 10-speed automatic, Limited trim level. The price difference is a significant amount of money. I'm not going to sell this truck so it will probably stay in the family for 15 years. The new model has a separate 4x4 mode (4A) that can be used on normal roads just like in modern SUVs. It will engage 4x4 when losing traction. Plus the new car has a nicer infotainment system with wireless android auto and apple carplay instead of a wired one. Than again the old model is also quite capable, 1/4 cheaper and available to buy right now. For the new model I'll have to wait about 4 months.
While choosing a pick-up truck I also driven the Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-max. The Hilux doesn't really care about comfort. It's loud and the people in the back seat are tossed around like a sack of potatoes. Also I just couldn't find a comfortable driving position - my knee was constantly pressed against a rock hard console. It does have a big 2.8 l engine though and the start/stop system was quite smooth. The Isuzu D-max was more civilized but in my country it's sold only with a weak 1,9 l 160 KM engine and the car is quite sluggish.
Either way I'll buy a Ford Ranger. I just don't know if the newer model is $12 000 better than the old one. I still haven't driven one, I'm waiting for my local dealer to get a demo car.
It depends on how much importance you place on the 4A option and the really quite superb technology in the new one. As in Poland there are a few of the old models unsold in the UK at a significant saving but since I intend to keep it for at least ten years, possibly longer as long as I am capable of using it in my old age, I bought the new generation. I already have a 2.2 Limited bought new in 2014 and it continues to work hard. Do please consider waxing the chassis thoroughly inside and out while brand new and clean and also buying cheap grommets to fill the holes in the chassis sides facing the wheels. The big pipe with open ends can be blanked using aerosol can tops cut to fit on the older model and with the top of 20 litre chemical plastic cans in the larger pipe of the new generation. These can be sealed in place with Tiger Seal or equivalent mastic glue/sealer. There’s plenty of ventilation even when the big openings at the outer ends are completely sealed to prevent dirt and road spray and salt entering.
@@hedydd2 Tomorrow I'm picking up the Next-Gen Ranger 2.0 biturbo, limited. Just like you said, I'll seal off the two weird holes on the sides and put some kind of undercoating to prevent rust. Also I found a company that will fabricate a bed cover for the car.
I'm pretty excited. I never had a pick-up truck and as a farmer I kinda want to complete the look ;) Thank you for the advice.
I ordered the Wildtrak X (having driven the Amarok for the last 10 years) - Better go with the original, the Ford that is in this case.
I like it. I like the f150 looks. The infotainment system is a bit big for me and will be dazzling at night if you dont turn the brightness down
Terrific review . Thsnk you
I have had it with all diesel engines. They are forced to keep emissions as low as possible and that is making them unreliable. Petrol for now hoping we get the F150 lightning in the uk soon . Had chance to drive one in the USA for a couple of weeks and loved it .
A great view out and a great view in ;-)
Still a nice pickup
I like everything about it except the screen.
I don't want a screen I was AC heating adjustment and a radio nothing else......
Does it have a ford powershit gearbox like my focus.
Good honest review 👍
Unlike the previous WILDTRAK (Yes spelt correctly)🙄 , There's now no manual handbrake for off road use😒🤔Plus no CD player☹
No CD player! Your Sooooooo old Paul. 😂
10l/ 100km ! How is this an improvement?
Top selling car in South Africa
We just ordered today😎
Good review but it's pretty far from moderately priced, hope the chasis doesn't rust like the old ones, and then there's the 10 minute oil change. The previous rangers where decent enough but at a price.
I waxed my chassis thoroughly both in 2014 and last week for my new one. Still got the old one and its chassis remains in good condition. The new ones are far better painted and partially waxed from the factory but i did it all anyway and blocked the holes facing the wheels with a combination of grommets and Gorilla tape plus the big cross tube with 20 litre can tops glued in with adhesive mastic
they are perfectly priced . A ford transit will cost you 30+k and a ford fiesta will be in excess of 20-25k .
@@hedydd2i’ve heard loads of people doing that and never bothered. I am trading mine in for a new one in a few weeks . My current one is 5 years old i’ve owned from new and being honest never gave the floor or chassis a second thought. By the time it rusts it’s someone else’s problem.
@@Crsf84 an ex demo ranger a few months old could be bought for around 20,000 plus vat back in 2017. Lots of rusty rangers out there saw a 2016 more or less needs to be rechaissed, only 35,000 Miles on it.
The new rangers are over priced, they are no longer a work vehicle. The days of rusty ford's has returned.
You shouldn't have to wax oil a vehicle straight after buying. Personally I bought a new Landcruiser, reliable and won't loose a fortune on trade in.
@@Crsf84 I tend to keep them until they are scrapped. It’s a business tool. I’m flexible though but my 9.5 year old Ranger sailed through its MOT yesterday. The day before, because my pressure washer has broken down, I took it to a manned car wash. The lads took one look and mentioned that it was so dirty it would cost a tenner. Half way through and sweating like pigs they asked if I minded paying £15 due to the easily 25kgs or more mud and shite that they were hosing off and the water they used, which all had to be paid to dispose of. It really does look as if it has just come out of the showroom as new now, at least on the outside. The inside is still covered in dust with a layer of mud and grit on the front floor. It will do for another five years and 150,000 total hard miles, I’m sure.
Really like the new one. Had a 2004 and 2017 before
I have the 2017
I want the Rainbow Woke version. Will that be an Option?
The only thing carried over from the previous generation is the Chassis. Everything else is pretty much new, some mechanical and tech components
The chassis is a completely new design and certainly not carried over from the old one. I have a 2014 and a new 2023 and have spent a couple of days, off and on, underneath the cars waxing my chassis. There is not much in common and the paintwork and even some standard waxing from the factory on the new one is far superior. The old one wasn’t really well painted with thin poor quality paint and it is only because I waxed and blanked off the holes facing the wheels on that one in 2014 that it still remains in very good condition today.
Can you order the roof rails and sport bar separately?
Didn't they used to have isuzu engines in them, then they essentially switched to modified ford transit engines in the UK models? What engines are the current models using?
i believe the v6 is a derived land rover unit which isn’t filling me with much hope although local ford assure me it’s revamped and reliable
What color is this car?
So do these kind/size of pickups work in UK/Europe? Here in Canada we're much more into the full sized F150's.
In the UK there's a load of tax benefits to running one of these as a company vehicle, so yeah they're very very popular. Ford's Ranger is the biggest seller here as well.
If you have ever visited rural Europe you would know why full size pickups don’t suit here even before you looked at the price of fuel. Not that the Ranger is that much smaller than the F150 and while the payload and towing capacity of base 4x4 F150 is substantially lower than that of pickups sold in Europe, which mostly have a metric ton payload and tow 3500kgs as standard. There are few 4x4 exceptions and the Raptor and equivalent VW Amarok are just about the only ones, appealing almost exclusively to rich people as toys.
@@hedydd2 - I have a 2022 Ranger Lariat purchased new and it is more of a Mid-Sized truck than the huge F-150...
@@tonycole9851 You mean the F150, not the Ranger right. Last year the Ranger sold just over 300,000 units world wide. Ford sold more than twice that many F series trucks in the US alone. Ram sold nearly twice as many Ram trucks in the US in 2022 and GMC/Chevy combined for about 2.5 times as many Sierra/Silverado trucks in the US as Ford sold Rangers world wide.
@@frandanco6289 The F150 is a full size, but we have a class above full size called Large Pickup Trucks. It includes all pickups over 8,500lbs GVWR.
Are these Rangers available in North America with left-hand drive?
Yes. But with gasoline engines rather than diesels.
Only the Ranger Raptors will be available soon. I'm not too sure about the Wildtrak though
Re-designed and engineered in Australia.
I love the car ❤
It's a shame, also, that for this money you don't get a flip-down ladder built-into the tailgate (as per the Ford F150 in the US). This would make it far easier to step up into the bed while the tailgate is down and is genuinely useful if you're working with these vehicles (as I do). The new side-step to the bed is okay but is completely useless when your hands are full. Most of us don't have arms that a 160cm long so we actually have to get up into the bed in order to load or unload heavy items placed close to the cab (where they'll end up anyway if you brake hard).
The Ranger doesn't have a decent (useful) folding back seat design either. This has the same (almost useless) tilting backrest and flip up bench rear seat design as my 2015 model. The American-spec Toyota Tacoma shows how the back seat should fold and is way more useful (and better built) and I was really, really hoping that Ford would fix this in the new Ranger. For a vehicle that doesn't have a boot/trunk where you can easily reach your shopping or some toolboxes that you want to keep in the cab but don't want to mark the seats, it would really help if the back seats folded flat and had a hard plastic/rubber surface to put things on. Especially if they're substantial.
Don't get me wrong - I like the Ranger. I still run both of the previous generations (European models) and like the new dashboard and some of the new features. But the basics could be so much better and would really have provided useful reasons to upgrade. As Rebecca says, the previous model was already pretty good (and quite a bit cheaper). Other than the things I've complained about, I love my previous generation Ranger.
Some love the new American-style grille and headlamps. I'm not one of them, though - to me the new Amarok (and previous generation Ranger) look more classy and less brash. 🙂
If you're venturing off road (as I do regularly), the underside of the new Ranger is more likely to ground out on a lumpy surface. The extra width (which also makes it better to drive) is one reason. The wheelbase is the other. Other than that, like the previous model, it's very good off road. On road it's better than the previous model, I think. It's very quiet for a pickup - a least in the higher spec versions.
read the comment about the ladder and stopped. the f150 is miles bigger and higher the ranger does have a step and does not need a ladder it’s a van bed not climbing into a loft.
@@Crsf84 Obviously you've not used a Ranger for serious work. I do every day. Good luck with jumping up on the bed with heavy kit, mate. Or getting it out from just behind the cab. You may have arms that a 2 metres or 6 feet long (bed length plus tailgate). I don't. Opening and closing the tailgate while standing on the rear step just to get at stuff is a royal pain - you end up stepping over the closed tailgate to grab stuff from the back of the bed and closing it again to slide it out and get it on the ground before carrying it. With every single item.
Loading and unloading heavy kit isn't a particular joy when you have to do this a dozen times on a run.
And mate.... trust me... especially when you work off road or drive at high speed, you put all the heavy stuff just behind the cab. Not close to the tailgate. Unless you're an idiot, of course, just begging to know what happens to your vehicle (and that stuff) when it all flies forward when you least expect it.
I would absolutely love to see you hop in and out of a Ranger's bed over the tailgate on a daily basis while carrying 30kg / 66lb of tools, cement or large tubs of paint in your hands. And do that on a regular basis without ending up busting the tailgate, busting what you're carrying or busting some part of your body. We've ended up carrying portable steps in the bed to avoid that eventuality. Which works fine as long as you're on solid and level ground - but not so well otherwise.
And mate, we have vans too. They're designed with side doors and low interior floors for that very reason. Rangers aren't.
The shorter F150 versions aren't appreciably bigger than the Ranger at all, incidentally. Here in Europe, the Ranger bed on a utility/work vehicle can be longer than that on a shorter F150 double cab.
If you need better access to behind the cab you use a drop-side bed and chassis cab (as we do on some of our pickups). But the downside there is that this is still not great for heavy tubs of liquid - which are designed to be carried hanging from your hands and not lifted or squeezed. The other downside is that the tray is a lot heavier (because it's more robust than the factory bed) so the mass/weight of what you can carry takes a substantial hit due to your fixed gross vehicle weight. You pay for that weight (and boxiness) in fuel.
Had you read further than you did, you'd have noticed that I explained why the Ranger's step (or steps, if you have a model with a rear step) are inadequate. The key words were "...useless when your hands are full". The rear step is useless anyway when you have the tailgate down because it's covered by the lowered tailgate.
Please feel free to stop reading whenever you like. Those of us who use these things every day for real work really won't care much.
@@appstratum9747 damn take it to a publisher 😭
Prefer the old shape
Me too!
Your crazy liked the old shape but this is unreal 🤟
Nothing really exciting - looks very 'Old School' and a hell of a hefty price tag with the VAT on
Great honest review Rebecca - thank you.
Not really good value unless you have an eligible VAT registered business and can offset the purchase and running cost against that business.
Wow nice
Think I will stick with my Isuzu dmax vcross
Wait until new Hilux they will kick there ass
Unacceptable price increase.Anything to do with vw?
Would a Ranger be a good familly car? For daily driving and vacations ..
For starters, it is a TRUCK...
may I ask for your height, in respect to the legroom at the back?
I’m 6ft and my knees don’t touch the back of the driving seat adjusted for me to drive, so more than plenty room back there.
@@MrTaySter good to know. thanks 🤜🏽🤛🏻
HAHAHAHA I loveeeeee that title 😂😂😂🤪
I hate those giant infotainment screens. It looks like someone hit the brakes too hard and got a tablet embedded in the dash. It's illegal to use a phone whilst driving but you can fiddle about with your cars tablet? Nah, give me real buttons everyday of the week.
It has real buttons on the console and steering wheel for the most used functions while driving. It also has effective voice control for many of those functions. This includes ventilation/heating, navigation, telephone and infotainment, none of which actually require one to take an eye off the road. Anyone who does faff about with any physical controls of any type that requires refocussing to the centre instrument controls while driving is an idiot. It just isn’t required while driving.
@@hedydd2still looks ugly
Big tablet
@@Sammie551 Then don’t go buying it. Get something you like and let others benefit from what is among the best of modern technology. Perhaps a 2005 Honda is more to your liking?
Lol.
Real buttons have their place and are nice to use
But massive tablets have uses too.
Don't fiddle with things when driving, obviously.
Yep, don't like the 'tesla-fied' screen either, got a Stormtrak version of the previous model, love it!
Like that.
Back seats are tight
I'm sorry but if you want a ranger, and you are worrying about the plastics... you shouldn't be buying a ranger. end of. The car is built to do things others can't - if you don't want to use it for that... that is your issue, not the cars!
Did you not notice that the Ranger is really a Truck ???
what if you get a popped tire? what then ?
Do you really not know what to do ?????
@@frandanco6289 I figure you could prob get a new whell of ebay ?
Lower the full size spare down from under the bed and change the tire/wheel.
Cant be a winner, I can tell you think so too.
Sorry what car was she reviewing?
This is not a CAR, is a 2cab Ute ffs. Trades vehicle ONLY.
They are not limited only to trades.
Ford ranger - girl edition :D
That A10 auto gearbox is so bad, hunting gears, slow pick-up from start.... I would never buy this car again just because of that gearbox.... I have spend days and days in the Ford Dealership complaining about it... how it shifts or does not pending the weather temp... Flatout a bad gearbox design , or its controller.... I asked for a new shiftmap, yet that does not seem to exist. The dealer always comes back with this BS story... It self learning and adapts to your driving style.... hmmmm I think I must be a terrible driver then.... So, once a Ford , never again...
My 10-speed on my purchased new 2022 Ranger Lariat has no issues with the gearbox at all...
As soon as buyers hear that this vehicle is a joint effort with VW, Sales will go downhill after the VW diesel emission cover up.
Not a joint effort. It's a Ford, with the VW just a version tailored to feel like a VW based on VW's requests to Ford, and then Ford build it for them.
Vw we’re the first to be caught but they all did it.
@@Cous1nJack
Several companies have been caught, including Renault, Mercedes and VW, but not many others I can think of, and not for the want of trying to find them. No sign of Ford or BMW or JLR being implicated. Not heard of Peugeot or Fiat either, all being large diesel engine manufacturers.
I don’t think most buyers give a toss about the emissions cover up they just want a truck that works properly !
@@AJ-qn6gd They must do, otherwise why would they want compensation?
Unusually for Rebecca, I've marked this one as thumbs down for that nonsense at the end about it being a "Winner" - NO! Ford should be disgusted with itself - for the "non-VAT pricing", for the laggy tech, for the interior trim, and most of all, for the seriously out-of-date mechanicals, FOR £47000!!!
The tech is no more laggy than anything else and I can compare it to the current Volvo, BMW X7 and Kia Sorento. The price isn’t too bad considering that the latest top of the range four cylinder Formotion VW Golf costs over £50,000. However I quite agree that unless you have a VAT registered business and can offset some of the cost against tax for that business, and don’t need a ton carrying and three point five ton towing, a pickup truck is probably not the best of vehicle choices for anyone. It is obviously not for you.
You do not have to buy one, right???
they are a work van that’s it they qualify for vat that is the uk problem not ford. They are not 47k, And they are as laggy as any other van. You want a quality jeep suv style vehicle. Wrong place. You want a decent place to spend the day whilst working in a work van then the ford is the best out there value for money by miles.
An overpriced vehicle with no quality to redeem that price... A builder's wet dream I should imagine...
You sound like a nice person 😩
Ford motor company is nearly bankrupt so I wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. They also have a habit of catching fire 🔥
I’ve driven Rangers daily since 2003 on my fourth one ready to change, funny as not one caught fire, improvements over the years have kept coming and a test drive in the all new Wildtrak 2.2 and V6 have been a joy to drive especially with the technology pack 71 fitted.
Where ,when, and how GM employees should not be watching FORD reviews.Also as you know GM spent a fortune on there useless vehicles. Now go back to work at GM and let normal people decide what they want to buy .
@@colinamor - Yes, go to GM and get that free Blow Up motor !!! Go!!!
I have never heard of one or seen on that caught fire....
Better off with a XC60.
Completely different. The ranger offers itself to both families and trades and having the tray makes it practical for moving thing a you wouldnt normally be able to in a normal car
Better off with a Bugatti
Never seen an XC60 yet that can tow 3.5 tons or carry 1 ton on board.
But is there a place to store your banana?
I want the Woke Rainbow version. Is that an option?
Why the hell do people in uk buy hilux and rangers? They can’t really go anywhere for intended purposes, just show ponies, at least we can go anywhere in oz . And you pay over the odds in u.k
Err work? Landscapers, tree surgeons, blind installers, sparkies, I know a lad who comes out and fits window tint who drives one. Gas engineers, plumbers, carpenters ect. If you're self employed or don't want to own both a van and a car or need an all rounder. Something that you can load up with tool boxes and blinds or wood or whatever and get you, your girlfriend and your kids then then what else are you going to have aside from a Discovery or Defender or something but then you get into the same argument as size. I know some people who just own a 3.5 van and that's infinitely more impractical than a pickup or a Defender or something. I've actually never owned a pickup because I have a car and a Defender so there's not much point but I've only ever driven big vehicles and if you're used to them then they're really not that difficult. I drive the Defender around Liverpool City centre and the narrow roads of Liverpool and Manchester, as well as taking to Scotland and on hikes and camping trips and on building sites and so on the point I'm making is they're really not as difficult to live with in the UK as people imagine. Plus the potholes in this country, they're actually far more practical than some little go kart of a fiesta or Golf or something
Farmers and plant operators, tree surgeons, civil engineers and vets are the biggest customers for new pickups, though not exclusively so, all of which either tow large loads, carry heavy loads and/or need the offroad ability. At certain times of year here in Wales, up to every fifth vehicle is a pickup or large SUV towing trailers of all kinds. Mostly rural machinery or livestock. They used to be mostly Land Rover Defenders but are now overwhelmingly the more versatile and available and more reasonably priced dual cab one ton pickup. Ranger is the biggest seller with Toyota and Isuzu not far behind. Ssangyong is coming up fast with a lower price and a lower body which is attractive to a lot of potential customers.
I drive one as a works vehicle, I undertake abnormal load surveys over roads, across farmland, many into remote locations, I can get all the kit I need in the tub and still have a very nice vehicle to use as a family carrier.
I don't like the head lights on this one though
I agree. They work great but look ugly.