Thanks to CarExpert reader Austin, we now know the Ford Ranger and Everest (Endeavour) will get a huge 15.5-inch Tesla-style vertical infotainment system when they launch in 2022.
This follows on from our previous video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd7QiTY45OI ) where we exclusively revealed that Ford will roll out three new engines (making four in total) for the next generation of the popular Ranger and Everest (Endeavour) products.
Our video today gives you a closer look at some spy footage that shows you inside the all-new Ford Ranger and Everest (Endeavour), plus a run down from Paul Maric on what it means for the segment.
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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:13
Interior: 03:35
Infotainment: 05:15
Features: 10:44
Practicality: 12:53
On the Road: 19:50
Verdict: 25:07
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This follows on from our previous video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd7QiTY45OI ) where we exclusively revealed that Ford will roll out three new engines (making four in total) for the next generation of the popular Ranger and Everest (Endeavour) products.
Our video today gives you a closer look at some spy footage that shows you inside the all-new Ford Ranger and Everest (Endeavour), plus a run down from Paul Maric on what it means for the segment.
More Ford content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford
More Ford Ranger content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford/ranger
More Ford Everest (Endeavour) content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford/everest
Skip Ahead:
Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:13
Interior: 03:35
Infotainment: 05:15
Features: 10:44
Practicality: 12:53
On the Road: 19:50
Verdict: 25:07
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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul.
00:00 Last year, we published a video
00:02 about the 2022 Ford Ranger and the Ford Everest.
00:05 We went over some of the engines that are coming to the cars
00:07 and also some of the features you can expect.
00:09 Well, today we have some new information.
00:11 We've got some spy footage that'll give you
00:12 a much closer look at the inside
00:14 and the big vertical screen
00:15 that's coming to both of these models,
00:18 along with a recap of what we've had previously.
00:20 So we're going to split this video into two parts.
00:22 We'll run over the stuff that we already know
00:24 and that we've built on since our last video.
00:26 We'll also have a section there with the new spy footage
00:29 so you can get a closer look at the interior.
00:30 And finally, we'll finish it up with my take on this
00:33 and what it means for the industry.
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00:36 make sure you subscribe to our channel
00:37 and press the bell icon
00:38 so you can find out every single time
00:40 we publish one of these videos, but let's get started.
00:43 Let's kick off with what we already know
00:46 and what we've covered in our previous video.
00:48 A lot of that information is now solidified
00:49 and we're a little more confident
00:50 in terms of it coming to reality
00:52 when these vehicles are finally released.
00:54 Keep in mind as well that the information
00:55 that we're talking about now is likely just to be
00:57 for the Australian and Asian markets.
00:59 The US market might get a slightly different variant
01:02 of this information, so keep that in mind.
01:04 Don't hold me to it if the US
01:05 doesn't get exactly what we have here.
01:07 So we know with Ranger and Everest
01:09 that they will finally kill the 3.2 litre diesel.
01:12 That is dead at the end of this current generation of Ranger.
01:14 They will get three new engines,
01:16 making four engines in total.
01:18 That means the two litre,
01:19 four cylinder twin turbocharged diesel will carry over.
01:22 That's made it to a 10 speed automatic transmission.
01:25 It produces 157 kilowatts of power
01:27 and 500 Newton metres of torque.
01:29 It's available as a rear wheel drive in the Ranger
01:31 or full time four wheel drive in the Everest.
01:35 And it's likely that they may also offer some variants
01:37 of the Ranger as full time four wheel drive as well.
01:39 Whether it includes this two litre diesel
01:41 is unknown just yet.
01:43 We also think they might get a slight power
01:45 or torque increase as well.
01:47 This engine's been around for a little while now.
01:48 The rest of the competition has caught up.
01:50 We have high lights now at 500 Newton metres of torque
01:52 as well, and Ford may bump this up ever so slightly
01:54 when they do finally roll out this next generation
01:57 of Ranger and Everest.
01:58 Next up is a three litre turbocharged V6 diesel engine.
02:03 We reported on this last time that it was used in the F-150
02:06 and it started production in 2018 in that vehicle.
02:09 Well, since then it's been discontinued from the F-150.
02:11 And that means that it may not see life in the Ranger here,
02:14 or they could simply exclusively use that engine
02:17 given how much they have put into developing it
02:19 just for Ranger and Everest.
02:21 It produces 186 kilowatts of power
02:24 and 600 Newton metres of torque.
02:26 It too is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission.
02:29 But the difference here is that this will be full-time
02:31 all-wheel drive.
02:32 There won't be a rear wheel drive option.
02:33 That's way too much torque to just send
02:35 through the rear wheels.
02:35 And it's likely that this will be available
02:37 both in Everest and Ranger.
02:39 The engine is just for the Australian and Asian markets.
02:41 There is a chance it'll be made available in the US,
02:43 but the US is very much a petrol market.
02:46 Given it has been discontinued from the F-150,
02:48 we may see it discontinued altogether
02:50 from the Ranger program for the US.
02:52 Finally, we have an engine that is likely
02:54 to just be placed inside the Ranger Raptor and the Everest.
02:57 Now we don't know whether this will make it
02:59 to the Australian market.
03:00 The Australian Ranger Raptor may get a three litre V6 diesel,
03:03 but we do know that this is shoot-in for the US market.
03:06 And it's a 2.7 litre turbocharged V6 EcoBoost engine.
03:10 It's a petrol.
03:11 It produces 242 kilowatts of power
03:14 and 542 Newton metres of torque.
03:16 It too is mated to that 10-speed automatic transmission
03:18 that Ford co-developed with GM.
03:21 We know that this is coming to the Ranger
03:23 because it is used in the Bronco
03:25 and that uses a slightly modified version
03:27 of the Ranger platform.
03:28 We also have this screenshot here
03:30 from one of the Ford development computers
03:32 that shows that it is used inside Ranger,
03:35 which makes it logical that they will use it
03:37 for the next Ranger Raptor.
03:38 Whether it is available for the Australian market,
03:40 we don't know yet, but if it is,
03:42 it will be permanent all-wheel drive.
03:44 It won't just be rear-wheel drive,
03:45 but they will probably engineer some system
03:47 that allows it to send torque to the rear
03:49 for Baja mode and for fun drifting stuff.
03:52 Now, finally, one of the engines that we think
03:53 is going to be fitted to both the Ranger and Everest
03:56 is a plug-in hybrid.
03:57 This is one that's used in the rest of the Ford family
03:59 and it's a 2.3 litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine
04:03 with a plug-in hybrid system attached to it.
04:05 We understand that it'll produce 270 kilowatts of power
04:08 and 680 Newton metres of torque.
04:11 That's a fairly meaty setup and it should mean
04:13 that these are very economical vehicles.
04:16 And it is important for the Australian market
04:17 when you consider where we're heading
04:19 in terms of regulations for emissions.
04:21 Car companies like Ford who produce utes and lots of utes
04:24 want to have these vehicles available for fleets
04:26 that are emissions conscious.
04:28 They'll be able to purchase one of these
04:29 and know that the emissions are going to be limited.
04:31 So it'll be interesting to see whether Ford launches
04:33 with that immediately or whether that will come down
04:35 the track later on once there are more regulations
04:38 around the emissions on these commercial vehicles.
04:41 Okay, next up, let's talk about the new information
04:44 we have today, and that is the Ranger
04:46 and the Everest interior.
04:47 So we exclusively revealed last time
04:49 from our top secret source that the interior
04:52 of the Ranger and Everest are going to go super high tech
04:55 and feature the vertical screen found
04:57 in the new Mustang Mach-E.
04:59 Now, since then, Ford has revealed that this screen
05:01 is coming to the F-150 Lightning.
05:03 And as you can see here in our spy footage,
05:06 you can see that giant vertical screen.
05:07 So it's a 15.5 inch vertical infotainment system
05:10 with SYNC 4, which is Ford's latest version
05:13 of their SYNC infotainment systems.
05:15 We think that this will be reserved
05:16 just for the top end models.
05:17 The lower end models will get a smaller 12-ish inch screen,
05:21 and that'll be in place of that vertical screen
05:23 that does everything from your climate controls
05:25 through to radio and nav.
05:26 We think that the smaller screen will then house
05:28 manual controls beneath it, but will still be fairly big
05:31 in comparison to a lot of the competitors in this segment.
05:34 In addition to that, our spy footage shows
05:35 that these vehicles have a 360 degree camera.
05:38 So finally, the Everest and the Ranger will get
05:40 that technology that's been available in other vehicles
05:43 in this segment for a little while now,
05:44 and hopefully with a screen that size.
05:46 They've gone with high resolution cameras
05:47 so we can actually get some benefit out of that technology.
05:50 If you do look close as well,
05:51 you can see a shark fin antenna on the Everest.
05:54 So that replaces that standard aerial
05:56 that we've seen on the previous generation.
05:58 The other curious thing as well is that the Ranger
06:00 in these images has rear disc brakes.
06:02 So that could be reserved just for the V6 model,
06:05 or it could be for the entire range.
06:06 But given how long drum brakes have been around
06:09 and that a lot of the Chinese competitors,
06:11 for example, are using disc brakes now,
06:12 I think it's about time these manufacturers
06:14 finally caught up and started fitting disc brakes
06:16 to these models.
06:17 And you probably need them when you're sticking
06:19 a V6 diesel engine inside,
06:21 or even for the Raptor,
06:22 that bigger turbocharged V6 petrol engine,
06:25 you wanna be able to have the stopping power
06:27 when you need it.
06:27 The other thing that's unclear at the moment
06:29 with the utes that we've seen is the suspension.
06:31 We don't know whether they're going to retain leaf springs
06:33 or whether they'll all go down the path of the Ranger Raptor
06:35 where they get the coil sprung setup.
06:37 We can see in some of the spy photos we've had previously
06:40 of the new generation Rangers,
06:42 they've had the street sweeper style
06:44 spy photo preventative measures on the rear suspension
06:47 and also the differential.
06:48 That could mean that Ford is hiding the fact
06:50 that these are going to coil spring instead of leaf spring,
06:52 or they could simply do what some manufacturers do,
06:54 which is fit leaf springs to entry-level models
06:56 and then coil springs as you move up the range
06:58 for that extra comfort
06:59 without really compromising your load capacity.
07:02 Now, what does this mean for the rest of the vehicles
07:04 in this segment?
07:05 Well, I reckon they could be in for a bit of a tough time.
07:07 Ranger is currently the second best selling vehicle
07:09 in Australia and sometimes takes that first position away
07:11 from the Hilux.
07:12 But if you are sitting the new generation Ranger
07:15 up against the Hilux
07:16 or even up against the rest of the utes in this segment,
07:19 it could mean that the offering from Ford
07:21 is well and truly above and beyond
07:23 what's available from the competition.
07:24 And if that's the case,
07:25 you really don't have any reason to buy anything else.
07:28 I mean, why would you buy a car
07:29 with an eight inch infotainment system
07:31 when you can get something
07:32 with a giant infotainment system like that?
07:35 Obviously it all needs to work well.
07:36 If you're a trader, you're wearing gloves
07:38 and you've got dirty hands,
07:39 you want to still be able to use the screen.
07:40 So that will all still be seen
07:42 once we finally get a chance to test them.
07:43 But it could mean rough times ahead
07:45 for a lot of the competitors in this segment
07:47 and increasing sales for Ford.
07:49 For the auto industry as well,
07:50 if Ford does finally reveal a plug-in hybrid
07:52 or a hybrid version of their vehicles,
07:55 it'll mean the rest have to play catch up.
07:56 Toyota obviously has access to a lot of this hybrid
07:59 technology in the rest of their range
08:01 and it'll mean fitting it to the Hilux
08:02 is pretty straightforward.
08:03 But the other competitors in this segment
08:05 are still quite a way away
08:06 from having hybrid technology available.
08:08 So the first ute in Australia with hybrid tech
08:11 will get that run with sales,
08:13 especially with fleets that are conscious of emissions
08:15 and pulling their outputs down.
08:18 So it'll be really interesting to see
08:19 how the rest of the manufacturers react
08:21 to this information when Ford finally does reveal
08:24 the Everest and Ranger.
08:25 Okay, so that is a wrap of the new information we have.
08:28 If you have any questions or any comments,
08:30 what do you think about the design?
08:31 What do you think about the interiors of these vehicles?
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