2022/2023 Ford Ranger revealed: Everything you need to know!

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So, we've been talking about it for ages now, we've done a few reveal videos about what we think it's going to have,

00:05 but the Ford Ranger has finally been revealed. They pulled the silks off it today,

00:10 and what I'm going to do now is take you through all of the information that we've just received on the Ranger,

00:15 and do a bit of a deep dive on what we're going to expect when this thing finally launches in 2022.

00:21 So, let's get cracking. I'm keen to show you everything here about the new Ford Ranger.

00:27 We'll start off with the exterior, and look, I think Ford has done exactly what we wanted them to do,

00:32 which is keep the design fairly similar, but take it one step further.

00:36 And look, I mean, we kind of knew this is what the design was going to be like,

00:39 but it's good to get that reaffirmation now that this is exactly what it looks like.

00:43 So, down the front there, you'll see they have those C-shaped LED lights,

00:47 and inside that LED light cluster is actually matrix LED lights,

00:51 which is going to be a standard feature on some of the higher-end models.

00:54 Down the bottom there, you can see a radar detector built into the lower portion of that cluster.

01:00 There's also recovery hooks. Now, they call them recovery hooks, but as we know,

01:04 some of the utes in this segment have recovery hooks that are not rated,

01:07 which means you can only really use them as tie-downs.

01:09 So, we don't know yet from Ford whether you can use these to recover the vehicle.

01:12 If you try and snatch it, it may just rip the recovery hook off entirely.

01:16 So, that is still to be confirmed.

01:18 But they've got a big, confident grille there, and you can see they've gone to a lot of effort to increase the cooling space,

01:23 because there are some pretty exciting engines coming for the Ranger.

01:26 I'll run you through those shortly, but I think overall, the front-end design is really quite characterful,

01:32 and it kind of reminds me of the Maverick and also the F-150.

01:34 It's got a really sort of muscular design to it, and I think they've done a really great job,

01:38 not so much revolutionising, but just bringing the Ranger up to the next level.

01:42 It's kind of starting to feel a little bit dated and old there.

01:45 Now, what about the wheels? Well, you're going to have a massive selection to choose from,

01:48 but this particular spec here, they've really just given this a premium feel,

01:52 and look, to be honest, a lot of people use these as work utes, yes, that's granted,

01:56 but a lot of people also use them as weekend utes, to go away with their families and do fun things like that.

02:01 So, I think these wheels kind of give you that premium vibe.

02:03 It doesn't really look like it belongs on a work site,

02:06 and I think they're really going to have to focus on things like the Raptor,

02:09 just to make it look a little bit sort of tough, because you don't really want the sort of premium vibes on a big old Raptor.

02:14 So, that is still to be confirmed.

02:16 I like on the side flank there as well.

02:18 So, kind of a signature theme for Ford with the Ranger has always been putting the engine or the transmission on the side flank there.

02:24 They've continued that theme. This is actually an actual cooling vent now as well.

02:28 So, this is functional cooling for the engine.

02:30 It actually has beneath the bonnet a tubular design,

02:33 so that means that you're able to get better airflow through the sides of the car,

02:36 and it means that when they design this architecture, it's much easier to make it left-hand drive and right-hand drive,

02:41 and to package it with the huge subset of engines they're actually going to fit this car with.

02:46 So, that functional cooling comes thanks to that tubular design,

02:49 and it will also carry all of the engine designations as you move through the range.

02:53 Now, the wheelbase. It has been extended by 50mm.

02:55 That means you should get more accommodation inside the car.

02:58 It also means that you should get better approach angles,

03:00 and that is the angle of the face you can approach with the front of the car before you hit it,

03:04 and that will be better for off-roading, especially for those of you who like going into the bush and getting your cars dirty.

03:09 It's also worth noting on the side that that wing mirror now has a new design with the indicator built into there.

03:14 It's hard to tell whether it's an LED indicator, but I suspect it will be.

03:17 Most of the lights on this car look like they're LED.

03:20 It doesn't really look like they've used any incandescent lights, which is excellent news for my part.

03:25 Around the side there, you can see with the design, they've still got that sculpted line that is kind of Signature Ranger as well.

03:30 Side steps for getting in and out of the car, and then roof rails.

03:33 Shark fin aerial now as well. Gone is the sort of sticky, pokey aerial that they used to have.

03:38 I remember when I would park these cars at home, the aerial would always catch on like the ducting in my car park at home,

03:45 so I'm glad they've gone to a shark fin aerial just to remove the risk of damaging that when you do any reverse parking.

03:50 Let's talk about the rear of the Ranger, and this is probably the bit that I think is the biggest functional step forward for Ranger

03:56 and the customers that are going to be buying this car.

03:58 So you will notice down on the lower bumper, they have all of those sensors built in.

04:01 That means you'll get the semi-autonomous parking plus rear and front parking sensors.

04:05 But on the side, have a look at that, there's actually a step for retrieving things from the tray now.

04:09 So you just put your foot into there, climb in, and you're able to get things out with a whole lot more ease.

04:13 You can also see they've redesigned that tailgate as well.

04:16 They've put that big Ranger lettering in there, big Ford logo, proudly worn one.

04:20 The brake light has also moved.

04:22 So what they discovered is when they were fitting canopies to these cars,

04:25 the brake light was integrated into the actual vehicle body up the top there near the aerial,

04:29 and they realized that when you do fit a canopy, you can't see the brake light.

04:32 So they've now put the brake light onto the back of that tailgate,

04:35 and it means that even if you do fit a canopy, you can still see that illuminated LED brake light.

04:40 And the handle sort of nicely wedges into there as well with a keyhole just next to it.

04:44 And notice as well on these high series vehicles, there are rails that run along the top of the tray there.

04:49 That is for tie-down, so you can actually functionally use them to tie down things in the tray.

04:53 So that is a really nice option.

04:55 Let's talk about the tray really quickly.

04:56 So we don't know payloads or towing capacity or that kind of thing.

04:59 I think it's pretty safe to say that towing capacity will be three and a half tonnes for just the standard Ranger range,

05:04 but, you know, let's wait and see what happens.

05:06 They could surprise us with that.

05:07 The big news though is in the tray because this is now a partnership with Volkswagen with the Amarok.

05:13 The Amarok's always been able to fit a Euro-sized pallet between the wheel arches in the tray.

05:16 Well, Ford has said that this car will now do the same.

05:20 So I think that may have filtered down from Volkswagen in terms of needing to meet their strict design criteria.

05:25 But even the bed liner doesn't prevent you from fitting a pallet, a Euro pallet between those wheel arches.

05:30 They've been able to achieve that by increasing the track of the vehicle.

05:33 So it sits a little wider on the road and that means that it should be a little more confidence-inspiring as well.

05:37 It will feel more planted as opposed to sitting really high up.

05:40 In addition to that, the rear dampers, instead of being mounted inboard of the chassis rails,

05:45 they're now mounted outboard and that means they've been able to really increase that space and make it more usable.

05:50 There are some other creature comforts in there as well.

05:52 They mentioned during the press conference that along the top parts of the tray here,

05:58 you're actually able to pop out these little sections that allow you to mount things like ladders and stuff on the back.

06:03 I don't know, tradies will do stuff with the little holes there.

06:05 But the most interesting one for me is when you do drop the tray, you've actually got these clamp pockets.

06:11 It means you can actually attach a clamp to the rear so you can cut things.

06:14 And they also come with little measurements as well.

06:17 So while you are doing all of your stuff there on the tray, you're not going to be getting things wrong,

06:22 mind you, if you're like me, you'll probably get them wrong anyway.

06:24 It is worth calling out as well that in addition to a 400-watt outlet inside the tray,

06:28 they also have a 360-degree lighting setup outside the car and you can configure it in zones as well.

06:35 So if you are approaching the car at night time or something like that and you unlock it,

06:38 you can actually get it to light up the whole area around the car to help you feel safer and all that sort of stuff.

06:44 So I really like that they've thought about this.

06:46 The exciting thing on the accessories front though is from Australian company ARB.

06:50 So if you've been to SEMA or I guess if you're really in over 100 markets in the world, you will have seen ARB before.

06:56 So they're an Australian company that produces accessories for all types of four-wheel drives.

07:01 That is literally any brand, they will be able to make an accessory for it.

07:04 They've signed a partnership with Ford, which means that the Ranger will be able to be equipped with over 600 accessories

07:10 developed by ARB in conjunction with Ford that will be covered by the Ford warranty.

07:15 So in Australia, it's a five-year warranty and it means that if you do buy your ARB parts,

07:19 they will be covered by the same warranty that you get with the car.

07:22 They've all been engineered with the car as well, which means that if you get a bull bar, for example,

07:26 it's not going to interfere with cooling.

07:27 So pretty exciting stuff and it really means that you'll just be able to walk into a dealership,

07:31 get everything that you need, have the car kitted out and then just go home.

07:35 So really impressive there to see that Ford has thought ahead,

07:38 especially to the use cases that a lot of people are using these for.

07:42 Okay, interior. I think this is where the biggest change has come to Ranger

07:46 and I've got to say this looks absolutely sensational.

07:49 So we kind of broke the news that Ford was going to get that vertical screen

07:53 and I was a little wary about what it would look like, but here inside the cabin,

07:57 it just looks fantastic. That is a giant screen.

07:59 So 12-inch vertical display in the higher-end models,

08:03 but even if you get like a lower-end car, it will still have a 10.1-inch display

08:07 and both of those come with SYNC 4, which is the latest version of Ford's infotainment system.

08:11 They also have over-the-air updates. Ford has over 50 modules around the car

08:15 that are capable of being updated with over-the-air updates

08:18 and it means that if Ford discovers something after this car is released

08:21 that really needs to be fixed, they can deploy an over-the-air update

08:23 and you don't need to go take a car to a dealership

08:26 and it does all of that using an embedded modem.

08:28 And here in Australia, for example, you have access to the app,

08:30 lets you lock and unlock the car remotely, book it in for services.

08:33 It really is a pretty comprehensive setup.

08:36 In terms of the other design elements, so Ford has gone with the vertical air vents

08:40 adjacent to the screen and they follow the theme on the grille there as well.

08:43 So you can see they've got those sort of cut-out lines and they are adjustable

08:46 and then plenty of storage. I think storage is so important with these utes.

08:50 I still have memories of the X-Class and you couldn't even put a phone in there.

08:54 It was so badly set up, whereas this, they have just gone to town on storage.

08:58 You can see just here there's like a lower storage tier with a gripped pad on it.

09:01 Got a glove box down the bottom there, a big centre console, two cup holders.

09:05 The door handles have changed as well. So instead of being a pull setup,

09:08 you actually put your hand into there and then click it and it will then open the door.

09:13 So a little bit hard to explain. Once you see it in person,

09:16 you'll get a better idea of it. But again,

09:17 they're just looking at these use cases and making this a much more functional car.

09:21 And yes, good news for you guys. I know a lot of you complain about not having

09:25 actual knobs and buttons. While that is a mammoth screen and you can change a lot

09:29 of functions on there, you can see that while climate control can be changed

09:32 down the bottom, you still have these manual controls at the very bottom.

09:36 So you won't have to use the screen if you don't want to.

09:38 And I think that's particularly handy if you're a tradie that wears gloves

09:41 or something like that. You're probably still able to actuate all of those controls

09:44 without having to take your gloves off and then interact with the screen.

09:47 I've also spotted something really cool that I love from American Trucks.

09:51 There's an integrated brake controller just there on the dashboard.

09:54 That means you're not going to have to spend like $700,000

09:57 for getting a brake controller installed.

09:59 It'll mean they will run the wiring from the front of the car all the way to the tow bar

10:04 and you'll be able to just plug in a trailer and then adjust the brake controller there.

10:07 You don't have to pop anything out and do a custom job.

10:09 So they've really sort of gone to a lot of effort to make sure that looks good.

10:13 Little bit of WildTrack lettering up the top there and it looks like there's a top

10:16 storage box as well, there's a little button there for access to that.

10:20 Head of the driver, you can see a TFT display too.

10:23 This is again getting rid of all the analogue gauges we've come to expect with Ranger.

10:28 But it doesn't look like it's a full LCD display.

10:31 You can see there it's kind of just that centre section.

10:33 On the left and right sides it looks like it's flanked by just little digital lights

10:37 that give you fuel and also engine temperature.

10:40 And then hidden behind there as well is a starter button.

10:42 So it looks like the key's gone and you'll just hit that little button there to turn

10:46 the car over.

10:47 Actually there you go, in the footage here you can actually see a full display as well.

10:50 So probably got two different types of grades here depending on how much money

10:54 you're going to spend on your new Ranger.

10:56 And look at these seats.

10:58 So look, a lot is said about leather.

10:59 Leather's easy to keep clean and all that sort of stuff but at the end of the day,

11:03 cloth material is just easier to brush things off, you can throw a seat cover on them

11:07 and it looks like the designers have really sort of gone to town here on textures.

11:11 So you can see it's sort of those, whatever shape that is, the circle type shapes

11:16 are then split with the cloth section at the top.

11:18 That looks really good.

11:20 And then a closer look there at the doors.

11:21 So again it looks like that rubber material and you can see that grab handle as well

11:25 to get in and out of the car.

11:26 Now what about your drivetrains?

11:27 And look, I'm going to have to say I told you so here but we revealed this information

11:31 quite a while ago from our secret source at Ford and I do have some more leaks coming

11:36 but just on Ranger alone, we now know they have confirmed a number of engines here

11:42 for Ranger, both petrol and diesel, depending on the market that you're in.

11:45 What we do know is that there will be two sets of four cylinder diesel engines.

11:50 So one is a single turbo, two litre four cylinder diesel.

11:53 The other is a twin turbocharged two litre four cylinder diesel.

11:57 So I think with the two litre, they're probably going to keep outputs the same.

12:00 So that means around 500 newton metres of torque.

12:02 They have updated the 10 speed automatic transmission so it has a bit more meat

12:06 to it now and it is better calibrated to deal with this engine.

12:09 But it also allows them to use a different type of engine and this is the one that

12:13 we've all been waiting for and I think it's one that Volkswagen may have pushed

12:16 into the program and that is the V6 diesel.

12:19 So as we revealed a little while back, it is a three litre turbocharged V6 diesel.

12:24 They haven't confirmed power outputs but we do know it is the Lion diesel and that

12:28 is the engine that's used or was used until recently in the F-150.

12:32 The Lion diesel has also been used in a number of high end Land Rover and Range

12:36 Rover products including the Jaguar XJ, the F-Pace, the Discovery 5, also the

12:41 Range Rover Sport.

12:42 So this is a pretty versatile engine.

12:44 It has been updated though since it was used in those applications because

12:48 Land Rover and Jaguar have now moved to Ingenium engines.

12:51 So our prediction is that it will be around 200 kilowatts of power and 600 newton

12:56 metres of torque if not more because that engine is capable of putting more torque

13:00 out as well.

13:01 The only drawback to all of this is that it's not sending all of the torque through

13:05 just the rear wheels.

13:07 They now have a constant full time four wheel drive system available on some grades

13:11 and I suspect they'll probably fit that to the two litre twin turbo diesel and also

13:15 the V6 diesel.

13:16 It'll be like the Super Select four wheel drive system in the Mitsubishi Triton.

13:21 It means you can select 4A and it will just stay in four wheel drive the entire time.

13:24 There are also drive modes.

13:26 So previous to this, only the Raptor was able to move through drive modes.

13:31 The Grandly really just had like a sport mode and the drive modes are really cool

13:35 because it really just adds a bit of versatility to what the car's able to do

13:38 and it means that you can select the right mode for the type of driving that you're

13:42 doing.

13:43 This can also adjust the amount of torque that's being sent to the front and rear

13:45 axles and by the looks of it as well, it changes a lot of the displays.

13:50 You can see here there's an eco mode there, normal.

13:52 We've got a tow and haul mode and then you've also got slippery and then I predict

13:58 there's probably a sport mode in there as well but it's now all controlled through

14:01 this little dial just here.

14:03 So have a look at that, you've got a tow mode just in the centre there, you can

14:06 manually select 2 high, 4A which is that four wheel drive automatic mode, you've got

14:10 a low range four wheel drive mode and also a high range four wheel drive.

14:14 Just next to that, you can't see it in this shot but there's probably a rear diff

14:17 lock button there.

14:19 You can also change all of these controls through the centre screen as well.

14:22 Ford said a lot of their customers wanted that.

14:24 Now the one thing I find really interesting, have a look at this down the bottom here.

14:27 So some of Ford's American products have a trailer parking assistant and I do wonder

14:33 whether this down here means that Ford has integrated that technology into the Ranger

14:37 as well.

14:39 It helps people like, well not me but other people who can't park with a trailer,

14:42 the ability to just use a central controller to navigate the trailer in the direction

14:47 they want to go without having to think about which way the wheel needs to be

14:49 positioned to get the trailer to go where you want to go as well.

14:52 So it's really exciting to see these drivetrains on offer and I think that, you know,

14:57 I really do think that this is exactly what the Ranger needed and I suspect when the

15:01 Amarok finally does come out in late 2022, it will also be equipped with the V6 diesel

15:05 and some variation of this type of controller.

15:08 Now what do I think about all of this?

15:10 I think a lot of you know that I'm pretty passionate about dual cab utes, especially

15:13 in Australia where we have so many of them and in Australia the top two selling

15:16 vehicles are the Toyota Hilux and the Ford Ranger and now that it's received a

15:20 comprehensive update to that T6 platform, it's now in its third generation.

15:24 I think this is going to be a bit of a problem for the rest of the competitors in

15:29 this segment and I'm squealing looking at Toyota Hilux.

15:32 When you see this, the interior, the V6 diesel and everything that they've jam

15:36 packed into this, it kind of makes a lot of the other dual cab utes in this segment

15:40 feel very old and I just don't know that I'd be comfortable paying Hilux money for

15:44 a Hilux when I know that I can potentially get this with an actual nice infotainment

15:49 system.

15:50 I think the Toyota system is now just so old that every time we hop into one of them

15:53 it just really doesn't feel all that impressive and it means that brands like

15:56 Mitsubishi with the Triton are really going to have to go sharp on pricing because

16:00 they just feel light years behind what Ford has been able to do here.

16:04 We haven't even spoken about the Raptor yet.

16:06 Our understanding is that the Raptor is going to get a turbocharged V6 engine and

16:10 I mean if it does, I think it's just everyone is going to buy it.

16:15 I think I'll probably have to buy one as well because it will just be the ducks

16:18 and the nuts when it comes to dual cab utes.

16:20 So this is really pushing the auto industry forward in this sector in particular.

16:24 It's going to mean that you as a consumer are getting far more bang for your buck.

16:29 These will be more expensive, don't think twice about that, Ford will charge a whole

16:33 lot more for this but the rest of the competitors are going to feel a little bit

16:37 ashamed of the prices they are charging and I suspect they'll all have to calm down

16:40 a little bit if they want to retain a bit of market share.

16:43 So what is going to happen with Ford now?

16:45 Well they're going to release this car let's say early next year, so early 2022.

16:48 There's still a semiconductor shortage, they're producing this car for Australia

16:52 out of Thailand, it's also built in South Africa and for the US market which this

16:56 car hasn't been announced yet, they'll probably do other V6 or turbocharged

17:00 petrol engines for that market.

17:02 I think that they're going to have to think very carefully about that

17:05 semiconductor shortage and making sure there is supply because when this is

17:08 released, I think they're going to have a huge waiting list and if they don't

17:11 sort out supply, they could end up in a situation like Isuzu with the D-Max

17:14 where there is just like a one year wait on your car and they just put the prices

17:18 up because they know you're going to have to pay for it.

17:20 So look, I am really excited about this, I cannot wait to drive it and I think that

17:25 this is going to go gangbusters and we could see the market share of dual cab

17:28 utes in Australia increase even further away from sedans, wagons and potentially

17:33 even some SUV buyers as well.

17:35 So really exciting stuff.

17:37 Now this may confuse you, it's a bit of back to the future stuff but when this

17:40 video goes live, I will have been invited to an event where we can see the Ranger

17:44 in person and that video will go live shortly after this one.

17:47 You can click up here to watch that if it's ready.

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