The test you've all been waiting for! Drag racing the 2023 Ford Ranger V6 against the 2023 Ford Ranger four-cylinder. Both diesels, both weigh around the same, but big difference in drivetrains. Paul Maric also does a sound test and some 0-100km/h runs to see how much quicker the V6 is!
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Intro: 00:00
Engine specs 0:52
Sound test 2:43
Acceleration Wildtrak 3:22
Acceleration XLT V6
Drag Race 11:26
Results 18:33
Verdict 18:48
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Engine specs 0:52
Sound test 2:43
Acceleration Wildtrak 3:22
Acceleration XLT V6
Drag Race 11:26
Results 18:33
Verdict 18:48
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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. It's time for another Car Expert drag comparison.
00:03 I never thought I'd be doing these with dual cab utes, but this is where we are today.
00:07 This is your all-new Ford Ranger, and today we're going to be drag racing the V6 against the four-cylinder.
00:12 We have the XLT over here, it's the V6, and the Wildtrak, which is the four-cylinder version.
00:17 They're both about the $70,000 mark plus on-road costs.
00:21 So today we're going to chat engine and drivetrain specs. We're going to do a sound comparison,
00:25 then I'm going to do acceleration tests in a number of different modes to see which is quickest,
00:29 and finally we're going to cap things off with a drag race in the wet.
00:34 Now, if you haven't done so already, subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon,
00:37 especially because we're going to be doing more content with the Ford Ranger.
00:40 So if you do want to keep up to date, you can subscribe and press the bell icon to be notified every time we do this.
00:45 And if you do want to skip ahead to other parts of this drag comparison,
00:48 you can use the time codes on the screen there as well. But let's get started.
00:51 Now, before we start doing all the fun stuff, let's run over the engines quickly.
00:56 Now, this one here, the Wildtrak, is fitted with the four-cylinder.
01:00 You can get this with a V6, but it's pretty familiar.
01:02 So, 2.0-litre turbocharged, four-cylinder diesel engine, 154 kilowatts of power, 500 newton-metres of torque.
01:09 Now, this has changed ever so slightly compared to the previous generation of this.
01:13 It's got new injectors, new torque converter and also a new transmission calibration as well.
01:18 Still retains the 10-speed auto, nothing too special there.
01:21 It runs in two-wheel drive high range most of the time,
01:24 but you can then switch it into four-wheel drive high range when you are driving on unsealed surfaces.
01:28 And if you have a look under here, there is so much space in there.
01:31 So, you can clearly see why they've left enough room for a turbocharged V6 and maybe a V8 one day as well.
01:37 Let's jump over to the XLT.
01:39 Now, this is fitted with Ford's new 3.0-litre turbocharged V6 diesel engine.
01:45 Now, this meter unit produces 184 kilowatts of power and 600 newton-metres of torque,
01:51 which is a nice, healthy little dollop there.
01:53 It's also mated to the 10-speed automatic.
01:55 This is called the Lion engine.
01:58 This was previously used in some Land Rover and Range Rover products,
02:01 and most recently, it was used by the F-150 in the United States.
02:05 Now, let's talk about weights because there is a slight weight difference between these.
02:09 This engine is about 30 kilograms heavier than the four-cylinder,
02:13 but because the XLT has less equipment,
02:16 there's only about 10 kilograms difference between these two cars,
02:19 which should make it pretty evenly matched.
02:21 The other big difference here as well is that the V6-equipped Rangers can run in two-wheel drive,
02:26 four automatic and also four high range plus low range as well.
02:30 So, you have a wider breadth of drivetrain options there to choose from.
02:33 One other thing I'll point out as well is that the Wildtrak is running all-terrains,
02:37 and this is running all-terrains as well, but they are a different brand of tyre.
02:41 So, it might make a little bit of difference, but they are close enough.
02:44 OK, time for our sound test.
02:45 This will be interesting.
02:46 So, Wildtrak first.
02:47 This is the four-cylinder.
02:49 Scott, fire it up.
02:50 Give it a rev.
02:50 [engine revving]
02:59 Sounds very much like a diesel 4x4, youtch.
03:02 Let's go over to the V6 and see what that sounds like.
03:04 OK, V6 time.
03:06 Now, given this is a Range Rover engine, hopefully this has a little burble to it.
03:10 Fire it up, Scott.
03:11 [engine revving]
03:19 Sounds nice and premium.
03:20 There you go.
03:21 Wasn't expecting that.
03:22 [engine revving]
03:24 OK, so let's kick off with acceleration tests, and we're going to start with the Wildtrak 2.0L.
03:31 Unfortunately, it is, you know, Murphy's all wet today,
03:34 but I think that'll make this more fun anyway.
03:36 So, I'm going to go through a number of tests in each of these variants until we get our numbers,
03:42 then I'm going to do a drag race.
03:43 So, like I said, starting off with Wildtrak 2.0L.
03:46 I'm going to go with two-wheel drive, traction control on to begin with.
03:50 So, there is no sport mode.
03:51 There's nothing I really need to change here.
03:53 So, it's in drive.
03:54 I'm going to stall it up a bit and just get on the throttle.
03:57 Hopefully, we have traction and we'll see how it goes.
03:59 So, here we go for our first 0-100 run.
04:01 [engine revving]
04:11 All right, we are getting there.
04:13 It feels kind of ridiculous doing 0-100 runs in a Jeep, but anyway.
04:17 OK, so there it is, 100 k's.
04:20 Now, we'll come to a stop.
04:21 OK, so logged a time of 10 seconds flat.
04:26 Kept in mind, it is a little bit wet today and traction control was on there.
04:29 So, 10 seconds flat.
04:31 Let's go back and give this a shot with traction control off.
04:34 OK, it is time for the second run.
04:38 This time around, I'm going to switch traction control off,
04:40 and what I'll do is actually just switch stability control off entirely.
04:42 So, you just push and hold this button.
04:44 It comes up with a little countdown timer there,
04:47 and then eventually it switches off.
04:48 So, it says ESC off.
04:50 I'm going to keep it in two-wheel drive.
04:52 We'll stall it up a bit and we will see how it goes.
04:55 There we go.
04:56 I love how you can feel it backlifting a little bit.
04:58 [engine revving]
05:00 Still no wheelspin.
05:01 That was good off the line there.
05:03 Flat to the board.
05:04 Here we go.
05:06 All right.
05:10 Let's have a look at our time there.
05:14 9.8 seconds.
05:16 So, a little bit of an improvement when you switch stability control off,
05:19 which is encouraging to see.
05:21 It's still not blisteringly fast, and it also shows the speedos out slightly.
05:25 I was seeing 100 k's an hour here on the speedo,
05:28 but it was still a little while off matching it on the V-Box,
05:31 which is GPS tracking.
05:33 So, yeah, it shows that the speedo is just a tiny bit out.
05:36 Righto, next run.
05:40 This time, what I'm going to do is put this into four-wheel drive high range.
05:44 So, one push of that button.
05:46 I'll leave stability control on for this run.
05:49 Four-wheel drive is on.
05:50 Now, keep in mind, you shouldn't use four-wheel drive high range on sealed surfaces,
05:55 but because we are just going in a straight line,
05:57 it's not going to put all that much stress on the driveline.
05:59 And if you want to understand why, click up here to watch a video we shot
06:03 explaining four-wheel drive controls.
06:05 So, let's give this a shot.
06:06 So, I'm going to stall it up again, and we'll see how it goes.
06:08 [engine revving]
06:12 Give this a higher stall so we can get out of the gates.
06:15 Ah, it felt good.
06:17 There we go.
06:18 All right.
06:21 All right, there we go.
06:27 100 k's an hour.
06:28 I think it was marginally quicker, 9.7 seconds to 100 k's an hour.
06:34 I'm actually really surprised how much traction this has off the line.
06:37 Despite the fact that it's wet at the moment, it is hooking up nicely.
06:41 This car has Ford's all-terrain tyre, which is an option on other parts of the Ranger range,
06:47 but it does seem to have a decent amount of traction built into it.
06:50 Righto, so we're in the V6 Ranger.
06:55 First time this has been fitted with a V6 diesel.
06:58 So, I'm excited to see how this goes.
07:00 This has a number of different drive modes.
07:02 So, you have two high, four auto, four high and four low.
07:06 So, today we're going to do testing in two high and four auto to see how that goes.
07:10 Obviously, this has a whole lot more torque, so sending that all to the rear wheels,
07:14 especially in the wet, is going to be interesting.
07:16 So, let's give it a shot.
07:17 We're in two high.
07:18 I've left traction control on for our first run.
07:20 Here we go.
07:21 I'll load it up a little bit and we'll just see how we run.
07:24 Nice and clean off the line.
07:29 Here we go.
07:30 That felt good.
07:35 So, it doesn't sort of, you know, bash you in the face in terms of the acceleration,
07:40 but it does feel sort of fast enough.
07:42 So, 8.6 seconds for rear wheel drive traction control on.
07:46 Not too bad.
07:48 Okay, so next up, we're going to switch off stability control.
07:53 I think it's worth pointing out as well.
07:54 So, same process, by the way, to switch it off.
07:56 You push and hold this, get that screen come up there.
07:58 It is worth mentioning that this car is on all-terrain tyres as well.
08:02 They are a different brand to the Wildtrak, though.
08:06 So, I think that's going to affect how this performs.
08:09 But I'm going to stall it up again here in too high and we'll just see how it goes.
08:14 All right, here we go.
08:15 A little wheel flip there.
08:21 All right, let's go, let's go, let's go.
08:24 And there's 100 just there.
08:28 Okay, so marginally quicker there at 8.5 seconds, 0 to 100.
08:35 So, still quicker.
08:37 Nothing sort of breathtaking, but it gives you an idea of the difference between the two.
08:41 The other thing worth noting as well is that when it is in two-wheel drive mode, you can
08:46 be a little bit cheeky as well.
08:54 Yeah, one thing just while I was sort of toying around there,
09:05 this will pretty much spin its wheels to 100 k's an hour.
09:09 Well, 100 k's an hour indicated, which is, what's this?
09:12 97 k's an hour indicated.
09:21 Yeah, it's your cabute.
09:24 That is bloody stupid.
09:26 Okay, enough mucking around now.
09:29 I'm going to put this into 4A, which is the four-wheel drive automatic setting.
09:35 So, you do that by flicking this over to 4A.
09:37 I'm going to leave traction control on for this first run just to see how it goes.
09:41 I'm going to stall it up quite high as well, just to see if we can get that sort of initial
09:45 jolt off the line.
09:46 Now, just here as well, you can see our torque distribution.
09:48 So, as I accelerate, you'll be able to see how much torque it's sending to the front
09:52 and rear axle as we go.
09:53 So, let's give this a crack.
09:55 Here we go.
09:55 Good, no slip off the line there.
10:03 See, we're getting full torque front and rear.
10:05 90, 100 k's an hour.
10:08 That's interesting.
10:10 It's only marginally quicker than two-wheel drive.
10:13 So, it's just come in at 8.4 seconds.
10:16 So, our number for two-wheel drive was 8.5 seconds traction off.
10:20 So, it does show you that they've kind of capped the torque of this engine right at
10:24 the limit there of where you want it to be before you start totally losing traction.
10:29 So, I wonder if you wound this up a little bit, how much more you could get out of it.
10:33 But I think we've got one more run left in us with traction off this time.
10:36 OK, final run.
10:38 We're still in 4th order.
10:39 This time though, I'm going to switch stability control off, just to see if there's any
10:44 benefit in doing that.
10:45 So, long push and hold.
10:47 That is now off.
10:49 All right, let's give this a shot.
10:51 I'm going to stall it up and just stomp on it.
10:53 Here we go.
10:58 All right, felt nice off the line.
11:00 There's 100.
11:04 Ah, that was better.
11:06 There you go.
11:07 8.2 seconds, 0-100 with traction control off.
11:13 It's actually not a bad figure there.
11:14 Almost cracked the 7-second barrier.
11:18 So, now let me know.
11:19 I'm going to ask this later on as well.
11:20 Do you want us to drag race the V6 Ranger against the current V6 Amarok?
11:24 Let me know in the comments section below.
11:27 OK, it is time for our drag race.
11:30 We're doing this over an eighth of a mile, reason being it is so damn wet today.
11:37 We don't have enough room to do a quarter mile here.
11:39 So, an eighth of the mile is going to have to do, but I did get some quarter mile numbers,
11:43 and they will be on your screen at the end.
11:45 So, I'm going to kill stop start.
11:47 This in 4 auto with traction off was our fastest setting.
11:51 Scott, my colleague, is going to be in 4 high as well, which was the fastest setting over
11:56 there, and then we're going to see who wins.
11:58 I think this will definitely win, but I just wanted to show you how much quicker it is
12:02 over that distance, just so you can visualize it in your mind.
12:05 Scott, you ready to roll?
12:06 Let's do it.
12:08 OK, Igor, if you can count us in, we will be all good to go.
12:12 3, 2, 1, go.
12:17 All right, that seems fair to me.
12:21 All right, let's go.
12:22 It's actually pulling away nicely as the rain starts to drop.
12:26 All right, there's our 200 metre mark.
12:30 All right, we'll come to a stop.
12:33 Let's see what our numbers are.
12:34 So, it took me 10.4 seconds to cross 201 metres, and that was at 113 kilometres.
12:41 Now, 201 metres is an eighth mile.
12:44 Scott, how did you go there over the eighth mile?
12:46 11.4 seconds at 105 kilometres an hour.
12:51 OK, so this was quicker.
12:52 Let's have a look at our 0 to 100 time.
12:55 Ah, there you go.
12:58 So, 0 to 100 in 8.3, which, if I have a look at my paper here,
13:02 which is almost as quick as the fastest run that we had,
13:05 which is pretty impressive, I reckon.
13:09 Scott, what was your 0 to 100?
13:12 10.4 seconds.
13:14 Oh, that was slow.
13:16 Yeah, I got 9.6 from it before.
13:19 I'm waiting for the excuses now.
13:20 I blame Igor's slow countdown.
13:22 Aha, OK.
13:24 Well, to make you feel a little bit better, should we do that again?
13:27 Yes, please.
13:29 I'd like to go faster.
13:30 OK, let's do it.
13:32 OK, second attempt at drag race.
13:41 Scott's ears aren't working, and he didn't quite get that sorted.
13:45 So, this time around, we're going to give this another shot.
13:49 We'll see how it goes.
13:50 I'll reset the V-Box.
13:52 We've still got this in 4-auto, traction off.
13:54 He's in the same mode.
13:56 We'll see if he can do it properly this time.
13:58 OK, Scott, are you ready?
14:00 Let's do it.
14:00 And, Igor, we're ready for our countdown when you are.
14:04 3, 2, 1, go.
14:08 Oh, that was closer.
14:13 OK, I'm not pulling away as much.
14:17 It is still getting away, though, as the distance increases.
14:20 That's our 200 metres.
14:23 Whoops, as we lose...
14:24 Walkie-talkie.
14:26 All right, we'll come to a stop.
14:27 These tyres are terrible in the wet.
14:30 OK, so we did 10.3 seconds over the eighth mile at 112.9 kilometres an hour,
14:37 which is pretty much the exact same.
14:39 OK, Scott, how did you go that time?
14:41 11 seconds and 106.5 k's an hour for the eighth mile.
14:47 OK, and your 0-100?
14:49 A blisteringly quick 9.8 seconds.
14:52 My chest is actually sore from the G-forces.
14:54 OK, cool, thank you.
14:57 And I did 0-100 in 8.3 seconds.
15:00 So, again, pretty much the same run as last time.
15:03 Yeah, so look, the numbers are interesting because, yes, this is obviously quicker,
15:08 but is it sort of a few thousand dollars quicker?
15:11 I'll leave that up to you to decide.
15:14 [Sounds of a car driving by]
15:20 OK, actually, one last thing we want to do, because I know you're thinking about this,
15:24 I can sort of picture you all asking the question,
15:27 but Scott has a closed-over tray in the WildTrack.
15:31 So what happens if we open my tray and do the run down the eighth mile with the tray open?
15:38 Is there less air resistance?
15:40 Is this quicker?
15:42 Let's see.
15:43 I'm going to reset the V-Box there.
15:44 I'll see if Scott's ready.
15:45 You ready to go, Scott?
15:46 Let's do it.
15:48 OK, let's see what happens.
15:51 Igor, we're ready for our countdown.
15:53 3, 2, 1, go.
15:57 I got the jump.
16:01 I muffed that up.
16:08 I absolutely got the jump there.
16:10 That is OK.
16:11 There's our 200-meter marker.
16:13 Sorry, I think I got the jump then.
16:22 I know that you've got the RS open, but that does not mean you get to jump the start.
16:27 OK, let's go back and do that again.
16:30 Yes, for the record, that was also 10 points.
16:34 We did that in slow motion, just how much you jumped that by.
16:36 That was a big jump.
16:38 [LAUGHS]
16:46 So yeah, that was 10.3 again.
16:48 So I have a strategy here just to tweak the stall just slightly.
16:54 And then with our wind resistance advantage, we should be able to get off the line quicker.
16:58 So let's give this a shot.
16:59 I do feel bad for our video guys, Sean and Igor.
17:07 It is bucketing down out there, and they are very wet, but committed.
17:11 OK, second time around.
17:15 This time I won't get a jump on Scott so he doesn't complain.
17:19 But I've left the tray open again just to see how that goes.
17:24 Line those up, reset my V-Box.
17:26 We'll let Igor know we're ready.
17:27 Igor, ready for our countdown.
17:29 3, 2, 1, go.
17:32 That's better.
17:34 That's better.
17:34 All right, let's go.
17:35 Let's go.
17:36 I can already feel the aero advantage here.
17:39 Absolutely demolishing the competition.
17:44 And there's the 200 marker.
17:47 I'll bring this to a stop.
17:49 OK, so there goes the theory.
17:51 Well, actually, hold on.
17:53 I'm confused now because we did 10.4 seconds, which is technically slower,
17:58 but the speed was faster at 113.1.
18:01 So the aero advantage kind of didn't really help us there in the long run,
18:07 which is a little bit disappointing.
18:08 Let's see how Scott went.
18:09 Actually, I'll have a look at our 0 to 100 as well while we're here.
18:12 No, 0 to 100 came in at 8.3 as well.
18:14 So no material advantage there.
18:17 Scott, what were your numbers?
18:18 0 to 100 was 9.6 seconds, and my eighth mile time was 10.9 seconds at 106.7 k's an hour.
18:26 So was that your fastest?
18:28 Yeah, my fastest so far.
18:30 So you're like a wine.
18:32 You're getting better with time.
18:34 So I didn't think it would be that much fun drag racing a set of utes,
18:51 but I thought it was going to be a little bit quicker in the V6 Ranger than the 4-cylinder.
18:56 I thought there'd be a much bigger gap,
18:58 and I guess it shows you that they have capped this a little bit
19:00 just to preserve engine life and all that kind of thing.
19:03 Ultimately, if you are towing, I think you really want to go down the path of the V6,
19:06 because it's going to give you that upper limit.
19:08 It'll give you a bit more oomph when you're overtaking and stuff,
19:10 but if you do need to settle on the 4-cylinder, it's actually pretty impressive as it is.
19:14 Now, I asked inside the car, "Do you want to see a drag race against this and the current-gen V6
19:19 Amarok?" The reason I think that'd be interesting is because the next-generation Amarok is going to
19:23 share a platform with this, and given that's going to have a V6 diesel as well,
19:27 we kind of want to make sure that this is quicker now than the current-generation Amarok V6.
19:32 You don't want it to go backwards, so let me know in the comments section below.
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