2023 Ford Everest: Quick drive & everything you need to know!

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We've finally had the chance to drive the all-new Ford Everest. It was only a very, very brief drive off-road at Ford's proving ground in Australia, but we thought we'd run through all the new details on Everest since our last video and also recap what the drive was like.  Ford Everest price and specifications: https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/2022-ford-everest-price-and-specs  Ford Everest revealed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soSMHPcOyv0 Ford Everest walkaround: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNQ_wz-b3I  More Ford content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford More Ford Everest content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford/everest  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Pricing 0:50 Engine Specs 2:07 Tow and Load 3:25 Standard Features 5:14 Optional Feature 8:21 Off Road 10:07 Wrap Up 14:05  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #ford #everest #review

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 G'day, I'm Paul.

00:12 Since we shot our last video on the new Ford Everest,

00:15 we have more information and I've taken it

00:18 for a quick drive around Ford's proving grounds.

00:21 So today I'm gonna take you through everything we know

00:23 so far and everything you need to know

00:25 about the new Ford Everest,

00:27 along with a quick drive off road at Ford's proving ground

00:30 in Australia.

00:32 Now, if you do wanna skip ahead to other parts

00:33 of this review, you can use the time codes on the screen,

00:36 or if you're on YouTube, you could scroll down

00:38 and use the chapters below.

00:39 Down in the description as well is where you're gonna find

00:41 links to the rest of our Everest and Ranger content as well.

00:45 But if you haven't done so already,

00:46 subscribe to our channel, press the bell icon.

00:48 Let's get started.

00:49 So let's kick off with pricing.

00:52 We've already had a look at the outside design

00:54 and some of the features that are gonna come with Everest,

00:56 but I think pricing is important.

00:58 And to be honest, pricing of Everest here in Australia

01:01 actually surprised me.

01:02 I thought it was gonna be a whole lot more expensive,

01:03 especially when you look at stuff like the Prado,

01:06 which caps out at about $90,000 here in Australia.

01:09 So the entire Everest range will kick off

01:11 with the Ambiente, which is priced at just under $53,000.

01:15 The Ambiente and the next level up,

01:17 which is called the Trend, are both gonna be available

01:20 as either four by two, which is two wheel drive,

01:22 rear wheel drive, or four by four,

01:24 which is a full-time automatic four wheel drive system

01:26 that's also capable of operating as a two wheel drive.

01:30 We then step up to the Sport and the Platinum.

01:33 Both the Sport and Platinum are available

01:35 only as all wheel drive

01:36 and only with Ford's new V6 diesel engine.

01:39 And the entire range caps out at just under $78,000

01:43 for the top specification Platinum.

01:45 You might think that's expensive,

01:47 but I actually think that is good value for money.

01:49 So Ford has bumped up towing capacity to three and a half

01:51 tons and coupled with the turbocharged V6 diesel engine,

01:55 seven seats, it is actually pretty price competitive

01:57 when you look at the rest of the vehicles in this segment.

02:00 You're not really getting anything else

02:01 that offers a V6 diesel in there,

02:03 which gives you enough headroom

02:04 if you are actually towing at or near capacity.

02:07 And just to recap on the engines,

02:08 the four cylinder, it's a two liter twin turbocharged diesel

02:12 makes 154 kilowatts of power and 500 newton meters of torque

02:17 and the six cylinder is a turbocharged three liter V6 diesel

02:21 that makes 184 kilowatts of power

02:23 and 600 newton meters of torque.

02:25 And both of those are mated

02:27 to a 10 speed automatic transmission.

02:30 It is worth pointing out as well

02:31 that you do have a rear differential lock

02:33 so that can be engaged using the center display on the car.

02:37 And then in addition to that,

02:38 you have a stack of drive modes that are available as well,

02:41 depending on the variant.

02:42 These drive modes include normal, eco, tow and haul,

02:46 slippery, mud ruts and sand.

02:49 And on four by four models above the entry level ambient,

02:52 you also get an off-road screen

02:54 that includes things like your driveline

02:56 and electronic diff lock distribution,

02:58 steering angle, vehicle pitch and roll angles

03:01 and an off-road features button

03:03 that kind of has all of that information in there.

03:05 You can also get a surround view camera

03:07 on some of these variants,

03:08 which just gives you a better view of what's going on.

03:11 When we did our off-road driving, which you'll see shortly,

03:14 the off-road camera gives you great vision over a crest.

03:17 So it means that if you are cresting a big hill

03:19 or an ascent, you're gonna be able to see

03:20 what's over the edge there

03:21 before you can physically see over the bonnet,

03:23 which I think is a really good feature.

03:24 Let's talk about your capacity.

03:26 So I mentioned that 3,500 kilograms of brake towing capacity

03:30 that's gonna be available on the entire Everest range,

03:33 regardless of whether you go down the path

03:34 of four by four or four by two.

03:36 Payload is up to 741 kilograms.

03:40 GVM, which is your gross vehicle mass,

03:42 is up to 3,150 kilograms.

03:44 Finally, your GCM, which is your gross combination mass,

03:47 is 6,250 kilograms across the entire range.

03:51 Now, it is worth keeping in mind

03:52 that those figures will dictate how much payload

03:55 you can have inside the car

03:56 when you are towing 3,500 kilograms.

03:59 So do make sure that if you go to capacity

04:01 with one of these,

04:02 that you're not overloading the vehicle itself with payload.

04:05 Towing-wise, you're able to option a tow bar

04:07 across the entire range.

04:08 That also comes with an electronic brake controller

04:11 that is inside the car,

04:13 natively sort of integrated into that.

04:14 I think that's a great feature,

04:16 and we'll see this on Ranger as well.

04:18 Just take some of the complexity

04:19 out of having a trailer attached to the car.

04:22 And the interesting thing as well

04:23 is that the trailer coverage system

04:25 that's in this vehicle

04:27 allows you to input the size of the trailer

04:30 that you're towing with.

04:31 So everything from 2.4 to 10 meters.

04:33 Now, the reason that's important

04:34 is it's able to customise your blind zone monitor

04:37 to tell you when you have vehicles in your blind spot,

04:40 including the trailer length.

04:42 And I think that is such a great innovation.

04:44 It makes changing lanes and all that sort of stuff

04:46 much easier when you can't actually see

04:48 all the way down the end of the trailer

04:50 and how much space you have

04:51 between that and the cars next to you.

04:53 Now, in terms of the other safety tech,

04:54 I'm not gonna run through all of it,

04:55 but I will say that it does come with nine airbags,

04:58 and that means there's a centre airbag,

05:00 and that is the requirement

05:01 for a five-star ANCAP safety rating.

05:03 So this hasn't been crash tested yet,

05:05 but I suspect that it will be crash tested

05:07 pretty much as soon as it comes out.

05:08 And I'm hoping that it does deliver a five-star safety rating

05:11 because this is ultimately a family car.

05:14 Just on the standard feature list,

05:16 if you do wanna see every single feature

05:18 that's gonna come in every single one of these specs,

05:21 you can see the Car Expert website

05:22 where we have a news story specifically on this.

05:24 You can scroll down and have a look at the link

05:26 in the description for that.

05:27 But I wanna get through some of the highlights

05:29 that I thought were pretty cool in some of these specs.

05:31 So at the entry level,

05:33 you're getting a set of 17-inch alloy wheels,

05:35 but in addition to that,

05:36 you're getting a 10.1-inch SYNC 4 infotainment display.

05:39 That is a big display,

05:40 and if you have a look at the rest of the competitors

05:42 in this segment, like Prado,

05:43 it all just feels so dated in comparison to this.

05:46 And to think that you're getting the big screen

05:49 in the entry level, I think is really cool.

05:51 Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto,

05:53 so it will be fully featured there

05:54 in terms of your smartphone connectivity,

05:56 and that also comes with a wireless phone charger.

05:59 Love the fact that you're getting FordPass Connect

06:01 with an embedded modem.

06:02 What that means is you can start your car

06:04 from virtually anywhere in the world.

06:06 We've tested this tech before on Ford's other models,

06:09 and it typically works pretty well.

06:10 So great to see that is included there.

06:12 Visual zone climate control as well.

06:14 So a stack of really impressive equipment.

06:17 As you move up to the trend,

06:19 which is the next level above the Ambiente,

06:21 you're getting things like privacy glass,

06:23 and I know it sounds silly,

06:23 but privacy glass is typically just for high-end models.

06:27 So it's good to see that Ford is actually putting that

06:29 in the lower end of the Everest range.

06:32 It'll mean the car looks and feels

06:33 just a little bit more premium

06:35 than I guess every other SUV on the road.

06:37 You also get seven seats with the trend,

06:39 so I don't know how much room there is gonna be

06:41 in the third row,

06:42 but if it's like any other SUV in this segment,

06:44 it's gonna be fairly cramped

06:45 and probably just a kid-only zone.

06:47 So I'll be testing that out

06:48 when we finally get our hands on the car.

06:51 Then in addition to that,

06:52 you're also getting the bigger infotainment display here too.

06:55 So it's a 12-inch screen instead of a 10-inch screen.

06:58 This is again, just better for things like your navigation,

07:01 your smartphone mirroring.

07:02 It also means that it comes with those extra 4x4 modes

07:05 if you do go down the path of 4x4 on the trend variant.

07:08 As you step up to the Sport, it supersizes the wheels.

07:11 So they go to a 20-inch black alloy wheel.

07:13 And with the Sport, this is all about, I guess,

07:16 just looking different to the rest of the Everest range.

07:18 So they've got black trim highlights,

07:20 you've got a 10-speaker sound system,

07:22 you've got power driver's seat with memory,

07:25 power passenger seat as well,

07:26 and heated and cooled seats too.

07:28 So it really is just giving you that big step up

07:31 in terms of features above and beyond the trend.

07:33 It also comes exclusively with the V6 diesel,

07:36 so you're paying extra for the bigger engine,

07:38 plus also some of those style highlights.

07:41 But it all really caps off with the Platinum.

07:44 This thing is just loaded with technology and features.

07:46 So 21-inch alloy wheels, the matrix LED headlights,

07:49 which will make driving this car at night

07:51 all the more easier.

07:52 You get the panoramic sunroof.

07:54 It also comes with a bigger driver display

07:56 ahead of the driver, so that takes up that entire section.

07:59 12-speaker B&O Play sound system.

08:02 So much better sound system.

08:03 If you like your beats, you're gonna enjoy having that.

08:06 Surround view camera,

08:07 and then some autonomous driving functions

08:09 like your parking assistant,

08:10 which I think is gonna be handy

08:12 if you are a little bit intimidated

08:13 by parking something this size.

08:15 Also love the fact that it gets interior ambient lighting,

08:18 so it should mean that it's nice and cozy

08:19 when the kids are in there as well.

08:21 I wanna touch quickly on some of the optional equipment,

08:24 and this is something that they first brought in

08:26 with the previous generation of the Everest,

08:28 and it means that if you are into off-road driving,

08:30 you're able to then option an off-road pack for the car

08:33 that will make it better for driving off-road.

08:35 So in Ambiente, if you have the 4x4 model,

08:39 you can go down the path of all-terrain tires.

08:41 They also then make that to 18-inch alloy wheels

08:43 and give you that spare alloy wheel as well.

08:46 That all-terrain tire is then available

08:48 on the rest of the Everest range, even on Platinum,

08:50 so you can bump your wheel size down to 18-inch

08:53 with all-terrains if you are serious

08:55 about doing some off-road driving,

08:57 and that's something that pretty much

08:58 none of the other competitors in this segment offer.

09:00 You don't have a highway terrain tire

09:02 and then an off-road tire that you can pick from

09:05 when you are ordering the car and have them interchangeable.

09:08 The other good news as well is that Trend and Sport

09:10 can also be optioned with the surround view camera

09:12 with zone lighting.

09:13 Zone lighting's interesting because it means

09:14 that you're able to have vision around the car

09:17 when you go camping, and I think this is one

09:19 of the cool features they introduced with Ranger.

09:21 Having it flow onto Everest and having the ability

09:24 to option that across the lower models is also good news.

09:27 So look, I think this is a really feature-packed vehicle.

09:31 They've really been quite smart

09:33 with the way they've fitted all the standard equipment

09:35 and the options to these, and in addition to all of this,

09:37 you can go down the path of getting ARB accessories.

09:40 On the color front, you've got seven colors to pick from

09:43 with the blue lightning color, which is, I guess,

09:45 synonymous with Sport, only available on the Sport model,

09:48 and all of the colors except white are Prestige colors

09:51 and they're gonna cost you an additional $675.

09:55 So that gives you just a bit more information

09:57 on the Everest over and above our last video.

09:59 Again, if you do want more details,

10:01 scroll down and have a look at the link

10:02 in the description below where you'll see

10:04 our news story on the Everest

10:05 with everything you need to know about it.

10:08 Now, what's the Everest like behind the wheels?

10:10 So we had the chance to drive a pre-production car

10:13 at Ford's Proving Ground.

10:14 It was a very, very brief drive,

10:16 but it was a drive around Ford's off-road circuit.

10:19 We had the chance to benchmark it

10:21 against the previous generation Everest

10:23 to see exactly how it felt like and the differences there.

10:25 So this is an interesting little track.

10:27 So within Ford's big oval,

10:29 they actually have this purpose-built off-road facility

10:32 where they're able to tune things

10:33 like the hill descent control, the stability controls,

10:36 the traction control systems, and the diff lock as well.

10:39 Our first challenge was a really steep hill.

10:41 So it's a 60% gradient,

10:43 and to put that into degree terms, it's around 30 degrees.

10:46 Now, if you do want a comparison,

10:48 something like Log Mountain is around 30 degrees as well,

10:51 and this is all quite loose, dusty dirt and gravel.

10:55 So there isn't a great deal of traction.

10:58 You need to attack it with a bit of speed,

10:59 and then as you get closer to the top,

11:01 you just keep on the throttle

11:02 so it doesn't roll backwards

11:03 'cause that would be an absolute disaster.

11:06 So I sunk the slipper in and it flew up there.

11:09 So we didn't really have a great deal of traction loss,

11:11 and the deal with this V6 diesel

11:13 is that you don't have to dive back through the gears

11:16 and sort of rev the crap out of it.

11:18 The entire course was done in low range,

11:20 and I think what surprised me the most here

11:22 that it worked with the 10-speed auto really well.

11:26 So normally when you go to low range,

11:27 everything is just much slower.

11:29 It's very revvy and peaky,

11:31 and especially with a gearbox that has lots of gears,

11:34 you can be hunting a lot.

11:35 But the way that they've programmed this is quite clever.

11:37 So it doesn't have to dive back through the gears.

11:39 It's able to lean on its torque band,

11:41 and when we're climbing something like this 60% gradient,

11:45 even though I have my foot in the throttle,

11:47 it isn't going crazy and shifting gears

11:49 as we're climbing up the hill.

11:50 So I thought that was a pretty impressive setup.

11:53 Our next challenge was a kind of offset break over,

11:57 and the way this works is you approach it,

11:59 the top of the car comes over, and then the back lifts.

12:03 Now, if you don't have enough speed here,

12:04 what you can find is the car doesn't have

12:06 any points of traction.

12:07 We discovered this when we did our medium SUV off-road test.

12:11 If you do get two wheels up in the air,

12:12 if there is no diff lock,

12:14 it will basically just spin the wheels all day long,

12:16 and you won't go anywhere.

12:17 With this, we had low range

12:19 and also the rear diff lock active.

12:21 When you do break over that little hill,

12:23 you're able to just lean on the throttle

12:24 with the rear diff locked.

12:25 It's able to rotate the wheel with traction

12:28 to get it over that break over,

12:30 and it means that you're not sitting there

12:31 spinning the wheels and doing anything

12:33 that is going to prevent you from moving.

12:35 So that seemed to work quite well,

12:36 and it was quite quiet as well inside the car.

12:39 There were no big thunks or clunks

12:41 as the rear diff lock engaged or actuated.

12:44 So that wasn't too bad.

12:45 Our next hill was a 60% descent.

12:48 So it was basically the one that we went up,

12:50 but in reverse where we got to basically evaluate

12:53 the hill descent control.

12:54 Now, the good thing here is that Ford allows you

12:57 to customize the descent speed,

12:58 and that means when you are going down the hill,

13:00 you can adjust the speed as you go.

13:02 There are some vehicles in this segment

13:03 that don't allow you to customize the descent speed at all.

13:06 And it means that sometimes if they are too quick,

13:08 you are in free fall and you need to take over yourself.

13:11 In my opinion, I would prefer to just be doing

13:13 the braking all on my own,

13:15 but for some people who do want hill descent control,

13:17 this is probably one of the better systems.

13:18 But ultimately for me,

13:19 I just want to manually select a gear

13:21 and then ride the brake myself

13:23 so that I can be confident in the speed

13:25 and know that it is all locked in

13:26 and I'm in charge of where it's going.

13:28 It did kind of flare up as we got over the hill

13:31 and the hill descent control activated,

13:33 but it all was pretty subdued

13:35 and then we hit the bottom at a low speed.

13:37 So I was pretty sort of happy with how all of that went.

13:39 And I will just point out as well,

13:41 engaging all the four-wheel drive modes

13:42 is pretty straightforward.

13:43 If you do rely on the automatic drive modes,

13:46 which I think a lot of people will

13:47 if they're not really all that confident

13:49 with four-wheel driving,

13:50 you just select the mode that you want

13:51 and it'll recommend whether you need to lock a diff

13:53 or put it into low range.

13:55 Or if you're just like me

13:56 and you just want to do it all yourself,

13:57 you have the ability to just go into low range,

13:59 lock the rear diff and away you go.

14:01 So it is catered for both novices

14:03 and people who know exactly what they're doing.

14:06 Now, we will take this to our own off-road location.

14:09 This was obviously a controlled environment by Ford.

14:12 They literally developed the car here.

14:14 So you would think if it doesn't work here,

14:16 they're in trouble.

14:17 So we will take it to our own location

14:19 to test it out ourselves

14:20 and see exactly how well it works with a production car

14:23 when we finally get our hands on it.

14:24 But I thought this was a good taste

14:26 of exactly how it went.

14:27 Now, let me know if you have any questions

14:29 about any of the specs

14:31 or anything that we've talked about in this video

14:33 or how it drives off-road.

14:34 Let me know in the comments section below.

14:36 Have you ordered an Everest?

14:38 What is your wait time at the moment?

14:39 I'm hearing some extraordinary wait times.

14:41 So I'm keen to see exactly how long you're gonna have

14:43 to wait before you get your hands on one.

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