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Ford Australia to put features behind a paywall from 2025
Most Ford models sold in Australia since mid-2020 will soon require their owners to pay for certain functions which are currently free.
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About the Ford Ranger
Last updated Dec 18, 2024The 2025 Ford Ranger is set to offer an updated design and enhanced features, continuing its reputation as a versatile midsize pickup truck. It will feature a refreshed exterior with a more modern, rugged look, incorporating Ford’s latest design language. The 2025 model is expected to include advanced technology and safety features, improved interior comfort, and a range of powertrain options, including potentially more efficient engines. With a focus on performance and capability, the new Ranger will likely offer enhanced towing and payload capacities, making it suitable for both work and recreational use.
Pros
- Signature ride comfort, refinement
- New V6 diesel, permanent 4WD a great addition
- Enhanced interior ergonomics and displays
Cons
- No manual gearbox option at all
- Extra cabin storage limited to Wildtrak
- Putting 4x4 settings in a touchscreen may not be wise
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2025 Ford Ranger Reviews
2025 Ford Ranger Price
Super Cab Chassis
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 HI-RIDER (4x2) | $39,380 | $39,380 |
Double Cab P/up
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 HI-RIDER (4x2) | $42,280 | $42,280 |
| XL 2.0 (4x4) | $50,880 | $54,380 |
| XLT 2.0 HI-RIDER (4x2) | $56,440 | $56,440 |
| XLS 2.0 (4x4) | $57,630 | $57,630 |
| XLT 2.0 (4x4) | $63,650 | $63,650 |
| SPORT 2.0 (4x4) | $66,140 | $66,140 |
| XLT 3.0 (4x4) | $68,840 | $68,840 |
| WILDTRAK 2.0 (4x4) | $69,640 | $69,640 |
| SPORT 3.0 (4x4) | $71,340 | $71,340 |
| WILDTRAK 3.0 (4x4) | $74,840 | $74,840 |
| PLATINUM 3.0 (4x4) | $80,640 | $80,640 |
| RAPTOR 3.0 (4x4) | $90,440 | $90,440 |
C/chas
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 HI-RIDER (4x2) | $36,880 | $36,880 |
| XL 2.0 (4x4) | $47,980 | $47,980 |
Super C/chas
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 (4x4) | $50,480 | $50,480 |
Super Cab Pick Up
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XLT 2.0 (4x4) | $61,640 | $61,640 |
Double C/chas
| Variant | Price From* | Price To* |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 (4x4) | $48,980 | $52,480 |
| XLT 3.0 (4x4) | $66,940 | $66,940 |
*excl. on-roads
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2025 Ford Ranger Specs
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2025 Ford Ranger Dimensions
1866mm
1910mm
5225mm
The dimensions shown above are for the base model.
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The top-selling dual-cab models have a slightly wider tub than before, and is billed as sufficient to flat-stow a 1200mm x 800mm pallet.
This was partly at the behest of junior development parter Volkswagen, which wanted the new Amarok to retain this bragging point.
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2025 Ford Ranger Exterior
When it comes to designing and engineering a brand new product for a car company, there’s a degree of latitude international markets are given when it comes to the whole process. With Ford Australia being the main engine room for Ranger and Everest, they were given the reins when it came to the next-generation Ranger Raptor and were given a great deal of latitude to design a performance pickup truck that would need to stand on its own two feet in every global market from Australia to the US.
It's a very muscular and aggressive looking ute that will no doubt turn plenty of heads.
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Some variants get matrix LED headlights, along with LED tail lights. The standard level of equipment is quite high across the entire range.
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Other innovative features include clamp holes for the tray, a ruler built into the tray door and the ability to option a power outlet within the tray.
2025 Ford Ranger Interior
The interior of the new Ford Ranger is a huge step up in terms of material, fit and finish and the infotainment system. All variants except the Wildtrack gain the 10.1 inch infotainment screen and with a portrait orientation, larger than any of the screens in the outgoing Ranger and every other dual-cab ute on the market today.
The Wildtrack gets the larger 12.0-inch touchscreen, until such time as the Raptor arrives.
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Each vehicle picks up Ford's SYNC4 infotainment system, which offers the ability to perform over-the-air updates, which add further features and connectivity down the track as part of ownership.
You can find official pictures and additional commentary of all the interior features and options on the official website. Or on the official Ford brochure.
2025 Ford Ranger Infotainment
The Ford Ranger uses either a 10.1-inch portrat infotainment screen or a 12.0-inch unit.
Both come with SYNC4, which is Ford's latest infotainment system. Smartphone features include wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Both infotainment systems also come with the ability to perform over-the-air updates to add additional features down the track.
2025 Ford Ranger Fuel Economy
| Ford Ranger | Fuel Type | Combined |
|---|---|---|
| XL 2.0 HI-RIDER (4x2) | Diesel | 7.6 L/100km |
Cost of ownership
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How does the 2025 Ford Ranger drive?
Our expert take on Ford Ranger drivability.
It’s quicker than most of its rivals in a straight line, although the Wildtrak V6 can’t match V8 trucks from the USA, and the torquey turbo-diesel engine combines with a smart suspension tune to make it comfortable with a 2500kg caravan hooked up. Likewise, it performed well against our high-tech trailer dyne.
Off-road, it wasn’t fazed by any of our tests. Along with solid hardware, all the onboard technology makes actually unlocking the car’s capability simple for nervous off-roaders.
Also on hand to make life easier for nervous off-roaders are the excellent front-view camera and a range of preset off-road modes. Not sure how to set up your four-wheel drive system? Choose your terrain using the dial, and let the car work it out for you.
It sets a new benchmark for dual-cab utes, and its rivals have some serious catching up to do.
The Ranger’s Aussie DNA remains evident once you break out of the city limits and find yourself loping along ungraded gravel and coarse tarmac.
It rides over corrugations with a minimum of fuss, offering plenty of softness in the suspension, matched with good amounts of control on rebound — even when there’s nothing heavy in the tub.
It’s also quiet in terms of the degree to which tyre roar, wind noise, and engine gruffness are filtered out of the cabin at cruise.
While the core ladder frame and coil front/leaf rear suspension setups are familiar, Ford Australia’s engineers added 50mm in track width and moved the dampers outboard, theoretically tamping down ever further on hopping and bouncing when lightly laden.
It’s also worth noting that Rangers graded XLT, Sport and Wildtrak now have rear disc brakes rather than drums.
The Bi-Turbo four is largely familiar but Ford has made some changes to iron out some bugs that affected the first iteration – there were indeed some issues.
Its sequential, differently-sized turbos cut lag, and the gear spacings perhaps felt better in this incarnation, meaning it seemed less fussy or prone to hunt about for the perfect ratio. It does still have a slim peak torque band, but overall it’s a refined and sufficiently punchy setup.
Yes, most people will lust after the $3000 more expensive V6, but the Bi-Turbo four offers the sort of punch its displacement belies, and there’ll almost certainly be much shorter wait lists.
The headline V6 offers better punch – 30kW and 100Nm to be precise – as you would expect, as well as idle stop/start and the aforementioned permanent 4WD. It’s also quite refined from outside, with a fairly muted diesel idle.
Overall it offers more immediate punch off the mark as well as better traction in the right setup, and a superior surge of torque from 1750rpm for easier overtaking. It isn’t hard to see the appeal, and it certainly puts a D-Max or HiLux in the shade for refinement and performance.
The difference in fuel use between the four-cylinder (7.6L/100km) and V6 (8.4L/100km) is actually quite small.
The base four-wheel drive system available with the 2.0-litre single- and twin-turbo four-cylinder diesel engines is a part-time system with a two-speed electronic shift-on-the-fly transfer case featuring 2H, 4H and 4L modes.
It’s what we have come to expect from most dual-cab utes, forcing owners to manually shift from two- to four-wheel drive when the going gets rough. It shouldn’t be driven in four-wheel drive on sealed roads.
The 2024 Ford Ranger with the 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel or 3.0-litre V6 twin-turbo petrol engines, however, feature an on-demand four-wheel drive system that offers the same 2H, 4H and 4L modes, but also has a 4A automatic mode that can be used on “high-traction surfaces” like paved roads.
This 4A mode when selected can continuously distribute power between the front and rear axles for “optimum performance in all on-road conditions”. Essentially, it behaves like an all-wheel drive car in 4A.
There’s also an electronic rear differential lock that can be activated through the Sync4 infotainment touchscreen.
Depending on the Ranger variant, there are a variety of drive modes that change the vehicle’s throttle response, gearshifts, traction control and ABS. These include the following:
- Normal
- Eco
- Sport
- Tow/Haul
- Slippery
- Mud/Ruts (off-road use)
- Sand (off-road use)
- Baja
- Rock Crawl
Available on some models is an Off-Road Screen (ORS) that’s able to display the following information:
- Driveline and electronic diff lock indication
- Steering angle
- Vehicle pitch and roll angles
- Off-road features buttons
A surround-view camera, which is available on some models, can also be interacted with in this ORS.
If you're interested in getting behind the wheel of the Ranger for yourself, you can find your local Ford dealership via the Ford website.
2025 Ford Ranger Options
Options list for the Ford Ranger
You can find more details on all the options and inclusions across the Ford Ranger variants on the official website, and within the official Ford Ranger specifications page.
Should you buy the 2025 Ford Ranger
Is this the right car for you? Out experts buy or not guide.
The old Ranger was still among the best utes right to the end of its life, so the fact this new one is clearly the best option in its class should not surprise you.
The new V6 with full-time 4×4 is great for those who tow, the interior has improved ergonomics and flashier screens to be more SUV-like than ever, it has clever little touches like its app-based functions and the rear box step, and there’s a grade to suit everyone.
It also retains the Ranger’s signature ride quality over corrugated gravel and coarse Aussie B-roads since it was born on them, has slightly more connected-in-feel electric power steering, and walked all over the off-road challenges we collectively threw at it.