2024 Ford Ranger review: Platinum | New luxury dual-cab ute / pick-up levels up beyond Toyota HiLux?

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It wasn't that long ago that a ute / pick-up would generally be considered a work vehicle and nothing more. Oh, how times have changed, so much so that the 2024 Ford Ranger has added another string to its bow in the form of a new non-Raptor flagship, the aptly named and luxury-focused Platinum.
The Platinum nameplate may be new to the Ranger, but it's not new to Ford, which continues to use it on the mechanically related Everest large SUV to this day. Needless to say, the high-end similarities between the new Ranger Platinum and the established Everest Platinum are numerous.
But does Australia really need a premium alternative to the Toyota HiLux? It didn't work out so well for the Mercedes-Benz X-Class, after all. In this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Byron Mathioudakis puts the Ranger Platinum through its paces to find out.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Pricing and features
02:28 Safety
02:51 Design
03:42 Practicality
09:17 Under the bonnet
11:31 Efficiency
12:14 Driving
15:04 Ownership
15:39 Verdict
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@joshowens2062 5 ай бұрын

Heated seats have been around for a while and available on many cars, however, cooled seats aren’t as common, and they’re certainly underrated. Leather gets incredibly hot and uncomfortable in the hot weather, and hoping in my wife’s Santa Fe, is such a pleasure to flick on the cooled seating, so very happy to hear the Ranger now gets it, in this model at least.

@tacuazinful 2 ай бұрын

That's an innecesary future,just put non leather seats, and issue resolved, such futures only increase the price of the vehicle

@giorgoskritikos7526 2 ай бұрын

Γειά σου Πατριώτη Λεβέντη. Να σου δίνει ο Θεός Υγεία και να μας χαρίζεις όμορφα βίντεο όπως Αυτό!!🇬🇷❤️🇬🇷👌👏

@200401 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful picture quality!

@Davido50 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯 Best midsized trucks in the world 🌎.

@roocrew86 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that you know and referred to the XY falcon door handles 👍

@Davido50 7 ай бұрын

Love it! Can't beat Ranger. 💯

@Pedroaghyu 10 ай бұрын

If you build a premium Ute, they should off used coil springs to give it a more luxurious ride.

@elastotec173 4 ай бұрын

Agree 100% - just picked mine up and this is the one big miss by Ford on this vehicle

@Alingkii_888 6 ай бұрын

That is awesome 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯✔️

@robertbutler8004 2 күн бұрын

At this price point, the running board should be retractable the front seats should have massarge as I have seen a Chinese dual cab with both features for a fraction of the cost of this ute.

@zackl.1282 5 ай бұрын

i'd buy this

@noelyoungman3353 10 ай бұрын

Such a pity they kept the leaf springs.

@MrAshfrench 10 ай бұрын

Are the seats as you mentioned cooled because of the special perforation or actually cooled by a designated cooling mechanism?

@georgepappas4628 10 ай бұрын

It's actually got a cooling mechanism.

@billybob1511 5 ай бұрын

LOL

@josephcullen2512 10 ай бұрын

Not quite range rover equivalent but nice comparison

@georgesamwel929 4 күн бұрын

Dream car

@onedayatatime4232 10 ай бұрын

Just a question. If it was designed and engineered in Australia, why is the bonnet release on the left. Was the designer European ?

@shanea9613 10 ай бұрын

What side of the road do the drive on in Thailand?

@ffabcd5091 10 ай бұрын

@@shanea9613 They also drive on the left. The truth is that the Ford designs their vehicles across every part of the world not just AU, hence the bonnet release. A real AU designed car was the Ford Falcon, Territory, Commodore etc.

@rallymosm3331 10 ай бұрын

Good Car Ford

@hikkks 10 ай бұрын

Main difference -- only this edition gets memory seats(!)

@jamieshields9521 9 ай бұрын

Great review especially faults I can’t believe open hood handle let lone no gas or electric struts like in CaseIH Steiger 715. For price I would buy HSV SportCAT LOL.

@TheVix211 10 ай бұрын

Hope platinum range get a better Diff!

@paulllacey1344 10 ай бұрын

Moron, that's a payout. Raptor mate.

@qualcommchalloner9551 10 ай бұрын

It would look so much better in White

@shanepannell227 5 ай бұрын

Well you can buy a white one if you want 🙄

@szelvedojavitas 9 ай бұрын

I ordered... Arrive time 2024 January. 16.000.000.- HUF ( Netto)

@JoeyS.-ly6cj 4 ай бұрын

It's a Beautiful Truck If i had the Cash i would buy not financing it that would be a no no😢

@vangard3415 10 ай бұрын

Its a pity they can't get them reliable ,i dont think i would take the risk.

@nathansharma87 10 ай бұрын

Same. I'd love one but Ford just refuse to build a reliable car. They know how too, they choose not too.

@greyhamlogan2255 9 ай бұрын

Where as Toyota is built on reliability 😊

@paulmcintosh5589 9 ай бұрын

@@greyhamlogan2255 toyota is build on old technology sold for a lot longer toyota has never set the highest standards in any new advancements in vehicle technology performance or safety, that’s where unreliable comes from testing new advancements.

@sebastianfinocchiaro870 2 ай бұрын

If I had one of these I wouldn’t care about the leaf springs

@rubytuesday1345 10 ай бұрын

How does it compare with the new Hilux GR Sport?

@greyhamlogan2255 9 ай бұрын

It doesn't. It sells because it has a ford badge, any other use is dead in the water 💧

@michaelmacwilliam3370 8 ай бұрын

I’ve just done a test drive of the GR Sport, and found the engine pretty laggy, suspension awesome, and interior about 10 years off the pace.

@rubytuesday1345 8 ай бұрын

Recently bought the GR. I’d agree about the interior but not about the engine. Did you have it in eco mode? Makes a huge difference. In pwr mode it goes pretty quick. At the end of the day it’s a ute. If speed is your overriding requirement then you should be looking at something else.

@paulmcintosh5589 8 ай бұрын

@@rubytuesday1345 safety would be 1. 3 stars for that money doesn’t cut it even with the over fuelling under powered engine.

@michaelmacwilliam3370 8 ай бұрын

@@rubytuesday1345 I found it laggy on the throttle, not necessarily slow. Once it got up and going it was good. Think I had it in normal mode? The salesman was doing a bit of faffing around and not really letting me focus.

@johnnumbat9782 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Byron - I wouldn’t be seen in something that looks like a truck crossed with the look of the inside of a Hungarian gift shop - the other elephant in the room is the woeful Ford reliability and poor dismissive service culture but I know you’re being sponsored by Ford to promote this - I’m quite happy with my 2010 SR Hilux for $18k.- better to put this amount of money into property - Ford like Holden is only a brand a bogan could love.

@mvubu6823 10 ай бұрын

It's for the BMW owner of the 2000s - because clearly the indicators don't work,

@alphabravo3304 6 ай бұрын

Where the hell are you getting your prices from mate, a V6 wildtrack is 83 grand in QLD, wait till the KIA pick up hits,

@Johnno1979 10 ай бұрын

Rear folding armrest strap needs to pull down not out or up.

@zenithnardin 8 ай бұрын

Everybody pull that strap😂

@bewade 6 ай бұрын

You'll get there

@geoffreyjoseph514 7 ай бұрын

Did he say hide contraband? 😂

@craybro 9 ай бұрын

What is the point of this vehicle?

@pure666metal7 6 ай бұрын

$78 is not the drive away price, I wish it was.

@stickers8447 3 ай бұрын

Correct, that’s why he said it

@Yobole_4223 2 ай бұрын

Where is the ute?

@jockwar 10 ай бұрын

To much bling XLT is still the best 😎

@rij2392 2 ай бұрын

In no world it makes sense having to go to passenger side to open the bonnet . Dissapointing

@jeremygeduldt936 10 ай бұрын

Ford Ranger & F150 100 thousands verskriklik baie as in Afrikaans.

@shanea9613 10 ай бұрын

Yeah nah. No thanks. Save the luxury for the luxury brands.

@johnstreel73 9 ай бұрын

it a vw

@rogermckinnon5738 10 ай бұрын

It's still cheaper than a toyota landcruiser

@Ricardo-ur7tp 10 ай бұрын

Overpriced for ford buid "quality"

@franktrierweiler371 9 ай бұрын

Looks a little like a Chevy!

@tonychen9549 10 ай бұрын

Such a joke marketing kinda like buying a battle tank with leather seat feature, UTE is build to be tough and durable, if you want something Luxury why dont you buy a Mercedes

@paulmcintosh5589 9 ай бұрын

It’s about advancements in the segment, if all manufacturers did what toyota do the segment would still be killing owners in 60km/hr accidents. Toyota last to introduce inertia seatbelt, last airbags,last to coil struts,last to ABS, last for traction,now last to 2020 ancap profit over new advancements

@50018Resolution 9 ай бұрын

Built from the cheapest components and materials Ford could find, test it in two years time when its got 100k on the clock and on its second engine and ask the same question!

@johnnumbat9782 8 ай бұрын

Yes I totally agree and quite happy with my 2010 SR Hilux for $18k.- better to put this amount of money into property

@danielgreen8712 7 ай бұрын

Jus upgraded from gen1 raptor 160k on clock in 4yrs, no major issues great motor & trans, now have gen2 raptor wow what a difference love it

@greyhamlogan2255 9 ай бұрын

It doesn't even come close to a Toyota SR5 Hilux. It sells simply because it has a ford badge.😊

@paulmcintosh5589 9 ай бұрын

No it sets new standards unlike toyota, last to 2020 ancap tests, history for toyota, last for inertia seatbelts,airbags,diff locks,ABS, traction control,IFS,coil struts,adjustable rear view mirrors,intermittent wipers,stand AC, still underpowered still unsafe still profit over benchmark standards

@elastotec173 4 ай бұрын

so why are you watching a review of a Ford Ranger?