Was thinking of picking up a Ranger, bought a nice used Taco for less than half the price - no regrets. New mid-size truck prices are crazy

Cool truck.

I noticed your print article on this Ute describing that the FX4 wasn’t quite a full blooded raptor but it might be better. I just watched this video and it’s clear that the FX4 shares not a single one of the Raptor specific components that make the Raptor a Raptor. The FX4 is, what, an XLT with $2k of Fox’s bottom of the range monotube 2.0? So you guys are the ones who are so keen on manufacturers putting together better packaged and more capable 4x4s and then you go and say that a basic ute with entry level aftermarket suspension is better than the Raptor (that Ford went to the bother of coil converting, wide track, long travel with bypass shocks?) no wonder manufacturers treat is like rich idiots in this country and can sell us outdated underpowered base model, no options available junk, but with stickers, for the same money a F150 Raptor costs stateside. Ps your review came across like an infomercial.

It’s the same as the tremor model in the states

Sad to say, that there is no FX4 max variant of the next gen ranger

racing suspension on a ute. Why?

3500 kg...So how many of these will snap in half..

is this a teaser to an actual off road review?

Rather have the Hilux Mako! Have driven quite a few WT Bi Turbo Rangers and they are pretty nice but for 3.5k tow rating leaf spring is not enough, really the extra torque of the 5cyl 3.2 is better for those payloads and even then, these are light utes not trucks, it’s really pushing the limits of braking and static and dynamic loads, safety etc. I have said this many times, buy the base model DC SR XLs, 4wd, same engines, same trans, upgrade the seats with Stratos, a real seat driver and passenger, choose ya suspension, Fulcrum, BP52s, etc save the extra money and get real upgrades and at a much lower cost, ya paying for the stickers and magpie shiny things, it’s the Mac Donald’s method of up selling and consumers get sucked in by it.

What were they thinking with those side steps? I don't think I've ever seen a worse design for an off road focussed vehicle, those steps will get hung up on everything

I love australian guttural speak...nothing pc here

Grille, tyres and switch panel are the only interesting parts on this Ranger. The rest is rubbish . . .