2023 Ford Ranger XL (inc. 0-100) review: One of the cheapest Rangers you can buy!

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It's one of the cheapest Ford Rangers on sale - but does the Ranger make sense at the lower end of the price range? Paul Maric drives it to find out!  Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE  More Ford content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford More Ford Ranger content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/ford/ranger  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Exterior 1:03 Interior 5:58 Infotainment 7:35 Safety tech 9:29 Practicality 10:48 On the road 15:19 0-100 19:52 Verdict 23:01  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 #ranger #review

Transcript

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

00:01 Hey, I thought, since we haven't done a Ford Ranger review in a while, let's do a Ford

00:05 Ranger review.

00:06 So, we are talking today about the base model.

00:09 It is the XL.

00:11 I know we've reviewed all the top spec stuff, but I thought, let's have a look at what the

00:16 base model will actually get you.

00:17 So, it's a little bit confusing because there are a lot of XL variants.

00:21 This one here is the 4x4.

00:23 It's also fitted with the bi-turbo four-cylinder engine, and this one's priced at a little

00:27 over $53,000.

00:30 But if that's too expensive, the whole range kicks off at a little under 36 grand, and

00:34 that gives you the single-turbo diesel and 4x2 and that type of thing.

00:38 Now, this competes with things like the Isuzu D-MAX, Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara, you name

00:44 it.

00:45 There are a stack of competitors in this segment.

00:46 Today, we're going to do a detailed review of this car, so if you do want to skip ahead

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00:59 That way, you'll find out when we review yet another Ford Ranger.

01:04 Let's talk design.

01:05 So, you've got six external colours to pick from.

01:08 All but white is going to cost you an extra $675.

01:11 So, the base model.

01:13 Here it is in all its glory with its steelies and halogen headlights.

01:19 You can see it kind of carries the same design theme.

01:21 So, you've got that big sort of aggressive grille up the front there with the enormous

01:25 Ford badge, radar module down the bottom there.

01:28 They've kind of kept the same sort of design going across the range, but yeah, where it

01:32 really does become quite low rent is with all these halogen lights.

01:36 I understand, you know, cost saving and all that sort of stuff, but yeah, halogen lights

01:40 belong in the dark ages, and I think they really sort of lower the appearance of this,

01:45 especially at over $50,000.

01:48 It's just insane that they have this type of technology here.

01:51 Let's whip around to the side.

01:53 So, this comes standard with a 16-inch steel wheel.

01:57 This car has the optional all-terrain tyre, which comes with a 17-inch steel wheel.

02:02 What else more is there to say about the car?

02:03 I haven't seen steel wheels on a car for a little while now, and I understand it is the

02:08 base model, but it definitely screams base model when you do have those fitted.

02:12 The all-terrain tyre is going to be good for off-road driving, and if you are using this

02:16 as a dual-purpose vehicle, so for work and also for play, this is going to be the tyre

02:20 that you want to go with.

02:22 Large cladding here as well for your off-road image.

02:26 Bi-turbo up the top here.

02:27 You can get this with the single-turbo diesel or with the bi-turbo diesel, so you do have

02:32 two options there, and the prices vary depending on which one of those you go for.

02:37 Up the top here, you've got an indicator built into the wing mirror.

02:40 This is just like a plastic surround to it, nothing sort of too fancy about that.

02:45 You don't have any proximity sensing, so you've got to get the key out to do everything.

02:48 Plastic door handles there as well.

02:50 Around the back here in the tray, so you can get this as a cab chassis or you can get it

02:55 here in this style side.

02:56 You can also get it without your dual-cab setup as well.

03:00 One thing I did notice is this kind of looks a little bit sort of cheap.

03:04 The XLS gets this as well, but it kind of looks a little bit low-rent.

03:08 Obviously, not expecting sports bars on this here, but it could look a little bit better.

03:12 Now, the good news is, given that this is the work model, it actually does come with

03:16 the useful addition of all these things, which you do see on other specs of Ford Ranger as

03:20 well, but this is where you can hook things like a ladder rack or other accessories on

03:24 without having to damage all these plastic components.

03:28 And it's good that it actually does come with all these plastic components as well, because

03:31 if you do have anything overhanging or tied to the back of this, you're not going to be

03:35 scratching your paintwork, which is exactly what we've seen in the Navara.

03:38 They got rid of the plastic on this section, which I just find completely bizarre.

03:43 That step, so that is integrated even on the base model, which I think is fantastic news.

03:47 You can also get a heavy-duty suspension setup, and that will give you the ability to carry

03:52 more load as well.

03:53 So you do have a lot of options here if this is primarily a work vehicle.

03:57 Whip around to the back.

03:58 Now, back here, this actually comes with a little bit of LED, just in this element here.

04:03 The rest of that is incandescent.

04:04 This is also where they house that blind spot monitoring setup.

04:08 That means that you do have trailer coverage if you get the optional trailer pack.

04:12 So trailer pack comes with your tow bar attachments and also the brake controller inside the cabin,

04:19 so it's fully integrated.

04:20 And I just think it's a great option if you don't want to be bashing holes inside your

04:24 car.

04:25 I would just pay for that.

04:26 Then also means that your blind spot monitor can then cover the length of the trailer as

04:29 well, which is a really useful feature.

04:31 You have another step here for getting in.

04:33 I've got a three and a half tonne brake towing capacity, even on this base spec.

04:37 So brake light integrated into here, which means if you do get a canopy or something

04:40 like that, you don't need to worry about having to engineer a brake light into it.

04:44 It all just comes straight onto there.

04:45 Big Ford logo.

04:47 So if we pull the handle here, you can see we've got our ruler integration, your clamp

04:51 points there as well.

04:53 This has the spray-in bed liner, so it means you're not going to be scratching your nicely

04:58 buffed out new ute.

05:00 You've got a torsion bar here for easy lift.

05:03 Then you can see here that a lot of this stuff is just blanked out.

05:05 So you have a little light there in the tray, but it doesn't have the 12-volt outlet that's

05:10 normally fitted to that side of the tray.

05:12 You do get hooks here to tie things down if you need to.

05:14 Now, let's talk about tray dimensions.

05:16 So you have a depth of a little over 1,500mm, 1,200mm between the wheel arches.

05:20 In this particular spec, you have over a tonne of payload, so it means that you are going

05:24 to be able to actually put stuff in here and use it as a work ute.

05:28 GVM comes in at 3,250mm, and the GCM comes in at 6,350mm.

05:32 So it is a usable space, and I think that if you are buying the base model, you probably

05:36 will be using this primarily for work stuff.

05:39 So let me know what you think.

05:41 53 grand is a lot of money, especially considering the Triton GSR that we just reviewed is only

05:48 a little bit more expensive, and that comes with all of the bells and whistles.

05:52 So I understand this has a lot of tech and stuff like that, but 53 grand, do you think

05:56 it's too expensive?

05:57 Let me know in the comments section below.

05:58 So welcome to the interior of the base model Ranger.

06:02 We'll start off with the key.

06:03 Here it is.

06:04 Look at this.

06:05 It's flip out, because you need to use this in an ignition.

06:08 You've got unlock, lock, blank.

06:10 You've got a Ford logo on the back.

06:12 You flip the key out, put it in the ignition, and then everything lights up.

06:20 So let's talk about some of the materials and stuff around here.

06:24 I was just having a little play around with the interior before.

06:27 There is only one soft surface here, and that's over here on the door, which is just incredible.

06:33 So all of this is scratchy, scratchy, scratchy stuff all throughout the car.

06:38 So look, I understand this is a base model, but again, I'll just throw back to that price,

06:43 $53,000 odd.

06:44 It is a lot of money, and to think that the only impressive thing you have in here is

06:50 this big screen, I think it's just a little bit disappointing.

06:52 I think they could have gone to just a touch more effort to just make it feel a little

06:56 more homely, even down to this plastic steering wheel.

06:59 So anyway, just my thoughts.

07:01 Outside of that, the design actually looks really nice.

07:03 So even though the materials aren't nice, it kind of looks nice.

07:06 It's got that Nato grey stuff in the centre there.

07:09 Yeah, so now, how soft are those surfaces?

07:12 Well, we've tested them with our durometer.

07:15 If you want to see how this car compared to others that we've tested before, have a look

07:19 at the link in the description.

07:20 Build quality.

07:21 Look, it feels okay.

07:23 It's sort of, yeah, a little bit wonky around there actually, but yeah, for the most part,

07:29 this feels okay.

07:30 Door test.

07:31 Door sounds nice and solid.

07:35 So the redeeming feature of this interior, well, two of them, the infotainment screen

07:40 and then the screen ahead of the driver.

07:42 So running through both of those.

07:43 So this is, it's weird, it's a smaller version of the screen you get in the Wildtrak, but

07:50 it's a 10.1 inch display, standard across the entire range.

07:55 Comes with SYNC 4, which is Ford's latest infotainment system.

07:58 It's all very easy to use, very straightforward.

08:02 This I'd mentioned this in, I think, our XLT review.

08:05 This smaller version of the screen seems to be a bit snappier and faster than the bigger

08:09 version, which is a little ironic, but when you do go through all these menus, everything

08:12 just happens nice and quickly.

08:14 There isn't really a great deal of lag.

08:16 This doesn't come with satellite navigation natively built into there.

08:19 It also doesn't come with digital radio.

08:21 So when you have AM and FM, it's plumbed through a four speaker sound system.

08:25 So it's very much entry level in terms of those features.

08:28 In terms of your smartphone mirroring though, you have both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

08:33 So Apple CarPlay is wireless.

08:34 I'll show you what that looks like.

08:36 So there it is there.

08:39 Nice integration there as well.

08:40 You can also adjust the size of that.

08:42 So if you do want shortcut items to things that you've previously gone to, down the bottom

08:47 there, you can have that, or you can just supersize it and go straight to that big screen

08:51 menu.

08:52 I'll show you what Android Auto looks like.

08:53 So with Android Auto, same sort of story.

08:55 It takes up that screen, nice and easy, quick to use.

08:59 You can also then adjust the size of that on that display as well.

09:03 Now, ahead of the driver, you've got another screen here.

09:06 This is a digital display as well.

09:09 It's interesting that the entire Ranger lineup from XL through to WildTrack gets the same

09:14 smaller display.

09:15 It would have been nice to see a bigger display available as an option on the top end.

09:19 Here it's a nice addition given this is the entry level model.

09:21 It's only the Raptor that gets the big full size display there ahead of the driver.

09:25 So outside of that, everything else is pretty straightforward.

09:29 So let's talk about safety tech.

09:30 You have autonomous emergency braking.

09:33 You have a blind spot monitor built into that wing mirror.

09:35 I mentioned earlier that with the optional trailer pack as well, the blind spot monitor

09:39 integrates the full length of the trailer, which is excellent news.

09:42 It'll tell you when a car has entered that blind spot where the trailer is, which I really

09:47 like.

09:48 You have rear cross traffic alert.

09:50 You have radar cruise control, a lane keeping assistant, and a lane departure warning.

09:54 Now normally we test this, but given we've already tested this for Ranger, I can tell

09:58 you now this works really, really well and it's an excellent system.

10:01 If you do want to see how that goes, click up here to watch our review of the WildTrack

10:05 where we actually test it on our bowl here as well.

10:08 In terms of parking, you have rear parking sensors only and a reverse view camera.

10:13 So I'll show you what that looks like.

10:15 So yeah, the camera's weird.

10:16 It doesn't actually look as high quality as the other Rangers we've driven.

10:19 So it kind of looks a little lower quality there.

10:21 I can't really make out what's on the suitcase.

10:23 You can go on a wide angle view.

10:25 That improves it a little bit, but it still doesn't really help too much.

10:28 But on the upshot, you do have a camera there for hitching a trailer, and then you can also

10:33 zoom in as well to that same view if you do want to, but pretty straightforward.

10:37 Down here you can see your sonars.

10:39 As we get closer to that suitcase, that's going to light up as well.

10:44 So yeah, I do like this sort of stuff, but yeah, the camera could be slightly higher

10:47 quality.

10:48 Now what about your practicality?

10:49 We'll start off with connectivity.

10:51 So you have a USB-C port down here, a USB-A port.

10:55 You have another USB-A port up the top here if you want to hook up a dash cam.

10:58 Love that integration.

10:59 In the center console here, you've got a 12-volt outlet as well.

11:02 Now, where are you going to store your phone?

11:04 Obviously no wireless phone charging on the base model, but you can just store your phone

11:07 wherever you want.

11:08 I just noticed there's no chip holder.

11:10 What's going on here?

11:12 So the chip holder must just be for XLT and above potentially.

11:17 Where are tradies meant to hold their chips?

11:20 So anyway, phone can sit wherever you want there.

11:23 There is thankfully a spot for your coffee.

11:25 It is quite a deep hole there, so you do need to prop it up with your keys if you do have

11:29 a sensible size coffee.

11:32 Now the thing I mentioned in our other reviews that I just find totally bizarre, and I don't

11:35 know who makes these decisions at Ford, but just under the vents here, there is a cup

11:41 holder in WildTrack, but now it's just a blank hole on both sides, which I find totally bizarre.

11:47 And same story up the top here, that is a storage slot in WildTrack, but it's just nothing

11:52 here and we know that's empty.

11:53 So I don't know why they're denying people of their ability to heat or cool their drinks

11:58 in front of the vent, but anyway.

12:00 Now, what about your other storage there?

12:02 Bottle fits in there fine, although note it does roll around a little bit.

12:06 Can fit your bottle inside the door and big bottle.

12:12 That fits inside the door as well, which is great.

12:15 For storage, you do have this centre console, pretty reasonably sized there, which is good.

12:19 And then you have your glove box down the bottom here, reasonably sized as well.

12:22 Little storage slot here and then another one just up the top here as well.

12:26 And finally a sunglasses holder right up the top.

12:29 Let's chat comfort and look, it's pretty straightforward.

12:33 You don't have any automatic climate control, so it is literally just a fan control and

12:37 a temperature control, which I guess is sort of pretty straightforward.

12:40 Now seat adjustment is fully manual for driver and front passenger.

12:44 Another thing you'll notice as well is if you look at the floors, they're all this vinyl

12:49 material, so there are no floor mats.

12:51 This means it is going to be a whole lot more durable.

12:53 You can get in here with your work boots and you're not going to be able to wash it out

12:57 because you might have water splashing on electrical stuff, but it does mean that you

13:01 can use a little bit of liquid in there to get mud and stuff off, which is much harder

13:05 to do with a floor mat or a carpet because you have to clean that apparently.

13:09 So seats themselves are actually pretty comfy.

13:12 So cloth seat, they sort of hug you in nicely.

13:14 They're really sort of soft and comfy.

13:16 I've spent a fair bit of time in this car now and I really do just enjoy driving it.

13:21 Steering wheel offers both tilt and reach adjustment.

13:24 I mentioned earlier that it is like a cast of plastic, so it's a little bit rough.

13:30 And then all of this stuff is easy to reach while you're driving.

13:33 So before we hop into the back, I'll show you how all this stuff works.

13:36 So we can lift the bottom.

13:38 Once the bottom's up, you can store stuff under here if you want, which is handy if

13:42 you have valuables like a Makita drill or something.

13:48 Then in addition to that, you could drop this as well.

13:51 And then that gives you a tiny bit of storage behind there, but this gives you access to

13:56 a bit of a flat load area in addition to two top tether points along with your jack behind

14:02 there and then Ranger since 1983.

14:05 Alright, hop in, close that properly.

14:09 OK, so legroom.

14:12 It's sort of reasonable.

14:15 Toe room is OK.

14:18 Headroom isn't too bad.

14:19 It's actually not a bad amount of room here given my seat is pretty much sort of all the

14:24 way back, so you've got plenty of space there.

14:27 So creature comforts down here, you really only have a 12 volt outlet, a little bit of

14:31 storage there, mat pocket on one side.

14:34 I think I've mentioned this in previous Ranger reviews, but the door handle has changed.

14:38 Instead of something being up there, you actually just push this little thing or pull this little

14:42 thing here and then it cracks the door open, which is an interesting way to go about things.

14:47 You have ISOFIX points on the two outboard seats and as I mentioned before, you have

14:50 top tether as well.

14:51 Now, no centre armrest.

14:53 I also just noticed there's no air vents as far as I can tell, which is a little bit

14:57 disappointing.

14:58 The less you spend, and ironically, you're not really spending such a small amount of

15:02 money here, but you get sort of less features.

15:04 Bottle holder, because you don't have that centre armrest, you really only have the slot

15:08 inside the door.

15:09 And our window test, no auto down or up, but it does go all the way down, which I guess

15:16 is a positive.

15:17 So we are in the Ranger XL.

15:23 Now, it's really interesting, on the drive here, I noticed that there was a whole lot

15:27 more just noise coming in through like the engine and tyre noise and stuff, so I just

15:32 wonder if the cheaper models have less insulation than the top spec ones, or maybe the top spec

15:38 ones have.

15:39 Maybe it's just the missing carpet, I don't know, but yeah, just something interesting

15:43 that I observed.

15:44 Now, powering this is the biturbo engine that we tested recently in the Ranger.

15:49 So it's a two litre turbocharged four cylinder diesel, makes 154 kilowatts of power and 500

15:56 Newton metres of torque.

15:58 That's all mated to a 10 speed automatic transmission.

16:01 I mentioned in our original Wildtrak review that had this same engine, that the gearbox

16:06 has changed a little bit, so it has a brand new torque converter and a new transmission

16:09 calibration.

16:10 The engine has new injectors too, so it is slightly different to the outgoing one.

16:14 And look, I think it's all the better for it.

16:16 This combo with the gearbox really works well, even when you are just tootling along.

16:21 I mean, we're here in eighth gear, I can just lean on the throttle and it doesn't have to

16:25 dive back through gears, it has more than enough torque to get things up and moving.

16:29 Obviously, if you are towing or if you have a huge load in the tray, it is going to need

16:34 to work a little bit harder, but for the most part, this is a really good combo and this

16:38 is probably the reason you'd pick the biturbo four cylinder diesel over the single turbo,

16:43 just because it has that extra breadth across the rev band.

16:50 Now what does all that feel like?

16:51 If I sink the boot in, the gearbox responds quick enough and it just really sort of gets

16:57 along nicely.

16:58 It's not earth shattering speed, but it pulls along nicely and just keeps everything running.

17:02 So I did mention earlier that this has the optional all-terrains on it, and as a result

17:06 of that, you just hear tyre noise for days.

17:10 Same story in the wet that we noticed with the XLT that we drove.

17:15 It just doesn't have a great deal of traction on these tyres, and I understand they're all-terrains,

17:18 they're more suited for off-road driving, but ultimately it is going to become a slight

17:23 issue if you are driving it in the wet, especially when you consider this can only be driven

17:27 in two-wheel drive high range on sealed surfaces.

17:29 It's not like the V6 versions that have the ability to automatically run in four-wheel

17:33 drive on sealed surfaces.

17:34 This can't do that.

17:35 It's only four-wheel drive high range for off-road driving.

17:38 Let's talk fuel economy.

17:39 So Ford claims a combined average of just over 7 litres per 100 km.

17:44 As we are currently sitting on, it's 9.3, so it is higher than that claim.

17:50 Even our long-term average is around 9.2, 9.3.

17:54 So, yeah, higher than that claim, but still not earth-shatteringly bad.

17:58 Okay, so let's dial up some speed for our sine waves.

18:03 We'll see what it feels like at 130.

18:05 So this simulates overtaking on a country road where they're far from perfect.

18:12 Yeah, look, body control at the top end isn't amazing.

18:17 It sort of floats a fair bit there, but actually doesn't feel too bad.

18:21 It's interesting.

18:22 It kind of feels a bit more composed than the Wildtrak did when we drive it over that

18:26 same surface.

18:27 Now, what's the ride like?

18:28 So obviously when you get lower in the range of the Ranger lineup, you're getting, I guess,

18:34 less weight, and as a result of that, you're getting different ride characteristics.

18:38 To me, this actually feels pretty good.

18:40 Like, it can be a little bit rough when you are unladen, especially in and around the

18:44 city, but once you do have a bit of weight in the back, it settles nicely, and even then,

18:48 it just feels like a well-rounded ute that's had a lot of straight-in-run and handling

18:52 tuning, and that's pretty much exactly what it is.

18:55 So what's it like once the speed picks up?

18:57 Obviously, this isn't a sports car, but we'll put it through a couple of our corners here

19:02 and see what it feels like.

19:04 Brake pedal feels a little bit spongy, which is interesting.

19:07 These tyres have no traction at all.

19:11 Yeah, look, it's fine.

19:13 It's not really going to win any dynamic handling awards, but it is surprising how quick you

19:18 can actually go for something this large on all-terrain tyres.

19:22 It sort of gets along really nicely.

19:24 So, yeah, look, it's not going to set any land speed records, but if you do want to

19:27 go for a punt around the work site, actually, don't go for a punt around the work site,

19:31 but if you want to go for a punt around somewhere that isn't the work site, it should be fun

19:35 enough to drive.

19:38 And I will mention on the brakes there, maybe the pedal feels a bit spongy because this

19:42 is drum brakes at the rear, so XLT and above get disc brakes at the rear, whereas this

19:47 entry level only gets drums at the rear, discs on the front.

19:52 Now, let's talk 0-100.

19:56 Got our GPS measurement device hooked up.

19:58 I'm just going to do this in two-wheel drive high range.

20:00 It's pretty dry out there today, and we will see how we go.

20:03 Go all the way up to 120 so we can get our overtaking time as well.

20:07 So, let's see how it goes.

20:10 All right, here we go.

20:14 All right, we are getting there.

20:17 There's 100 k's an hour.

20:22 And there is 120.

20:24 Let's have a quick sticky peek at that.

20:26 So, 0-100 in 9.4 seconds and our 80-120 time of 7.1 seconds.

20:35 So, you can see there, as the speed picks up, it really becomes much harder to do things

20:41 like overtaking because you really have to stretch that torque band.

20:44 So, yeah, the numbers are fine.

20:47 Just fine.

20:48 Nothing too crazy.

20:49 And time for our reverse test.

20:51 Let's see how this goes.

20:54 A little bit of wheel slip there in reverse.

20:57 All the way to the top of the rev band.

21:01 42 k's an hour is our maximum speed in reverse.

21:05 The other thing I'm going to point out as well is the off-road stuff, and I'll quickly

21:13 come to a stop for this.

21:15 So, let's quickly talk about those off-road specs.

21:17 I'm not going to drive this off-road because we've, again, already done that, and you can

21:20 check it out in that WildTrack review.

21:22 But, with the all-terrain tyres, this is going to get you a little bit further.

21:25 So, I mentioned before you've got two-wheel drive high range.

21:27 That's for driving on the road.

21:29 You've got four-wheel drive high range, which is for driving on unsealed surfaces, and then

21:33 you have four-wheel drive low range as well.

21:35 You have a rear diff lock that you can activate even when this is in two-wheel drive mode

21:39 in high range.

21:40 You also have a hill descent control too.

21:42 In terms of the actual numbers, you have an approach angle of 30 degrees and a departure

21:47 angle of 25.6 degrees.

21:49 So, they're the angles of the face you can approach and depart from without hitting anything,

21:54 and then you have a wading depth of 800 millimetres.

21:57 So, in terms of those specs, they are pretty impressive.

22:00 It's worth calling out as well, this has a traditional gear shifter.

22:06 It doesn't have the e-shifter that you find in other Ranger variants, so that is just

22:11 something to take note.

22:12 Not the end of the world.

22:13 They all do the same thing, but, yeah, just visually it looks different to the others.

22:17 I would mention as well, as part of that shifter, I hate the fact that they've put the gear

22:21 shift controls on the shifter.

22:23 They really just need to be on the steering wheel.

22:25 I know people think paddles are a bit sort of noobish, but to be honest, it's just the

22:30 best place to have them, because if you do need to access that quickly, I don't want

22:33 to have to go diving down here and having to faff around with that.

22:35 I just want to be able to shift down gears, especially with a 10-speed.

22:38 Now, what's our visibility like?

22:40 So, you sit nice and high up.

22:42 I can say clearly down the front of the car there.

22:44 The mirrors are enormous, so you get great visibility down the side of the car.

22:48 Blind spot monitors are built into those as well.

22:50 Visibility out the back is good as well.

22:52 You don't really get any intrusion because of those bars, so everything is above board.

22:56 Okay, Ford Ranger.

23:02 Look, just in general, I've been sort of really happy with the Ford Ranger, but this one just

23:07 really isn't floating my boat.

23:08 I think it is way too expensive for what it is.

23:10 I understand there are cheaper versions of the XL, but when you look at things like Triton

23:15 GSR, which is like the top-spec Triton, which is about the same price as this, I just find

23:20 it really confusing why you would actually go for this.

23:22 And I think Ford may have priced themselves out of the market when it comes to that entry level.

23:27 So, if you are looking for a vehicle in this price bracket, this probably isn't going to be it.

23:32 There's nothing fundamentally wrong with it.

23:33 I just think you aren't getting that value-for-money equation, and then you have to dive further

23:37 back down the XL range, and then you're missing out on the biturbo engine and so on.

23:41 So, yeah, I don't know.

23:43 Let me know what you reckon in the comments section below.

23:45 What are you going to be spending for this kind of money?

23:47 Is it Ranger, or are you going to go shopping elsewhere?

23:49 I'm keen for your feedback.

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