00:00G'day, I'm Paul. Ford has just released pricing and payload specs for the new Ranger Super Duty,
00:06so I'm going to run you through all of that in just a second. We're filming our next drag racing
00:10series, which is why this is a bit of a weird setup, and I'm just going to vent it all behind me.
00:13Okay, so Ford Ranger Super Duty, we gave you a walk around of this car, a pre-production car.
00:19It had so much interest. I haven't seen anything like this before, and just based on the pricing
00:25and the specs that have just come out, there's probably quite a few people at Toyota sweating
00:30profusely because it kind of makes the 70s series completely redundant now for a lot of companies
00:36that are buying them and converting them for GVM upgrades. So let's start with pricing. So Ranger
00:42Super Duty will launch initially as a cab chassis. That is in single cab, super cab, and double cab.
00:49So basically three different options there. You then have to pay extra for your actual tray as well.
00:54So pricing kicks off at what I thought was a pretty surprising number, $82,990 before on-road
00:59costs for the single cab chassis, $86,490 for the super cab chassis, and $89,990 for the double cab
01:08chassis. I thought it was going to be a lot more expensive because basically the way that it works
01:12at the moment, a lot of these mining companies, forestry companies, and companies that need to use
01:16dual cab utes like a 70 series, but need extra payload through GVM upgrades, have to spend $15,
01:23$20,000 on doing these upgrades. The upgrades immediately void the warranty as well. And
01:27typically what these companies will do is have a mechanic on site that will basically do the
01:31upgrades. And when they go to sell the vehicles down the track, they will revert them back to
01:35standard. And that whole process is expensive, but from a labor point of view of hiring a mechanic to
01:40be there all the time, and also voiding your warranty as well. This will come from the factory
01:45with all of the specs that you need so that it can get right into service and you don't need to
01:49modify it and go beyond the standard new car warranty. And Ford is offering this with
01:54the same five-year warranty that they offer for standard Ranger. So that's all sort of good news
02:00there. Let's talk about pricing of the trays as well. Ford is offering a range of licensed trays
02:04that can be fitted to these vehicles. They seem a bit expensive to me. I don't know the price of
02:08these aftermarket accessories and what you would typically pay at the moment on a cab chassis vehicle,
02:12but it appears to start around the $7,000 mark and go all the way up to around $8,000 for a matte
02:18black steel tray on the double cab chassis. So that is what you're going to have to pay on top of your
02:23cab chassis price, unless you want to fit your own tray. But these are the sort of licensed official
02:28trays. Ford has already said that they're partnering with a number of other tray builders to offer
02:32trays that you can fit to these vehicles that will be covered by the warranty. So that is worth
02:36keeping in mind as well. On the paint colors, so we kind of touched on this at the launch, but
02:40the range is going to have five colors to pick from. One that looks like exactly like a Sandy
02:47Torpe that they're calling a seismic tan. You've got a white color, a black color, a command gray,
02:52and aluminum metallic. They're going to have traction green, which is the color of the car that we saw
02:57at the preview available later in 2026, which is when they're going to launch the double cab pickup
03:02and XLT variants with style side trays. And that is one that I'll be going for and that I've put my
03:08money down on. So I don't know pricing on that just yet. Now let's talk about payloads. This is
03:13probably something else that has kind of blown me away in terms of the capacities they're talking
03:18about here. So we already know GVM of 4,500 kilos. Towing capacity, maximum 4,500 kilos with a brake
03:26trailer. GCM, 8,000 kilograms, which is pretty impressive. The payload though, up to just under
03:34two tons. Now that number has completely surprised me. I didn't think they'd be able to go that high,
03:41but the fact that you're able to get just under two tons, depending on spec, I think is quite an
03:45impressive number there for people that are buying these for work purposes. So keep in mind that is
03:49as a cab chassis. If you do fit a tray to it, you are deducting from that payload. But basically,
03:551982 kilos for the single cab chassis, 1896 for the super cab chassis, 1825 for the double cab chassis.
04:04And I think that once we get down the path of getting the more consumer-oriented vehicles with
04:08the style side trays, that that will probably reduce a little bit more because they will be
04:11quite heavy in comparison. But it still means that you're getting probably around the 1,500 kilo mark
04:15of payload capacity for the consumer spec vehicle, which I think is decent. We've also got the GAWR,
04:24which is basically the axle ratings, 1,900 kilos for the front axle, 2,800 kilos for the rear axle.
04:30So that's going to mean that you can get 450 kilos worth of payload on the rear,
04:33if you're towing a four and a half ton trailer, then still have adequate capacity for passengers
04:38and other accessories on the vehicle, both at the front and the back. So those capacities will
04:43really cater for people who don't find the current GVM quite big enough on a Ranger if they are towing
04:48at the capacity. This will really give them headroom there to be able to operate this vehicle beyond
04:53the current limits of a Ranger. One of the other things that Ford has released now as well is the
04:58power and torque figures for the V6 turbo diesel engine. The V6 turbo diesel is the only engine that'll be
05:03available with this vehicle mated to the existing 10-speed automatic transmission. Now, that is an
05:09interesting setup because Ford has had to make this EU6 heavy-duty vehicle emissions capable. So that
05:15means the addition of AdBlue, and it also means they've had to look at how that is going to affect
05:21torque and power outputs. So Ford has now published that they will be able to achieve 154 kilowatts
05:26of power at 3250 RPM, and importantly, 600 newton metres of torque at 1750 RPM. So what you'll notice
05:34is that power is down on the existing Ranger V6, but importantly, torque is the same. What they've
05:40done to offset some of that is increased cooling capacity. So they've put a bigger fan on that,
05:45but they've also made that system more efficient. It's 25% more efficient than the current Ranger. So
05:50that'll help this achieve the cooling targets it needs even at its full GVM or GCM. So look,
05:57I think these figures that we're seeing here are really impressive. If you are driving this vehicle
06:01off-road, they've also quoted some running ground clearances. So up to 300 millimetres, 299 mil for
06:08the single cab chassis, 297 for the super cab chassis, and 295 for the double cab chassis, and 850 mil of
06:15weighting depth. Now that number is important because they actually measure weighting depth at
06:19full payload. So that is with the vehicle at its capacity sagging the most, it is still able to
06:25achieve 850 mil of weighting depth straight out of the box. So yeah, look, these numbers just in
06:30general are quite impressive. I think Ford has done a stellar job here in terms of pricing this and also
06:36fitting it with the right specs that it needs. How will it go though? We've spoken about reliability
06:41previously. And if you do look through Ranger support groups, as I call them, on Facebook and
06:47stuff, you will see people that have had issues with the V6 and Ford claims to have resolved a lot
06:51of those. And I've said this before, they really need to make sure that this thing is 100% reliable
06:56because this isn't just going to be used by people running around and doing the occasional bit of
07:01towing. This is going to be used by people that are pushing these vehicles to their absolute limits.
07:05And if that V6 diesel isn't capable of being reliable enough to cater for this type of load for
07:10long and extended durations, they're going to have a big problem there. So one of the reasons people
07:15always flock to a 70 series is because you cannot kill them. Toyota only fits accessories and engines
07:20to that car after they've been used in other vehicles for like decades. And I'm just joking
07:25there, but Toyota really only puts these things into practice on vehicles like 70 series when they
07:30have stood the test of time in other vehicles. Ford on the other hand, yes, this V6 diesel is quite an
07:35old engine, the Lion series, but they have made incremental improvements. But are those improvements
07:39enough on a vehicle like this to ensure that it is going to be reliable for the type of work that
07:44this vehicle is going to be doing? So let's see how that goes. If you haven't seen our video yet of
07:48the walk around that we did previously, there is a link in the description below. Let me know your
07:52thoughts on pricing and also specs there for off-road capability. I forgot to mention there as well,
07:581710 mil track width in addition to those off-road specs as well. That is pretty much everything
08:04they have given us so far. I'll be curious to see what pricing is like for the consumer grade vehicle,
08:08but looking at this, it's going to be in the $90,000 market. Might even crack through 100k
08:13potentially. I reckon they might try and get away with that. We'll see what happens, but
08:17still think it's good value for money when you consider the amount of oomph you're getting out
08:20of this and the amount of work that you would have to do on a standard vehicle to achieve these kinds
08:26of payload figures. So anyway, let me know your thoughts in the comment section below. If you did
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