July 18, 2022
Should I buy a 4×4 SUV or a 4X4 Ute? So, you like going on adventures beyond the bitumen, but you don’t have the finances to afford a dedicated holiday vehicle. What’s the right steed for you that combines weekday practicalities with weekend escapes: A dual-cab ute with four-wheel drive or an offroad wagon with four-wheel drive? Dual-cab utes are hugely popular. Three of the five best-selling vehicles in Australia are dual-cab 4x4s. Six of...
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July 5, 2022
The electric version of the next Ford Transit Custom van has been unveiled – but it’s not due in Australian showrooms until 2024. The next-generation 2024 Ford Transit Custom van has been revealed in all-electric E-Transit Custom guise – though first arrivals in Australian showrooms are not due until sometime in 2024. The next Transit Custom mid-sized van will be offered with conventional diesel power – or, in a first for the nameplate, an all-electric...
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July 4, 2022
Bremer Ford Support Assistance Dogs for Veterans, First Responders, and support for their Families Young Diggers provides support services and programs to support serving and ex-serving personnel of the Australian Defence Force and First Responders, their dependents, and direct family members. They’ve launched a new fundraising campaign, “4 for a PAW”, which is basically $4 once a month for a year or two or more. It’s less than a cup of coffee and means that...
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May 4, 2022
Ford Australia has confirmed specifications of its hotly anticipated Everest. The Ranger-based SUV will be offered from launch with the choice of 3.0-litre V6 or 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engines with 184kW/600Nm and 154kW/500Nm respectively. Both will be paired to Ford’s 10R80 10-speed automatic transmission with two- and four-wheel drive configurations available within the line-up. Four grades: Ambiente, Trend, Sport and Platinum will be offered, with all available in 4WD format. Ambiente and Trend variants will...
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March 31, 2022
It’s official: Ford F-150 coming to Ford Australia showrooms next year. The Ford F Series pick-up will return to Ford Australia showrooms mid-2023 – after a 16-year absence – following the announcement today of a factory-backed local remanufacturing operation. Ford Australia has confirmed the Ford F-150 will be coming to Australia next year, and sold via its national showroom network with a five year/unlimited kilometre warranty alongside the rest of its model range. Before the Ford...
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March 25, 2022
We’re excited to announce the complete specifications for the Next-Gen Ranger models have been released with confirmation of the Ranger weights. *All payloads are calculated by deducting the vehicle’s Maximum Kerb Weight from its Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM). All Chassis Cab payloads, kerb and tare weights exclude weights of tray bodies. Kerb Weight includes the vehicle with a full tank of fuel, without occupants, luggage or cargo and with factory fitted optional equipment included. Vehicle...
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March 15, 2022
Tougher looks and more capability for Aussie-developed Ford Everest seven-seat off-roader A fundamentally overhauled new-generation Ford Everest has made its global debut clothed in butch sheet-metal and powered by a benchmark 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine. Like the outgoing model, the new Everest is an Aussie-developed member of Ford’s versatile T6 family, along with the incoming new-generation Ford Ranger ute with which it shares a significant amount of specification including the front two-thirds of its ladder frame, drivelines...
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February 24, 2022
New Ford Ranger Raptor goes from fast to gobsmacking with almost twice the power and a huge suspension upgrade Launched in 2018, the original Ford Ranger Raptor turned out to be one of the great automotive highlights of recent years. The Aussie-developed high-performance dual-cab displayed on- and off-road capability that simply embarrassed standard utes. But for some people that wasn’t enough and Ford Performance heard their cries. Enter the new Raptor with a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol...
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February 10, 2022
Next-generation Ranger drip-feed continues ahead of its mid-2022 Australian launch Ford has revealed some of the more utilitarian details about the highly-anticipated new 2022 Ford Ranger. Ahead of the all-new Australian-developed ute range’s local release by June, Ford says the next-generation ‘T6.2’ Ranger will go “all-out with a wider cargo box packed with features and opportunities to transform the space”. With a body that’s 50mm wider than before, the new Ranger’s tub will accommodate a standard European...
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January 6, 2022
Ford’s new-generation ute-based seven-seat 4×4 off-roader to inherit Ranger tech and more Just as night follows day, the second-generation 2022 Ford Everest that’s based on the incoming Australian-developed Ford Ranger has been officially previewed as it enters the final stages of testing ahead of its global reveal in early 2022. Disguised in what the Blue Oval brand calls “digitised camouflage”, the design of the new-gen Ford Everest predictably draws inspiration from the 2022 Ford Ranger on which it’s...
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