Ford Ranger Raptor

Drive Car of the Year 2021 - Best Off-Road Vehicle And while these three contenders are all guilty as charged, they go about their own respective business in very different ways. Ford’s Ranger Raptor is a high-performance four-wheel-drive ute, while Jeep has applied their time-honoured off-road chassis into their own new Gladiator ute. And Land Rover’s new Defender is the British off-road icon, completely reimagined through a modern lens.

The 2021 Ford Ranger Wildtrak and Raptor have received a price rise for February 2021. Pricing for all three Wildtrak variants have risen by $300, with the 3.2-litre manual dual-cab now priced from $62,390 plus on-road costs, the 3.2-litre automatic dual-cab from $64,590 plus on-road costs, and the 2.0-litre twin-turbo dual-cab retailing from $66,090 plus on-road costs. Meanwhile, the flagship, Baja-bound Raptor has increased in price by $500, to $77,690 before on-road costs.

The 2022 Ford Ranger Raptor is expected to adopt twin turbo V6 petrol power – and arrive hot on the heels of the regular Ranger line-up. While this is an artist impression of the 2022 Ford Ranger Raptor – and the real deal could look substantially different – the good news is we won't need to wait too long to see the production version. Today’s Ford Ranger Raptor performance pick-up arrived in 2018, seven years after the regular versions of this generation Ranger went on sale.

The Ford Ranger is ready for battle – not just in the sales race against the Toyota Hilux – but now it has received military honours. One of Europe’s leading military suppliers and automotive engineering firms, Ricardo, has created a concept vehicle based on the Ford Ranger pick-up that can be used for defence, policing, security and rescue services.