Special edition Prado rival coming soon 

Ford is beefing up its 4WD range.

Ford has announced the launch of a limited edition Everest for 2026, with deliveries to commence from October.

The Everest, along with the mechanically identical Ranger ute, was designed and engineered at the Blue Oval’s Broadmeadows facility in Melbourne. 

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The special edition is based on the Everest Sport, but ditches the V6 diesel for the four-cylinder bi-turbo found in cheaper variants.

Pricing starts from $71,190 (before on-road costs), which is about almost $5000 cheaper than the V6-powered Everest Sport. Ford has also beefed up the value by adding more standard equipment.

Premium paint is standard, which saves buyers $750.

Ford has only committed to building 700 examples of the Everest Sport bi-turbo.

Power comes from the familiar 2.0-litre four-cylinder bi-turbo diesel engine, which produces 154kW and 500Nm and is matched to the usual 10-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive system.

This should cut fuel use to 7.2L/100km, compared to the V6’s 8.5L/100km.

It maintains the Everest’s usual 3500kg braked towing capacity.

The special edition carries some of the Everest Sport features such as a ‘Sport’ nameplate, black exterior accents and alloy wheels. 

Towing and parking is made easier with a 360-degree camera, integrated trailer brake controller and trailer backup assist as standard. A tow bar and hitch also come pre-installed. 

This Everest comes in five premium colours, which are the Sport-exclusive Blue Lightning and a debuting Alabaster White that replaces Arctic White. Other colours include Shadow Black, Meteor Grey and Aluminium. 

As a limited production, there are only approximately 700 units to be manufactured.

The Ford Everest is one of the top selling large off-road focused SUVs in the country, with about 17,000 sales through the first eight months of the year.

The new limited edition will give Ford a new more affordable option in its arsenal to tackle the best selling Toyota Prado, and fend off new Chinese competition such as the GWM Tank 300.