2024 Chevrolet Silverado vs Ford Ranger

What's the difference?

The 2024 Silverado HD (Heavy Duty) LTZ Premium is huge, but it’s a refined, comfortable, feature-packed ute so there’s a lot to like about it.

It has a smaller price-tag than some of its chief US rivals, namely the Ram, and also manages to be bigger in size and beastier in terms of engine and performance than any other similarly sized utes, but there are always other options.

As an open-road tourer and towing platform, the Silverado has plenty of factors in its favour – and if you want/need a bigger-than-usual ute, then perhaps this Chevy should be in your sights.

The Ford Ranger Raptor is a purpose-built adventure ute. It is comfortable to drive on-road and very capable off-road. 

It’s a high-end, high-performance ute with a V6 engine, an upgraded suspension set-up and drive modes aimed at making it a built-for-purpose adventure machine.

It is, however, laser-focused on doing one thing supremely well – driving at speed on unsealed surfaces – and that means it falls short in a few other areas. 

It's day-to-day drivability is less than ideal because of its size and fuel consumption and it lacks some potential as a touring 4WD because of its payload and the fact its towing capacity is below the industry standard.

But those factors aren't going to sway someone who is truly keen for the fun and thrills of driving a Raptor.