Ford Ranger vs Jeep Wrangler

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Ford Ranger
Ford Ranger

$37,130 - $90,690

2025 price

Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler

2024 price

Summary

2025 Ford Ranger
2024 Jeep Wrangler
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 2.3L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
2.7L/100km (combined)

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Seating
5

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Dislikes
  • Prohibitively expensive
  • Lacks truly usable EV range
  • Adds weight to already-heavy ute

  • Expensive
  • Not-so-great on-road dynamics and steering
  • Lower level of crash safety compared to rivals
2025 Ford Ranger Summary

Ford has been teasing the plug-in version of its sales chart darling for some time.

Long enough, in fact, that between the Ford Ranger PHEV program being confirmed in late 2023 and its 2025 arrival, two other plug-in hybrid utes have hit the market. 

While there’s some overlap between the aims and target market of the Ranger PHEV and its challengers from China, the BYD Shark 6 and the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV, Ford claims the Ranger’s capability hasn’t been compromised for the sake of electrification.

Can a petrol engine and a big battery bring the same tough ute vibes as the rugged diesel variant that’s arguably become the segment benchmark? 

There’s a lot riding on the Ranger PHEV and Ford Australia invited CarsGuide to the updated ute's local launch, including a variety of situations you might expect a dual-cab to be found in - on and off the asphalt.

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Summary

The first two things any new starter who arrives in the design department of Jeep’s headquarters in Ohio is told are, 1) The bathrooms are here and, 2) Don’t change the Wrangler.

Okay, I made that up, but it’s probably not far from the truth, because the Wrangler isn’t just iconic for Jeep, but iconic for the entire car world in a similar way to the Porsche 911 and the Ford Mustang.  

The Jeep Wrangler is the equivalent of a Hollywood superstar - the Clint Eastwood of the car world - with its design that stretches all the way back to the iconic little off-roader purpose-built for the US Army in World War II. 

So, how do you make changes without changing the recipe? Well, the Wrangler has been updated and we went to the Aussie launch to see what’s changed.

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