Ford Ranger vs Renault Master

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Ford Ranger
Ford Ranger

$37,130 - $90,690

2025 price

Renault Master
Renault Master

2020 price

Summary

2025 Ford Ranger
2020 Renault Master
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 2.3L

Diesel Turbo 4, 2.3L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

Diesel
Fuel Efficiency
2.7L/100km (combined)

8.3L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

3
Dislikes
  • Prohibitively expensive
  • Lacks truly usable EV range
  • Adds weight to already-heavy ute

  • Manual shift not the most positive
  • Well behind rivals on safety
  • No proper automatic option
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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2020 Renault Master Summary

The Renault Master range has been refreshed, and this was our first chance to see what changes have been made. 

You should be able to tell just by the look of the 2020 Master that there’s a new design with a more modern looking front-end. And the inside has been thoroughly modernised, too.

But with contemporary rivals such as the VW Crafter and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter - both of which launched in all-new generation guises in 2018 - the question is whether the ageing, yet facelifted Master is worthy of consideration. 

We spent a week with it - and covered plenty of kays in it - to find out.

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Deep dive comparison

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