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The extra width was required in the rear to fit a pallet between the arches in the bed. That was a VW requirement (the current Amarok can do it).

It's interesting, a lot of speculative talk has been coming out of local publications without much to back it up. I was at the same launch event they were, and Ian (the engineer) was very careful with his words. To me what he was saying was that the vehicle would go pure electric. I honestly...

It's also worth noting that up until very recently our XLT had a completely different grill to the NA Ranger. It was a chromed version of the Wildtrak grill.

Considering the differences between the current PX3 and the N/A Ranger, it'll follow similar changes. Our Wildtrak: Our XLT:

That's no bumper, its a roo bar. It's there for when you inevitably strike a kangaroo on rural roads in Australia. ARB aren't known for their styling when it comes to bars, they've been the same for a very long time.

Not to pour too much cold water on things, but the ARB deal is between ARB and Ford Australia.

Well that doesn't really apply to anywhere but the USA, and this launch was for everywhere but the USA.

F truck style door release, the handle is in the door pull

Because for whatever reason, the North American market decides it is special and deserves special stuff that the rest of us don't get. Separate steel bumpers, different seats, different lighting, different AWD systems, different tailgate, different suspension tune (the current PX3 gen NA vehicle...

The discussion I saw with the Chief Engineer (at the closed launch live stream), they stated that the major changes to the platform were to make it more modular, to suit the electrification in the future. It seems that a hybrid may happen, but pure electric is almost a certainty.

Different 2.3, the Pinto engine was put out to pasture a long time ago. The 2.3 EcoBoost is based on the Mazda L engine family, a clean sheet design from the early 2000s

https://www.ford.com.au/showroom/future-vehicle/next-gen-ranger?intcmp=bb-fau-hp-fau--return It's live on the Ford AU website! Full press release, photos and videos below. "The Next-Generation Ranger will be built at Ford’s manufacturing plants in Thailand and South Africa beginning in 2022...

No idea, it might be 360 view?

10 Hours to go people! https://www.youtube.com/user/fordofaustralia

All good hahaha. Also that looks like a Wildtrak as it has roof rails, that's the only variant for us that gets the roof rails.

Don't forget that they stuff all sorts of fake fillers under the camo to hide detail in the panels.

This one surfaced a couple of weeks ago. That's a WildTrak.

I'm trawling around already, hunting leaks. Nothing so far, they've done very well at keeping things tight up to this point. 33 hours to go, not long!

Fosters! Don't think any self respecting Australian has ever drank that muck ? Try and get your hands on a decent drop like Carlton Draught (as a Victorian I am biased there). I understand that there will be a livestream posted to Ford Australia's Facebook and YouTube pages.

Global release, basically everywhere other than North America. The rest of us got the current Ranger from 2010 onwards, this is its replacement. Australia is the design and engineering lead for this platform, the Ranger and Everest were designed, engineered and prototyped here in Melbourne.