2022 Ford Ranger unveiling confirmed for November 24 – UPDATE

UPDATE, November 1: Mark your calendars, because the 2022 Ford Ranger is set to be revealed on November 24.

After a long drip-feed of camouflaged Ranger images – both official and unofficial – Ford has confirmed the ute will be fully unveiled later this month.

Late last week, 4X4 Australia obtained the first images of a prototype landing in Australia wearing the new promotional digital camouflage, believed to be a Ranger Wildtrak underneath.

Despite the open bonnet, it was difficult to ascertain what was powering the vehicle – but exactly what powertrains will be available in the new model will be known within a matter of weeks.

Along with the announcement, Ford released a video detailing the design process behind the new Ranger.

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October 12: Two 2022 Ford Ranger prototypes have landed in Australia, with one wearing minimal camouflage.

It’s the first time the next-generation Ranger has been spotted on local soil wearing Ford’s new blue and white digital camo, but thanks to a popped bonnet, we can see the ute’s real colour appears to be Saber Orange – an iconic colour of the Wildtrak variant.

Adding further weight to the thought we’re looking at a Ranger Wildtrak is the ‘sail plane’ valance extending from the rear window – a trademark of the variant – together with roof rails, side steps, and fog lights.

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Perhaps more perplexing is what’s under the bonnet. The location of the battery, dipstick, and a number of other components suggest the engine could be the current model’s 3.2-litre turbo-diesel five-cylinder – widely rumoured to be axed in the new Ranger.

Exactly what engine options are powering the 2022 Ford Ranger will soon be revealed, with the ute’s unveiling set to occur before the end of the year.

With the arrival of these prototypes, expect Ford to be taking them out on the road in the coming days and weeks – complete with QR codes printed on the side – so keep an eye out and remember to tag us at @4x4australiamag on Instagram.

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October 21: More teaser images of the 2022 Ford Ranger have been released by the Blue Oval – along with a new promotional video – but it’s unofficial spy photos that are providing us with our best look at the all-new ute.

As Ford gears up for the launch of the new-generation Ranger later this year, photos of the vehicle continue to be drip-fed, as the company demonstrates the lengths gone to ensure the vehicle will be ready when it enters the highly-competitive ute market.

The car company says the Ranger has driven 10,000 kilometres through desert conditions, 625,000km of off-road driving at maximum load, and the equivalent of 1.25 million kilometres of "customer driving".

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These spy photos, taken in Thailand and posted on a Facebook enthusiasts' group this week, offer us a much better look at what we can expect when the ute eventually lands in local dealerships.

The images provide an unobscured look at the Ranger’s front-end on two different variants, with black trim and chrome trim (the latter wrapped in camouflage) as well as previewing some new wheel designs.

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October 13: Images have been posted online showing the 2022 Ford Ranger wearing its all-new digital camouflage.

The photos, taken on the ground in Thailand and posted on the Kurdistan Automotive Blog Instagram account, show the Ranger’s front-end in detail – showing off the ute's new C-shaped LED headlights and split grille.

While the next-generation Ranger – and eventually the 2023 Volkswagen Amarok – will be built by Ford at its Silverton plant in South Africa, the outgoing Ranger continues to be manufactured in Thailand.

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October 7: A new video has provided the best look yet at the 2022 Ford Ranger, complete with a unique wrap.

Ford teased the next-generation Ranger in a video released to show off a new digital camouflage, used to help hide the ute’s design ahead of its final unveiling before the end of the year.

The livery – which incorporates a QR code that links to the Ranger website – was created by Ford designer Lee Imrie, and took up to two months to develop and test.

“We were asked to develop a camouflage that allowed you to clearly see that this is the next-generation Ranger, but not see it at the same time,” said Leigh Cosentino, Design Manager at Ford Australia.

The shape of the rear-lights can be easily seen in an accompanying image, along with a shark-fin antenna, black steel tube sports bar, and a uniquely-shaped tailgate.

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As confirmed in the first teaser video released earlier this month, the design of the Ranger has evolved since Wheels published exclusive leaked photos of the ute in February 2019, with the headlights and bonnet being the most obvious changes.

Under the bonnet, the next-gen ute is expected to offer 2.0-litre single- and twin-turbo diesel four-cylinder engines found in the current model, but there’s been much speculation as to what we can expect at the upper-end of the Ranger line-up.

As the all-new Ranger will be offered in the US, Ford quietly removed its 3.0-litre Power Stroke turbo-diesel V6 from the F-150 range in July, potentially to help differentiate the two utes.

The Power Stroke engine also makes sense, considering the 2023 Volkswagen Amarok will be based on the Ranger and Volkswagen is likely to insist on offering a diesel V6 in its model.

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Sources out of the US have also pointed to a 3.0-litre twin-turbo petrol V6 – borrowed from the US-market Ford Explorer ST performance SUV – as the engine of choice for the new Ranger Raptor.

Recent spy photos show the Ranger-based Ford Everest SUV being tested with a rotary gear shift dial and electric parking brake switch, with the technology possibly being shared with high-end Ranger variants.

Keep an eye out for any utes driving around in your local area with the striking digital camouflage livery, as company engineers are said to be conducting “final sign-off drives” on the 2022 Ford Ranger ahead of its unveiling.