Is the Ford Everest safe? Five-star ANCAP score for new-generation 4WD

The Ford Everest range has never needed a hero to be successful, but perhaps it’s time. Offering a solid, well-rounded vehicle that meets almost every While not the Everest Raptor we’ve been waiting for, the new V6 diesel-powered all-terrain wagon could be something much better.

Sold out. Sorry to kick this review off with a downer but I should rip the Band-Aid off lest you, dear readers, feel strung along before the big, bad news The first-ever Wildtrak variant of Ford’s all-terrain Everest SUV brings a whole lot of goodies, if with one piece of bad news.

With a new engine option and a flash interior, it’s clear Ford is aiming high with the new Everest, but can it shake its ute-based underpinnings?

The idea of ‘potential’ is rife in the ute segment and often relied upon by car manufacturers to sell 4x4s which don’t meet their self-set, sky-high brief After years in the kitchen, has Ford succeeded in cooking up the ultimate ute, or is the Ranger Super Duty just another unfinished rig?

For the second half of 2026, Ford has just rolled out the more premium XLT version of its Ranger Super Duty. The double-cab Pickup configuration now joins For those seeking slightly more comfort and refinement, as well as a traditional tub, is the XLT Pickup variant of Ranger Super Duty the one for working on the land?

With the V8-powered Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger and long-dead Holden Monaro now just distant memories for muscle coupe lovers in this day and age, Welcoming America’s sole remaining two-door V8 muscle-car – the Mustang GT in six-speed manual Fastback form – for a six-month stay on the Chasing Cars fleet

Amid a climate catastrophe, ever-stricter emissions regulations and surging oil and fuel prices, ploughing along in a giant American pickup feels as Ford’s F-150 full-size pickup is revised for 2026 and adds a new luxurious Platinum grade. Can it justify its $164K price, and are the F-150’s teething troubles resolved?

Have you ever stood beside a heavyweight boxer? They’re the same as we normal folk, except everything – height, legs, arms, head, hands – are about 30 to With 4500kg towing, massive payload, heavy-duty everything and smart features ready for extreme work, can Super Duty unseat the iconic Land Cruiser 79 Series?

It may balk at the title of ‘commercial vehicle specialist’, but with limited sales from its passenger vehicle lineup and Ranger popularity that defies After its core, diesel-power van arrived and impressed in new-generation form, Ford now looks to broaden its Transit Custom range even further

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, the dual-cab ute is a deeply compromised family hauler. Ford Rangers and Toyota Hiluxes might be the Utes are the hottest segment in Australia right now, but what about the other commercial staple, the humble van? We stress-test new Transit Custom

First and foremost, the 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV has been designed and engineered in Australia, which is confidence-building for what is essentially a new Lower on specs, bigger on price - can the long-awaited plug-in hybrid version of Ford's big-selling 4x4 ute compete with Chinese rivals?

Ford hasn’t had a people mover on the Australian market since 1990, when it pulled up stumps on the deliciously ’80s Spectron eight-seater. So why, after The Blue Oval returns to the people mover segment with the Transit-based Tourneo, but can it possibly compete with the runaway segment-leading Kia Carnival?

It’s been close to three years since we last ran a ute for a Chasing Cars long-term test. That very car was a GWM Ute Cannon X and by gosh did we test it How good is Australia’s most popular ute? We take ownership of a Wildtrak V6 for three months to get to the bottom of it all

Wearing a badge any vehicle would struggle to live up to and given an electric heart along with a sensibilities-first SUV body style, the Ford Mustang Is Ford’s Mustang Mach-E just an all-electric show pony or something more? We find out over the course of three months

After a considerable wait, the seventh-generation Ford Mustang has finally arrived Down Under. And the new V8-powered GT version is sharper, fitter and The Ford Mustang GT Fastback could represent your last chance to buy a brand new, naturally aspirated V8 muscle car. And it's worth your attention, because it’s awesome.

You’ve likely seen them on the roads already, the new-generation Ford Transit Custom is arriving in tradie driveways – and parked sideways across others – Ford’s Transit Custom has finally arrived in Australia claiming to bring a step up in both ability and versatility, claims we put to the test over 1000km

One of Australia’s last homegrown cars, the Ford Everest, is getting some changes for 2027. The Wolftrak grade of the closely-related Ford Ranger spreads

BYD has confirmed it’s unlikely it will introduce an SUV version of the Shark 6 dual-cab ute as it could risk compromising its emerging Denza sibling The Shark 6 range is set to expand in Australia following its roaring sales success, but a wagon body style appears unlikely to eventuate

The Australian development team behind the successful Ranger ute and Everest 4WD faces an uncertain future, after Ford revealed it is seeking crucial Ford top brass to meet government this weekend as it weighs up cost of engineering hub in Australia versus Asia

Australia’s new car sales reached record heights in 2025, pushing a slender 0.3 percent past 2024’s result with a total of 1,241,037 deliveries. The 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia in 2025, from the Ford Ranger ute to the Jaecoo J7 SUV

The Ford Ranger ute has become the best-selling vehicle in Australia outright for the third year in a row, with Toyota returning as the best-selling brand In a tumultuous year dominated by emissions standards, unpredictable demand for EVs and an influx of options from China, these are the numbers that tell the story

The popular Ford Everest large SUV has come in for a series of mid-life changes, available to order from December, with no major price changes. Tech has Everest swings in for light update with improved tech, blacked-out exterior, and new model grades ahead of H2 2026 release

Ford Australia has confirmed a string of updates for its best selling Ranger ute, which include pricing tweaks, driveline changes, styling updates, Popular Ford Ranger models will gain updated tech, blacked-out exterior tweaks, and new model grades, which arrive in the second half of 2026

The Ford Ranger and Everest powertrain lineup will be revised in the first half of 2026, with significant updates to the 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesel Controversial timing system axed from 2026 for four-cylinder Ranger and Everest, while V6 diesel set to expand across nearly the entire lineup for both models

September 2025 marks another month of strong, steady vehicle sales in Australia, totalling 106,891 total vehicle sales when combining findings from the While utes remain king in the sales castle, a pair of electric SUVs silently made their mark in September

Thanks for joining us this Thursday, May 22nd, 2025. Notably in car news today: Tesla CEO Elon Musk commits to five more years at the helm, and Toyota CEO Tesla CEO Elon Musk commits to five more years at the helm, and Toyota CEO declares that cars that aren’t fun, aren’t to be considered cars at all!

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Australia’s new-car sales results are in for yet another record-setting March, with 111,617 sales reported through the Federal Chamber of Automobile New-car market shows signs of resilience. Incentive-driven? Probably, with plug-in hybrids having a particularly big March

Thanks for joining us this Wednesday, January 22nd 2025. Notably in car news today: Ford is bringing back the Everest Wildtrak after it previously sold

It was a record year for Australian new-car deliveries in 2024, if only just sneaking past 2023 by less than half a per cent with 1,220,607 units. The The 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia in 2024, from the Ford Ranger ute to the BYD Dolphin electric hatchback.

Thanks for joining us this Thursday 22 August 2024. Notably in car news today: Ford Australia has detailed its forthcoming V6-powered Everest Tremor, and Every important car news story breaking today, in one convenient read