Ford Ranger Sport PHEV 4WD Ute driven for 2025.

Ranger Sport PHEV – There has been a lot of chat about PHEV Utes lately, and I spent a week in the Ranger Sport PHEV recently.     This is essentially a Ranger Sport with a different engine. It comes with a 2.3L petrol PHEV engine. It has combined power of 207kW, full time 4WD and a modular Hybrid 10 speed AT.

It has a towing rating of 3500kg and a claimed EV only range of 50 km However the best we could get in real life was 35km and it took nearly 7 hours overnight to charge.

Inside it’s the same as a normal Ranger Sport, only with a gauge for EV range etc.

Driving the Ranger PHEV with available range is smooth enough and mostly quiet. It operates like a normal hybrid for the most part. However, the EV range disappears rapidly.

There are a few PHEV Utes available now and the others have a realistic EV range of 100km or so. That’s a big difference and motivates owners to charge them.

I feel that a range of 35km will move owners to the why bother thoughts.

Priced from $75,990 plus the usual costs it’s also very expensive. That’s some $9,500 more expensive that a 2.0L diesel Ranger Sport.

And I just cant justify the price difference. I feel the segment of buyers for the Ranger PHEV are fairly small and specific. It made great headlines, but my guess is that it won’t translate to sales.

I’m happy to be proven wrong. It happens a lot. But for my money I would buy the Diesel every time.

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Instead of the Ranger Sport PHEV – buyers could look at:

There is of course the GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV and the BYD Shark 6 PHEV

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