The up to date Ford F-150 has been spied on Australian soil in right-hand drive guise, forward of its launch through the first quarter of 2025 (January to March inclusive).
In photographs revealed on the Ford F150 House owners Australia group on Fb, we will see the up to date F-150 in each Lariat and Platinum guise.
The latter is a trim stage not at the moment supplied in Australia, the place the F-150 is bought solely as an XLT or Lariat. Regardless of the identify, it’s not probably the most luxurious F-150, with a fair plusher King Ranch sitting above it within the US.
It’s unclear what the lineup will seem like Down Beneath with the up to date mannequin.
The up to date F-150 was revealed in September 2023, shortly earlier than deliveries of the pre-update mannequin commenced in Australia. The F-150 is inbuilt left-hand drive within the US and exported right here, the place it’s transformed to right-hand drive by RMA Automotive.
On the time, Ford Australia stated examples of the up to date mannequin would begin arriving late in 2024, nevertheless it lately confirmed the automobile’s launch had been moved to the primary quarter of 2025.
Externally, the up to date F-150 has a restyled grille, bumpers and lighting components. There are additionally extra three-dimensional tail gentle components.
Newly accessible on the up to date F-150 is the Professional Entry Tailgate, that’s basically an swing gate built-in into the common fold-down tailgate that may open all the way in which out to 100 levels.
This trick tailgate is conceptually much like the Chevrolet Multi-Flex tailgate supplied on the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC MultiPro tailgate accessible on the GMC Sierra and Hummer EV pickup, in addition to the Ram Multifunction Tailgate supplied on the Ram 1500.
The F-150’s Professional Entry Tailgate avoids hitting the tow bar when opening, and it additionally permits house owners to entry objects within the tub extra simply. There’s additionally an accessible rear step to make getting up within the tub less complicated.
An everyday fold-down tailgate continues to be additionally accessible.
Inside, all the Ford F-150 vary now comes with a 12-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12-inch touchscreen infotainment system as commonplace. The present F-150 vary in Australia opens with an 8.0-inch instrument cluster display and eight.0-inch touchscreen.
There’s additionally an accessible head-up show within the up to date mannequin.
Ford has additionally made updates to the Raptor which has but to be confirmed for our market, together with new Fox Twin Dwell Valve shock absorbers for a “extra assured, managed using expertise”.
Within the US the Ford F-150 the usual 3.3-litre V6 petrol engine has been dropped. The vary now opens with the EcoBoost 2.7-litre twin-turbo V6.
All the opposite engine choices stay unchanged. These comprise the EcoBoost 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, 3.5-litre EcoBoost hybrid, 3.5-litre Excessive Output twin-turbo V6 within the Raptor, 5.0-litre V8, and a 5.2-litre supercharged V8 within the Raptor R.
Right here in Australia, the one engine supplied within the F-150 is the twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6, producing 298kW of energy and 678Nm of torque.
Ford Australia has beforehand stated it’s conscious of the F-150 Hybrid, Raptor, V8, and all-electric Lightning choices and hasn’t dominated out bringing them Down Beneath, however solely as soon as the remanufacturing course of is established and demand for the EcoBoost has been confirmed.
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Up to date Platinum
However the remanufacturing course of has gotten off to a rocky begin, with a number of remembers and stop-sales. Whereas Stellantis (Ram), Basic Motors (Chevrolet) and Toyota selected Walkinshaw as their remanufacturing associate in Australia, Ford went with RMA Automotive with which it had an current relationship.
Although the F-150 was permitted on the market by the Australian Authorities, it was later revealed numerous options have been in contravention of Australian Design Guidelines (ADRs) and F-150s – together with these already delivered to prospects – have needed to have rectification work undertaken.
A lot of this has revolved round lighting components that didn’t meet ADRs, although the F-150 has additionally been hit by remembers for points with the clock spring and steering.
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Present XLT
House owners of affected F-150s have been compensated with 5 years or 75,000km of complimentary servicing if their pickup was delivered or contracted by Might 6, 2024.
Ford has additionally been offering financial compensation to F-150 house owners, with between $1000 and $2500 on the desk for affected prospects.
F-150 deliveries to prospects have resumed, offering the automobiles had the mandatory rectification work accomplished earlier than supply.
Ford F-150 Australian rollout timeline
- November 2023: Native deliveries start
- January 1, 2024: Buyer deliveries halted because of turbocharger fault
- January 18, 2024: Recall discover for lack of steering management posted, 443 examples affected
- January 30, 2024: Recall discover for steering wheel clock spring fault posted, 9 examples affected
- March 22, 2024: Recall discover for ADR 13 posted, 2020 LWB examples affected
- April 29, 2024: RMA-to-dealer shipments paused because of undisclosed challenge
- Might 7, 2024: Buyer deliveries halted because of a number of ADR breaches
- June 21, 2024: Ford Australia proclaims rectification measures, compensation
