![]() How much does the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon cost?įuel: 12.4L/100km (ADR Combined), 12.1. How much does the 2021 Ford Ranger Raptor cost?Įngine: 2.0-litre four-cylinder twin-turbo dieselįuel: 8.2L/100km (ADR Combined), 9.5L/100km (on test) Yet it lacks the all-round useable performance, civility, dynamics and five-star safety rating that make the 2021 Ford Ranger Raptor the winner of this comparison. The 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon is an off-road weapon right out of the box, has all the luxury and convenience features you’d want in a ute and has all the design cues to make it stand out in a sea of conformity. While our off-road foray was relatively short, the fuel average in the Jeep climbed quickly compared with the Raptor. In mostly open-road touring conditions, the Raptor achieved 9.5L/100km against the Rubicon’s 12.0L/100km. ![]() Off-road performance is very good for both vehicles, although in tricky situations where you need lots of momentum, the Jeep’s lack of low-down torque means it needs to be in the right gear to reach the revs it needs to punch out the kilowatts.īoth have excellent low-range reduction for slow work, but for open-road driving it would be nice if they offered full-time 4WD for not only better traction in the wet but also those transport stages that vary between paved roads and slippery dirt. A Volkswagen Amarok V6 or RAM 1500 5.7 V8 would leave these two in their wake. Although neither is what you’d call sluggish, if outright acceleration is what you’re after, then there are better ute options than this pair. The Ford is slightly quicker than the Jeep in straight-line acceleration. Neither will doggedly hold gears in respective manual modes upshift will still occur. ![]() The Raptor won’t hold gears to redline (instead upshifting at about 4000rpm), while the Rubicon will spin to 6500rpm at the redline. The Ford just feels more relaxed, needing fewer downshifts less often, as it can usually rely on its low-rpm torque.īoth the 10-speed and eight-speed autos in the Ford and Jeep respectively are very smooth-shifting transmissions. This results in the Jeep needing to kick down a gear (or even two) to maintain speed on the highway. The Raptor’s torque peak is at just 1750-2000rpm – no surprises there, for a turbo-diesel – but the Rubicon’s atmo petrol V6’s torque peak comes in way up the rev range, at 4100rpm. Yet the ‘tell’ for how these two compare in real-world useable performance is not only the Raptor’s far superior 500Nm of torque, against the Jeep’s 347Nm, but where that torque is developed. If the phrase ‘there’s no replacement for displacement’ were true, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon should win here, with its 209kW naturally-aspirated V6 displacing 3.6 litres over the 2021 Ford Ranger Raptor’s 157kW bi-turbo 2.0-litre four-cylinder. With the Jeep’s massive 13.6-metre turning circle, you’ll appreciate the cameras just as much in the city as the bush. It also benefits from a larger, clearer digital information display in the centre of the instrument cluster.Īudio is a subjective thing, but the nine-speaker Jeep system does seem to offer next-level sound quality over the six-speaker set-up in the Ford.īoth have very good rear-view cameras (and front-view for the Jeep). The infotainment systems are both easy to use and have logical menus the Jeep’s has larger touch-screen buttons and seems a little easier to navigate on the move. When it comes to the crunch though, the Ford has a superior ANCAP safety rating of five stars over the Jeep’s three stars, although there’s five years’ difference between the testing – the Ranger was assessed in 2015, and the Gladiator in 2020 (under a tougher testing regime).īoth these utes have a large centre colour infotainment screen (8.0-inch in the Ford, 8.4-inch in the Jeep) with native sat-nav, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, digital radio and, of course, Bluetooth phone and streaming facility. ![]() Over the Raptor, the Rubicon scores active cruise control (ACC), a heated steering wheel, tyre pressure alert and front sway bar disconnect. ![]() The Jeep has just one ‘Off-Road +’ mode, which basically alters power delivery, gearshift points and disengages the electronic stability and traction control to allow more wheelspin (and, ultimately, momentum) in terrain such as mud and sand. The Ford has a “Terrain Management System”, with six traction/driving modes – Normal, Sport, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud/Sand, Rock and Baja. These two flagship utes are similarly priced – $77,690 plus on-road costs for the 2021 Ford Ranger Raptor, and $76,450 plus ORCs for the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon.īoth have part-time, dual-range four-wheel drive systems and a locking rear differential (also locking front diff for Gladiator), Fox dampers (coil-overs on the Raptor), all-terrain tyres (light truck-rated on the Jeep), keyless entry and start, leather seats (heated front) and LED auto-on headlights. ![]()
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