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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Ford Everest (R825 000 – R1 340 000) and Ford Ranger (R1 187 000) – see how price, engine, warranty and safety stack up below.

The instalment, the fuel bill and the five-year figure — worked out on your deposit, your rate and your driving. Every specification below comes from a verified record.

The five-year figure is finance instalments and fuel only — it does not include servicing, insurance, tyres or depreciation. It is a cost-to-buy-and-run comparison, not a full cost of ownership.

The Ford Ranger costs R179 032 less than the Ford Everest over five years.
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Ford Everest
Ford

Everest

Full range · 5 derivatives
R825 000 – R1 340 000
Price as at 24 Oct 2026
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Full specifications
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Ford Ranger
Ford

Ranger

Platinum 3.0 V6 Turbo Diesel 4WD 10AT
R1 187 000
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R25 340/month
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Every specification below describes one derivative of each range — Ford Everest, the Everest 3.0L V6 Platinum 4WD 10AT. Figures for the other derivatives are on each model’s own page.
Cost to own
Costs shown for the 3.0L V6 Platinum 4WD 10AT (R1 340 000).
Purchase price
R825 000 to R1 340 000
R1 187 000
Monthly instalment
R23 421+R2 674
R20 747
Fuel per month
R4 648+R55
R4 593
Total per month
R28 069+R2 729
R25 340
Paid over five years
R1 818 118+R179 032
R1 639 086
Still owing after five years
R263 953+R30 138
R233 815
Assumptions: fuel at 95 petrol R30.25/L, 50ppm diesel R32.80/L (inland, official prices from 7 Oct 2026); interest at 11.75% (prime 10.75%, South African Reserve Bank from 25 Sep 2026, plus 1%).
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
Diesel (50ppm)
Diesel (50ppm)
Engine
3.0 L
3.0 L
Power
184 kW
184 kW
Torque
600 Nm
600 Nm
Transmission
10-speed automatic
10-speed automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
10
10
Fuel and range
Consumption
8.5 L/100km+0.1 L/100km
8.4 L/100km
Tank size
80 L
80 L
Range per tank
941 km−11 km
952 km
CO2 emissions
224 g/km+2 g/km
222 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
5−2
Doors
5
4
Boot (all seats up)
259 L
Not published
Boot (behind 2nd row)
898 L (VDA)
Not published
Boot (seats folded)
1 818 L
Not published
Braked towing
3 500 kg
3 500 kg
Ground clearance
226 mm−11 mm
237 mm
Length
4 940 mm
5 350 mm
Load box length
Not published
1464 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
4 yr / 120 000 km
4 yr / 120 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km (can be declined)
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km (can be declined)
Service interval
15 000 km / 12 mo
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size
Service network
~111 authorised service points, as at 22 September 2026 In all 9 provinces. South African dealer pins with a service department in Ford South Africa's own dealer locator (111 of 116 South African pins; Botswana, Eswatini and Namibia excluded).
~111 authorised service points, as at 22 September 2026 In all 9 provinces. South African dealer pins with a service department in Ford South Africa's own dealer locator (111 of 116 South African pins; Botswana, Eswatini and Namibia excluded).
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
No crash-test rating for this version
5 stars (ANCAP 2022)
Airbags
6−3
9
Differential lock
Yes
Yes

What we haven’t verified yet

Blank cells are figures the manufacturer doesn’t publish for South Africa, or that we haven’t confirmed against an official source. We leave them empty rather than estimating them. A third kind of blank is different again: some fields don’t apply to a vehicle at all — an electric car has no fuel tank — and those are named separately below and left out of that vehicle’s verified count, which is why the counts on the cards above can be out of different totals.

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Cost-to-own figures are illustrative only: a standard reducing-balance loan calculation using the deposit, trade-in, balloon, interest rate, term and driving assumptions above, plus fuel at the price you set. They exclude insurance, licensing and servicing, and are not a loan quote — get a real quote from our Finance Calculator. Specifications shown are the fields we’ve verified against official South African sources for each vehicle; anything not shown is marked “Not published” rather than estimated.

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