2025 Ford Everest price and specs: Power socket returns, automatic parking feature deleted

11/03/2024 05:00 PM

• 2025 Ford Everest pricing and specifications
• Household power socket re-introduced for Everest Trend and above
• Automatic parking system deleted from Everest Platinum
• Priced from $54,240 before on-road costs

The 2025 Ford Everest family SUV line-up will arrive in Australia late next month with the re-introduction of a household power socket.

Following the Ranger ute the Everest is based on, Ford has added a 240-volt, 400-watt power outlet to Trend, Sport, Tremor and Platinum variants for the new model year after the feature was deleted from the previous-generation vehicle three years ago.

As Drive revealed in January 2022, Ford Australia was forced to remove the household power socket – used to power devices like laptop computers and travel fridges – from the Ranger, Everest and Transit in mid-2021 after a regulatory trip-up.

MORE: Plug pulled – Ford Ranger (and Everest) lose handy power outlet after regulation trip-up

Ford Australia discovered the international power socket in these vehicles did not meet the AS/NZS 3112 Standard ('Approval and test specification for plugs and socket-outlets'), which requires a socket to match an Australian plug pattern, not a universal configuration.

While the feature has been absent from the Everest since mid-2021, it has returned from Model Year 2025.25 onwards with an Australian plug pattern to ensure it meets local regulatory requirements.

Ford Australia has also added an acoustic windscreen to the entry-level Everest Ambiente to reduce road noise – while there's a new off-road-themed variant with the addition of the Everest Tremor, and “minor changes” to the interior trim and appearance across the range.

Based on the mid-range Sport trim, the Everest Tremor was announced in August with similar off-road tweaks as the Ranger Wildtrak X and Tremor utes, such as a 26-millimetre suspension lift and Bilstein shock absorbers.

It also features light-truck General Grabber AT3 tyres, black 17-inch alloy wheels, a steel bash plate, heavy-duty side steps, and a 'Rock Crawl' drive model – while buyers can select a $3500 Rough Terrain Pack which includes an ARB Stealth bull-bar and additional underbody protection.

However compared to the Sport variant it is based on, the Tremor loses heated and ventilated front seats and the driver's seat memory function, and moves from an eight-way power passenger seat to four-way manual adjustment.

MORE: 2025 Ford Everest Tremor special edition revealed – Price and specs for upgraded off-road V6

Meanwhile, the Everest Sport has lost two speakers – now sharing its eight-speaker setup with the Ambiente and Trend, as opposed to its previous 10-speaker system – and its Everest bonnet lettering and Sport door badges has been removed.

Ford has also deleted the Active Park Assist automatic parking system from the top-of-the-range Everest Platinum – which can autonomously enter into and leave a car park – following a global cost-cutting move announced earlier this year.

There are no changes to the cost of the Everest Ambiente and Trend – or any option packs – for 2025, while the Sport has risen by $900 and the Platinum is up $85.

The 2025 Ford Everest will commence production for Australia this month, with the first customer deliveries due in late December.

The last model update for the Ford Everest was in January 2024 when the Pro Trailer Backup Assist reversing system was made available, while exterior zone lighting and black stand-off roof rails were added to the standard equipment list for Trend and Sport variants.

All models lost the MyKey programming safety feature and the under-bumper kick sensor for the electric tailgate – while the two-wheel-drive Trend variant was removed from the line-up.

The automatic high-beam feature was also removed from the Everest Ambiente, Trend and Sport, and is now limited to the Platinum with its more-advanced matrix LED headlights.

2025 Ford Everest price in Australia

• Everest Ambiente 4×2 bi-turbo 2.0-litre – $54,240
• Everest Ambiente 4×4 bi-turbo 2.0-litre – $59,240
• Everest Trend 4×4 bi-turbo 2.0-litre – $67,040
• Everest Sport 4×2 bi-turbo 2.0-litre – $63,740
• Everest Sport 4×4 single-turbo 3.0-litre V6 – $74,640 (up $900)
• Everest Tremor 4×4 single-turbo 3.0-litre V6 – $76,590 (new)
• Everest Platinum 4×4 single-turbo 3.0-litre V6 – $81,200 (up $85)

Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.

2025 Ford Everest Ambiente standard features:

• Acoustic windscreen (new)
• 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel engine
• 10-speed automatic transmission
• 3500kg towing capacity
• Locking rear differential (4×4 only)
• Five seats standard (seven seats optional for $1200)
• 17-inch alloy wheels with all-season tyres, full-sized steel spare
• Automatic LED reflector headlights with auto high beam
• LED tail-lights and daytime-running lights
• Front fog lamps
• Black side steps
• Automatic power-folding exterior mirrors
• Rain-sensing wipers
• Steel underbody protection (4×4 only)
• Two front tow hooks
• Eight-way manual driver’s seat adjustment, four-way manual passenger seat adjustment
• Fabric seat upholstery
• Floor mat (driver only)
• Auto-dimming rear-view mirror
• Keyless entry and start
• Dual-zone climate-control air-conditioning
• Vinyl soft console lid
• 10.1-inch touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, satellite navigation, voice assistant and digital radio
• 8.0-inch digital instrument cluster
• Wireless phone charging
• Eight-speaker sound system
• Nine airbags including centre airbag, and driver/passenger knee airbags
• Autonomous emergency braking
• Lane-keep assist
• Lane departure warning
• Reverse brake assist
• Front and rear parking sensors
• Blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert with trailer coverage
• Digital reversing camera
• Hill start assist

2024 Ford Everest Trend adds (over Ambiente):

• 240-volt, 400-watt household power socket (new)
• 18-inch alloy wheels (with matching spare)
• Seven seats as standard
• Four-wheel drive as standard
• Eight-way power-adjustable driver's seat
• Leather-accented seats
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel
• 12-inch centre touchscreen
• Privacy glass on rear windows
• Power tailgate
• Heated auto-folding mirrors with puddle lamps
• Floor mats (driver and passenger)
• Second upper glove box in lieu of open shelf
• Selectable drive modes
• Black stand-off roof rails
• Zone lighting
• Off-road screen (4×4 only)

2024 Ford Everest Sport adds (over Trend):

• Standard 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel engine and rear-wheel drive
• Optional 3.0-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine and full-time four-wheel drive
• Black exterior accents
• Hands-free power tailgate
• 20-inch black alloy wheels and matching spare
• Unique leather-accented seats with 'Sport' embossing
• Unique interior colour accents
• 10-way power driver’s seat with memory
• Eight-way power passenger seat
• Heated and ventilated front seats

2024 Ford Everest Tremor adds (over Sport):

• Unique grille with built-in auxiliary lights
• 26-millimetre suspension lift
• Bilstein shock absorbers
• General Grabber AT3 tyres with white lettering
• 17-inch black alloy wheels (instead of 20-inch black alloy wheels)
• Black wheel arch mouldings
• Tremor exterior badging
• Steel bash plate
• Heavy-duty side steps
• Rock Crawl drive mode
• Unique leather-accented seats with 'TREMOR' embossing
• Four-way manual passenger seat (instead of eight-way power passenger seat)
• Eight-way power driver's seat (instead of 10-way power driver’s seat with memory)
• Deleted: Heated and ventilated front seats

2024 Ford Everest Platinum adds (over Sport):

• 21-inch alloy wheels with all-season tyres, matching spare
• 12.4-inch digital instrument cluster
• 12-speaker Bang and Olufsen sound system
• 360-degree camera
• Steel underbody protection 
• Black painted roof
• Matrix LED headlights with auto levelling and auto high-beam
• Dual-pane power-operated panoramic sunroof
• Tyre pressure monitoring system
• Satin chrome interior accents
• Quilted leather-accented seats
• Heated second-row seats
• Power-folding third-row seats
• Heated steering wheel
• Premium front and rear floor mats
• Ambient lighting
• Silver roof rails
• Satin chrome exterior accents

The optional $1100 Premium Seat pack, available for Trend and Tremor variants, adds:

• Heated and ventilated front seats
• 10-way power driver’s seat with memory
• Eight-way power front passenger seat

The optional $1900 Towing Pack, available on all variants except Platinum, adds:

• Tow bar
• Integrated trailer brake controller

The optional $2900 Pro Towing Pack, available for Platinum only, adds:

• Tow bar
• Integrated trailer brake controller
• Pro Trailer Backup Assist

The optional $2500 Touring Pack, available on Trend 4×4, Sport 4×4 and Tremor 4×4 variants, adds:

• Pro Trailer Backup Assist
• 360-degree camera
• Tow bar
• Integrated trailer brake controller

The optional $3500 Rough Terrain Pack, available for Tremor only, adds: 

• ARB Stealth bull-bar
• Under vehicle armour
• Auxilary switch bank

Additional individual options include:

• Ambiente 4×4 18-inch wheel and all-terrain tyre pack – $1350
• Trend 4×4 all-terrain tyres – $700
• Sport and Platinum 4×4 18-inch wheel and all-terrain tyre pack – No cost option

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