> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://torquecafe.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Ford F-150 gets long-awaited overhaul in Australia - URL: https://torquecafe.com/ford-news-f150-price-and-specs-australia/ - Published: 2025-10-23T04:00:36.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-04T06:55:58.000Z - Description: Approximately 18 months behind schedule, the updated Ford F-150 will roll into Australian showrooms in early 2026 with a new flagship. - Author: Jordan Mulach - Tags: News, 4x4 & Adventure The Ford F-150’s introduction to Australia has been plagued by multiple recalls and stop-sales, but now a facelifted version of the pickup has been priced for local buyers ahead of its arrival early next year. Replacing the F-150 which debuted locally in late 2023 - only a handful of months after the facelifted model was revealed in the US - the updated pickup brings back the existing XLT and Lariat grades, as well as a new top-of-the-range Platinum grade. Prices now start from $114,950 plus on-road costs for the Ford F-150 XLT, representing an $8000 increase for the short-wheelbase (SWB) model, and $7005 more for the long-wheelbase (LWB), which is now offered at no extra cost. The mid-spec F-150 Lariat has been pushed up to $143,950 before on-roads (up $4000 for SWB, $3005 for the LWB), while the new Platinum flagship starts from $163,950 plus on-road costs, making it the second-most ‘1500 class’ pickup in Australia, behind the $172,990 Toyota Tundra Platinum. ![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Ford-F-150-Platinum-1-1.jpg) 2026 Ford F-150 Platinum Compared to the pre-update pickup, the 2026 F-150 gains a new-look face which incorporates a simplified Ford badge, sitting between revised headlights, while at the back the tail lights are also new. While the circa-$8000 price increase for the XLT is significant, it now comes with more standard equipment previously missing, such as LED reflector headlamps and fog lamps, LED tail lights, a 360-degree (surround-view) camera, load box area lighting and, a 12-volt outlet. Additional upgrades include a blacked-out grille, XLT-specific indicators, 20-inch alloy wheels, chrome door handles, black and chrome side steps and a chrome exhaust tip. ![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Ford-F-150-XLT-6-1.jpg) 2026 Ford F-150 XLT Inside it steps up to a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster and identically sized infotainment touchscreen, and gets more USB-C ports on the centre fascia, and centre console. The Lariat has gained new equipment too, such as a revised 20-inch wheel design, Ford’s new ‘Pro Access’ tailgate - allowing a door to open and close vertically - and extended chrome side steps (for the SWB). In the cabin there’s now a 14-speaker Bang and Olufsen sound system, as well as automatic climate controlled heated and ventilated front seats. Its standard equipment is unchanged outside of these tweaks. ![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Ford-F-150-Lariat-2.jpg) 2026 Ford F-150 Lariat At the top of the tree the F-150 Platinum gains a number of upgrades over the Lariat, such as a gloss black grille, black Ford badging, a smoked F-150 wheel-arch badge, body-coloured mirror caps and door handles, black 20-inch wheels, black power-deployable side steps, a folding tonneau cover, a rear cargo view camera, and darkened exhaust tip. The cabin has also been given the blacked-out treatment, with a black onyx interior trim, ‘multi-adjustable power seats’ - including max recline and a massage function - plus Platinum-badged scuff plates, steering wheel, front seat and console lid inserts. Importantly, the Platinum also gets Continuously Controlled Dampening (CCD) Suspension, aimed at providing a smoother ride. ![](https://torquecafe.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2025-Ford-F-150-Platinum-16-1.jpg) 2026 Ford F-150 Platinum There’s no change to the twin-turbo 3.5-litre petrol V6 engine, which continues to produce 298kW and 678Nm, and is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. The XLT comes with part-time 4×4, while the Lariat and Platinum score a full-time 4×4 system. Ford has also updated crucial gross vehicle mass (GVM), gross combined mass (GCM), kerb weight and payload figures for the F-150, as well as confirming its 4500kg braked towing capacity continues when fitted with a 70mm towball. | Model | GVM | GCM | Kerb Weight | Payload | | ---------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | | 2026 Ford F-150 XLT SWB | 3315kg (-5kg) | 7365kg (+95kg) | 2462kg (+11kg) | 853kg (+84kg) | | 2026 Ford F-150 XLT LWB | 3360kg (-5kg) | 7410kg (+95kg) | 2482kg (+11kg) | 878kg (+84kg) | | 2026 Ford F-150 Lariat SWB | 3315kg (-5kg) | 7365kg (+95kg) | 2546kg (+11kg) | 769kg (+84kg) | | 2026 Ford F-150 Lariat LWB | 3360kg (-5kg) | 7410kg (+95kg) | 2566kg (+11kg) | 794kg (+84kg) | | 2026 Ford F-150 Platinum LWB | 3315kg | 7365kg | 2611kg | 704kg | | 2026 Ford F-150 Platinum LWB | 3360kg | 7410kg | 2636kg | 724kg | This follows Ford last year reducing the F-150’s GCM by 450kg across the board, in an attempt “to include a reduction to account for maximum towball downforce weight (TDW) - 10 per cent of aggregate trailer mass (ATM)”, a spokesperson said at the time.