2024 Polaris Ranger XD 1500: Is It Really A Pickup Truck Killer?

[@CattleGuy]

To everyone who says “I’d rather have a truck”, you obviously don’t own a ranch. We have trucks. I have a few. However, I also have trails where my trucks can’t go. None of my trucks have dump beds. None of my trucks have front and rear lockers. None of my trucks have 15” of ground clearance with full underbody protection. My trucks are also very heavy and will rut up a wet pasture quickly. These machines are built and marketed to ranchers, farmers and hunters for a reason. They are purpose built machines to go and do what our trucks can’t.

[@theMacGyvercom]

Finally a smart and sensible person in the comments. Trucks have their place and tools like this has its place. Yes it’s expensive but it’s purposely built to be in the woods and pasture all of its life. It’s the same as someone saying “my truck can tow 20,000lbs” well yeah an f250 is designed to do that. Now can my f250 cruise through a sloppy/muddy field with ease and not get stuck or rut up my pastures?

[@leevijohn4207]

JAPAN MAKES MINI TRUCKS WITH ALL COMPONENTS YOU LISTED…FOR 20k

[@randystern7870]

This video shows nothing but roads. Never saw a pasture. And don't compare boxes no bigger than a glove box to a truck box

[@truckstractorsandmore3608]

Instead of spending 50’000 dollars on a Polaris ranger, I would spend 6’000 dollars on an old ford ranger

[@MaxHolombo1234]

It’s not meant for broke people

[@dirtbeard108]

@@MaxHolombo1234 its meant for fools

[@AHH24219]

there are a lot of very smart people on here

[@motorcyclestig8539]

This thing would destroy a ford ranger in everything. Plus you would look like a fool. All of my friends had ford rangers growing up I spent half of my life driving around in them they wouldn't hold a candle to this thing. Some of them even put long travel and it still wouldn't hold a candle to this polaris ranger. Put the pipe down

[@mrtannermann]

@@motorcyclestig8539ranger has better tow capacity and bed capacity. It also can go down the highway with ease. Polaris rangers are not great for actual work, only play.

[@XceedDriver]

Definitely too expensive for me, but I can see the use case for this. Something that has amenities, is nimble, rugged, lightweight and can be towed from site to site with a midsize or half ton is beneficial for some. You can still buy the cheaper ones so I’m not upset that this exists

[@whitehorse1961]

Got an older Bobcat with Kubota diesel. Paid about 3k and it will pull, plow, haul hay and do pretty much everything I ask. Not particularly stylish and fast but good and steady.

[@SuperWooba]

You could use the bottom cupholders for hot drinks, top cupholders for cold drinks. It's too bad they don't offer a two door with a longer bed. Wait ... 50,000 freaking dollars?!

[@rickreese5794]

Bwaaaa Haaa🤡🌎🤪😩🥵🤷🏿‍♂️

[@bertraminc9412]

You gotta love when you look at a cutaway of the engine and you can see rust spots on components of the motor. Cheap metal alloys rust.

[@jurgbalt]

45k for two door ands not even maxed out? get 2 door half-ton with 4wd and pocket the change (yes a short half ton is also small and nimble)

[@LouieSmithSenior]

This is what we used to buy a Bronco or a Jeep for.

[@motowipeout5670]

No thanks. For the money, I'd rather have a truck

[@jameshurd4815]

I agree 100%

[@dennissmith7214]

Oh course!! 😂

[@mingomane1]

Can’t take a truck down a atv trail though. They both have their pros and cons.

[@motowipeout5670]

For that price, you could buy a new mid sized 4x4 truck AND an ATV of your choice to put in the back of your new truck. I'm sure there will plenty of people with more money than common sense lining up to buy these though

[@charliehas2braincells393]

@@mingomane1 a 1992 ford ranger is 68 inches wide the ranger XD is 65

[@paulpryor850]

For the money, I'd buy a Toyota Tacoma TRDPro. Also, a friend of the family owns a Honda, Polaris, and Suzuki dealership. He told me to stick with a Honda, Kawasaki or Yamaha. Since Articat, CanAm and Polaris moved manufacturing to Mexico. He's trying to become a Kawasaki or Yamaha dealer. Then drop Polaris with all their repair issues.....

[@447Film]

I love the way the new powertrain sounds. It reminds me of a man talking nonstop

[@cnelson3225]

We had a Polaris ranger that we used on the cattle ranch for about 400 hours, overall it was trash. The engine had great power in the suspension was really good off-road, but it was super hard starting in the winter and all of the plastic exterior cab stuff got sunfated and cracked. The plastic roof cracked and leaked and the side doors were falling apart due to all the plastic clips. Most of what held that cab together over time was zip ties. We just traded it in on our first gator, and man what a world of difference in quality! The gator is not an off-road monster like the Polaris was but it's way better rig for work

[@MotorsportsX]

sounds about right.

[@ElanTuna69]

Hard starting in winter? Were you running premium fuel or standard 87. Standard 87 all day every day especially in cold weather

[@cnelson3225]

@@ElanTuna69 always 85, that's what we got here in CO

[@ElanTuna69]

@cnelson3225 ok that would be best option at elevation

[@findingxeno3285]

@@ElanTuna69maybe 40 years ago. I bet this thing should not run on any thing less than 87.

[@mikerowland1701]

For that price I’d rather have a Tacoma TRD PRO

[@reallyemptypockets6509]

I’m going start wearing my helmet and riding gear when I drive my truck too?

[@rockymountainjazzfan1822]

It costs like a 4WD pickup truck, it will carry a load like a light duty pickup, it has the comfort features of a pickup truck, but IT IS ILLEGAL TO DRIVE ON MOST PUBLIC ROADS IN MOST STATES. If you are a rancher or farmer in Wyoming or South Dakota (where ATV's can be licensed as street legal), this thing might be handy--if one is willing to spend $50K for an ATV! Too bad they don't put a 3-cyl Kubota diesel in it--then the thing would get about triple the fuel economy. As this one sits, I doubt that it gets much better fuel economy than a 1/2-ton 4WD truck.

[@whitehorse1961]

Funny, just wrote a comment about my old Bobcat with 3 banger Kubota diesel that cost me about 15 times less than this rig.

[@sppeders1]

Does it have cruise control? $50K trucks do.

[@pajamatime5750]

Sure they do. Because they often are used on a highway where you may travel a certain speed for hours. That doesn’t typically happen with a SxS. Cruise control on one of them is stupid. I see what you’re trying to say but this is a bad comparison.

[@ram2500rt]

Looks like the cab is taking in a lot of dust. Something that Polaris is known for. The bed is also filling with dirt as you drive. I wont put things in the bed that you don't want full of dirt.

[@motorcyclestig8539]

That was nice of the Duttons to let you drive polaris rangers around. Did they take you to the train station 😂

[@joseramos7476]

love it, wish it was more affordable.

[@lastminuteman]

I’m still not convinced a cvt is good for pulling… I like it, but would like to see a standard shift model

[@Synic08]

The belt only had issues if it slips…. Its fully locked on all cvt machines at about 2-3mph… the reliability of cvt has come leaps and bounds from the 90s….

[@MotorsportsX]

@@Synic08 idk..belt breakage is a REGULAR occurence on the trails near me. severl hundred sxs's and at least a dozen or so every week. and thats just rock climbing and trail riding. I want a Pioneer, but with the accessories of a defender

[@kingrider75]

@@MotorsportsXsame! Hands down the pioneer for me everytime but accessories oem and aftermarket suck!

[@kingrider75]

@@Jacob-kl2mxstill a CVT just a steel belt. First year for that and could be potential nightmare. No thanks

[@SPACE-IS-FAKE-777]

Nissan cars have had steel cvt belt transmissions for years, this is not new technology

[@messagesystem333]

Just get an F150 4x4 XL regular cab and have something street legal.

[@theMacGyvercom]

Bring it down to my pasture. It just rained the other day and let me see how it turns out. I’m not talking trash about your F150 because I own several Fords including F150 F250 but I do realize that these vehicles do have their place.

[@armyranger9346]

Hard to believe driving down a dry dirt road was a "test" for any side by side. You could have taken a Smart Car the same places you took this $45,000 side by side. How about taking it off road? Will it climb steep hills with no low range? Can you crawl over rocks without riding the brakes? How about mud, snow or sand? If you're going to "test" a side by side, TEST IT.

[@brianhale6176]

100 times better then truck. Run this a couple of years and you still have a $35k ranger. Buy truck run it like this and you have scrap iron. This will go places and do things that will kill your cheap trucks.

[@kingrider75]

You have obviously never owned a Polaris 😂 run it a couple years and it’s a yard decoration

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

The heated cab would be nice in the winter...

[@JamesSmullins]

No it's not. Most of the ranchers around here go to the feed store then straight to their cattle to feed. No need to unload from one truck into a side by side creating twice the work. Same goes for mending fences and other ranch work. Most ranchers don't have barns full of hay and even the few that do around here they use their trucks to haul it out to the fields. The only time I see sxs used are small lots five or ten acres and even then it's usually just to check on things.

[@shumann1605]

Same size a some vehicles you can get in Japan right now. I'm sure Japan has some very similar in off road performance. About the same as a small truck I drove while stationed in Japan. I think they are pricing themselves out of large piece of their demographic that would or could actually use this. However as long as they are selling, the price is not change. If 90% of the ones they sell are for the base unit, I could see them adjust the prices in the future. Polaris is making a killing profit on these rigs with the price points they have set though. Great video.

[@kingrider75]

They won’t keep this model long because it just won’t sell well enough at that price to keep it in production. I’d give it 3 years and that motor and tranny will make its way into a ranger for around 28 grand.

[@full_charge]

A 2 door jeep wrangler does a lot of what this does and it’s street legal.

[@aarons307]

What kind of grade can this Polaris pull that 3500# up? Is that only on flat ground? Will it pull that up a boat ramp? Not convinced yet, just because its rated for it, and it looks like when payload is over a certain limit, your speed is limited.

[@mitchstein288]

These are becoming more and more like an automobile. Heated seats, A/C, heat, power windows, wiper. I guess in super specialized situations, these work out well. I like riding ATVs because of the connection with nature. I think all these features would detract from that.

[@lukesmith8547]

They are also great for zipping up and down the logging roads here in British Columbia Canada as you would not be doing those kind of speeds in a regular pickup truck either

[@jmyd83]

the A pillar blindspot is massive

[@boris2873]

Lol I caught that to

[@tackleberry293]

Absolutely absurd price. All the companies making SXSs are going to run most people out of the market.

[@CaneCorsoZeus]

Three Forks Ranch is incredible!! Appreciate the review

[@dmegahan]

I would love to see the premium vs a gator.

[@paulbugden7708]

Not for me! $30000 buys a handful of F150 or similar short box 4x4's with same or better capabilities

[@Mookie21378]

I have my 4x4 truck and I do take it on light trails...but by far I rather use Polaris ranger all day every day...6 passengers...say less... especially when I take it to Mexico...all day riding on the beach...I bought the base model 15k and just upgraded as time passed... nothing major...but do get a lot of compliments 👍🏼

[@robb8773]

At a starting price of $45k for the 3 seat and $50K for the 6 seat version, that's CRAZY! I would just buy a Pick up or a Wrangler and I could drive it on the street!

[@findingxeno3285]

Starts at 30k lol

[@tigerhawk84]

I really don't understand the price of something like this. You can get a REALLY nice used truck for half the cost and it would be usable outside of just the trail/farm duty.....who are these for?

[@pajamatime5750]

Not you obviously. Polaris will sell everyone of these they build so someone’s buying em!

[@jackthibodeau6810]

I live on an island year round in Maine that is usually only a summer residence. I have a 2004 ranger that I am going to have to retire because it’s nearly rusted in half. I might buy one of those

[@jackthibodeau6810]

ANd I routinely have driven the 2004 on the beach and even in the water pulling boats in and out.

[@justincloward3362]

I think a lot of people don’t understand the payload ratings. A lot of people saying they’d rather by a Ford Ranger for next to nothing. The thing is, nothing new for this price is going to have these payload numbers for cheaper.

[@brandonm6052]

0:30 "going to be very impressed with the numbers", my first thought is I can't wait to hear the price stated. Recently at a farm show I saw them and didn't walk over to look, would it be handy on our small farm yes but like everything it's a more more more game and with it goes the price. To the guys that say i'll buy a little pickup, in our area we have a lot of irrigation and a pickup unless it has super swamper boggers and lockers it's likely not getting in and out of many places we use our atvs and sxs's

[@FlameClone]

For that price, just but a Ford Ranger with the FX4 package.

[@ElanTuna69]

What is the top speed electronically limited?

[@yassagar]

Hello, how much is this car and how many year the batteries life and if death can I cganfe the batteries or I have to change all the car? And hiw much does the batteries cost?

[@dmytromural]

Great video! Honest and passionate!

[@nuskidooer-es5do]

What is the fuel capacity? Also fuel mileage?

[@richardedwards8648]

Is it street legal in colorado?

[@michaeldeahr2321]

has to have a auto lisence. so No. Thats why i want a Jeep or like auto.

[@engir63]

The problem with this you cannot drive it on the street in the states so there is no information as to if someone would want one for driving on the street, as an around town vehicle and for the money I would get a truck.

[@zachvanbeek6]

I believe you mentioned in the video that no dust was coming in do you mean in the air or seeping through the cracks and getting all over the seats etc? Reason I ask is i see the dash on this ranger is coated with dust as you are pointing out the functions of everything. On my 2022 polaris xp 1000 trail boss northstar ultimate no dust really came in where its in the air. however every little hole and around the underseats and door frames etc is always completely covered with dust that seeps in the cracks does this new XD do this?

[@zachvanbeek6]

I apologize I commented before the video was finished you basically answered my comment

[@hummyhero1484]

Now test it towing up the Ike gauntlet 😂

[@dirtbeard108]

not at all. some trucks are cheaper. Just saw a Chevy 2500HD work truck with msrp of $51k yesterday.

[@DigitalYojimbo]

Isnt this ranger raptor price ?

[@valleyviewacres9120]

in short no it won't replace my truck......, my 1000 is meant to take the punishment that I don't want to put my truck through checking fences for example. And since if I dropped my 27 goose neck cattle trailer on that Id fold it in half. It is in fact a toy. I don't spend that kind of money on a toy

[@robertsn6584]

It's 40 grand for the north star premium . A new pickup is 55 thousand and up

[@mazwibrilliantsimelane236]

I heard it cost more than a rubicon but I can take it. But I don't see it in South Africa

[@robervin9107]

For that money tommy can get the jeep back lol 😂

[@Synic08]

Yea… its cool, but there too much… if you got money to blow maybe.. but if you need to “use” this for what its made for, i think you’d get more done spending 30k and paying a guy to help you with the remaining 20k.

[@evanleo7633]

for 1/10th of the price you can find a import Japanese/Chinese mini truck that is street legal and more comfortable and safer

[@JOEFACE4216]

Ya'll sound ridiculous 😂😂 nope I'd rather have a truck as if brand new trucks Aren't 70k yeah an old truck is cheap so is an old side by side you can get a 7 year old Polaris ranger with 1000 hours on it for a super reasonable price and put in work but a brand new heavy duty use commercial farm/work vehicle thats going to last 10 years at least well yes its pricier so is life these days also you really look ridiculous complaining because you clicked on video !

[@bread-gz3rl]

8th gen F250 custom 4x4 supremacy

[@JarmelSingsKaraoke]

👏👏👏 ALEX 😊

[@Z-S-H]

I love the capability but like all things polaris WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Definetly catering to the larger scale commercial market because no small operator could ever afford something like that

[@findingxeno3285]

Want to bet that they’ll sell?

[@johnwayne6778]

John deere gator 835 works for me

[@jonsimone3111]

Get the F out of here at 50 grand are they smoking crack?

[@snowmobiesnowman]

Will it have a plow kit?

[@jackthibodeau6810]

My 2004 has a plow on it so I would assume you can get one

[@richfarfugnuven6308]

For this price, I am guessing wealthy ranchers and farmers?

[@WW-wf8tu]

Think Yellowstone. lol

[@albertatundra]

Good grief, $50,000 ... you would have to be touched to buy that.

[@rickreese5794]

Ol jo, has a fleet ! 💯🤙🏻🤡🌎

[@WW-wf8tu]

1st off, I hope you got the better of the person that punched you in the eye! lol. Hope that is not a common occurrence in your life Alex. On that ranch, hope you asked for a meat patty to cover it. lol. As for this expensive machine, well, the biggest pro/improvement is that steel belt. Curious if current owners with a CVT belt system could upgrade theirs to the steel. A lot of people are not loving their experiences with Polaris. But at this price point, I would think the well off rancher/hunters would not care about the maintenance as much as the luxury/comfort this offers. I know I would! Then again, I would have to have a LOT of land to justify it. I won't be buying 1. But it almost makes me wish I would. :)

[@roycemccarthy5771]

You pointed out that you couldn't go fast towing a load with a $ 50,000 dollar truck. That's BS. Work was and still is done on a farm without sxs's.

[@ericreid8111]

Servicing a transmission every 6000 miles seems very terrible to me.

[@ΚωσταςΣχοιναρακης]

So many heavy duty off road vehicles for this price

[@dirtbeard108]

same price as a brand new Jeep Rubicon 2 door Wrangler.

[@mtnman3MTA3]

Of course it’s a pickup killer; it’s not better in a lot of ways and circumstances.

[@tyrannyterminator4179]

The price point is off the charts, still better off with a used truck….

[@timkirk494]

That much money yet not street legal? You can add blinkers and a horn to get a license plate here to drive in town.. I refuse to spend that much for one that should come from the factory street legal! 🙄

[@RydenLarsen]

Movie name?

[@BikerForJustice]

This has gotten so out of hand - how about a 500 - 700cc SxS the regular people can enjoy !!

[@Ram-re5em]

I only buy Can-Am period. Only buy 6x6

[@Wyoming_Gramps]

Polaris can not keep production up with sales and they keep bringing out new models in three trim levels. I wanted to replace my Polaris XP1000 with a new one in Premium level trim. Dealers can not get them, so what is the point. I went to another brand. That being said, a really nice review.

[@findingxeno3285]

Nothing any other brand has even compares to this. Wow! There’s demand for a brand new released model and the dealers don’t have hundreds of them immediately? What a dumb comment.

[@einfeldt777]

Nice to have all the creature comforts but that’s a lot of dough 💸💸💸💸💸

[@fakeappellation7343]

$45,000 LOL

[@kennyphelps1160]

220,000 acres? So you mean the entire state lol

[@hahaadventures4838]

Nice try Polaris, but that’s a total rip off! A suckers born every day! No thank you!

[@justincottingham1296]

If Honda or Yamaha would build a comparable rig I’d pay 60k for it. I live in the middle of nowhere Montana and our community lives off of our sxs’s. You’d beat a Tacoma to death trying to do with it like we do with sxs’s. Yes 50k is a hard pill to swallow, but a Polaris pill is even harder to swallow. Aside from their sleds, They’re yuppie junk.

[@thelongdaysofwheeling124]

Way too much money for a decided off road, non street legal vehicle. Buy a Jeep Gladiator and go from Trail/farm field to the feed store and back. Much more versatile. But they will sell a tone of these I betting.

[@thumpergallino]

That's for rich Glover type people.

[@HASSON454]

buy 2015 xlt single cab for $15k spend 10k upgrading and put the rest into stocks lmao

[@cindiwinters9979]

Calling bull shit on the trailer weight of 3,500 lbs no way!

[@Adam_Newman]

Way too expensive !!!

[@infernoking7504]

Just get a old ford rangee there small enough and reliable and can take a beating.

[@Girth.Brooks11]

“ID rAthEr HaVe A TrUcK”. Sit down. This video isn’t for you. This is a purpose built vehicle. It is not meant to be used as a truck.

[@Jaun2Three]

shoulda gone zr2

[@randystern7870]

How is that going to beat up a full size pickup?? This is ridiculous. I've had a semi in the woods on comparable roads. Grow up.

[@bertraminc9412]

Dude! Why would you grind dust into a windshield? Do you not have a kindergarten understanding of life?

[@nickgibb4687]

45k and its a polaris...nah ill pass

[@1607rosie]

Way over priced ud rather have a 4x4 ranger and you can drive it o the freeway. Plus AC and heat power windows etc .

[@husky9088]

😂😂Nop is is too expensive …

[@dommm111]

The tomboy barbie "truck"

[@davidkallstrom4349]

POLÄRIS?

[@Captndarty]

Those front grill nostrils look terrible and an after the fact addition. The designer should be remanded the lead janitor.

[@findingxeno3285]

Lmao ok chief engineer. I bet you couldn’t design a napkin