If he can use the car for his own private use, does he know how much it will cost him in Benefit in Kind (BIK) income tax ?

I suggest that he quickly checks it, especially as it will be classed as a car in future, rather than a Commercial Vehicle.

Good point, I'll ask.him, think it may only be a temporary thing?

Family member also had a 3.2, which seized solid following oil pump failure. Ford (eventually) replaced the engine under warranty. First drive after that, both front driveshafts simultaneously sheared. Simple reason - when the dealer rebuilt everything, they neglected to put any transmission fluid in the front differential… Obviously no such worries with a company car.

Mate in the trade told me the oil pumps on them won't self prime, apparently you've got around twenty minutes to complete a oil change!

Sons enjoying it for the moment, slightly better than the ancient Isuzu truck he normally drives around his work place ( he's on a hunting, shooting and fishing estate).

My son's 2018 3.2 diesel Ranger has suffered catastrophic failures on 3 occasions including gearbox failure, radiator coolant in the engine destroying it - that cost £67k to fix - and part of the crankcase exploding dumping oil on the road. The Ranger is currently sitting on farmland and will be sold as seen for some other fool to attempt a repair. He bought a Toyota instead.

DO NOT BUY A FORD RANGER.

Just to follow up on my original post my son has given the car back, it was apparently only a temporary thing while he attended a couple of courses on his employers behalf, think it was a bit of a image thing for the company, representative of the company turns up in a big flash vehicle etc.

He's happy to be back in his Aygo and running around at work in the Isuzu pick up, he did say yes the Ranger did look nice in a sort of macho sort of way sitting on the drive but wasn't particularly pleasant to drive around in...

Are the problems on the 2020 Amarok and Ranger down to wet belts ?