Posted on 02/18/2017 7:31:18 AM PST by Leaning Right
The Ford Ranger has returned.
Just a few weeks after the automaker confirmed it’s bringing back the small pickup model in 2019, a prototype has been spotted undergoing testing on public roads in Michigan.
The body of the camouflaged truck appears to be identical to the one on the Ranger that Ford currently builds and sells in other countries, which Ford is basing the new Michigan-made Ranger on.
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A Fordian slip?
True that and the entire outer shell of the bed of my S'crew is fiberglass. The bed is metal covered by a plastic bed liner.
Well done! :)
Haha, autocorrect got me, I must type “Trump” a lot! Must be Russian hackers!
That’s pretty good!
You don’t usually see dazzle camouflage on the road these days.
Butt ugly - my first thought, too. I liked the conventional looks of the old Rangers.
Ford playing it safe. I think Chevy has the styling edge these days with their squared off fender openings.
That’s not the same as the foreign market Ranger currently in production, which is a good-looking vehicle. It’s got the same, blobby and annoying upsweep to the body beneath the windows rather than being linear, that the Chevy Colorado has. Same, same, same, good grief can’t they break away from convention, ever? The full size Ford trucks aren’t styled that way, why should the Ranger be, especially if it’s based upon the foreign market Ranger, a good looking vehicle?
I hate focus group driven product development and marketing, I really do. People can’t tell you anything they don’t already know, so you get ever more finely honed sameness. Bleh.
I have a 1993 Ford Ranger with over 250,000 miles on it. Click on my name to see it and also, say hi to the dogs.
I need a new truck.
My existing truck will not last until 2019 as it has 201,000 miles on it and is a 2001.
I would rather buy the new Ranger, but will settle for the Tacoma in crew cab and longer bed.
If Toyota would fancy-up their interior I would prefer them.
Have had several SportTracs and really loved them. DH Ford employee was able to lease them from Ford with the management program. Had a new car every year, sometimes two. My fav was the the SportTrac Adrenalin. Fire-engine red. Great for me, but DH would have rather had a full size.
Wanted a small truck a few years ago and wound up with the Nissan Frontier. Built in Mississippi and 75% of parts are U.S. made (heard transmission is from Japan). It’s been a good one so far.
My '14 F250 XL is falling apart - tailgate peeling apart, too flimsy and light. Drink holder fell off, cloth interior ripping. It's not even a work truck - I'm not hauling maintenance crews everyday!
Must have been a bad year. My ‘13 Silverado was a true POS.
Nice family Blam !!! LOL
I will keep my 1984 Bronco II with a cummins 4bt :)
http://www.broncoiicorral.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3468
Now the f150s are aluminum bodies. Pain in the ass to fix compared to steel.
> Wanted a small truck a few years ago and wound up with the Nissan Frontier. <
You gave me something to think about there!
Both of mine were/are four-doors. Can sit two people back there in a pinch, but more realistically good for groceries, bug-out-bag, or dry camping gear.
I like the interior of my 16 Tacoma very much.
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