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New Ford Ranger prototype hits the road
Fox News ^ | February 16, 2017 | Gary Gastelu

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fixorrepairdaily; ford; foundonroaddead; ranger; truck
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To: RightInTheMain
A great Trump, never had a problem with it.

A Fordian slip?

21 posted on 02/18/2017 8:33:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Psephomancers for Hillary!)
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To: PAR35
Don't have to worry about that any more. Isn't Ford making the 150, at least in part, out of thick aluminum foil these days?

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.

22 posted on 02/18/2017 8:35:48 AM PST by Boomer (The modern day leftist dems are the party of criminally insane propagandists.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
A Fordian slip?

Well done! :)

23 posted on 02/18/2017 8:37:23 AM PST by Boomer (The modern day leftist dems are the party of criminally insane propagandists.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Haha, autocorrect got me, I must type “Trump” a lot! Must be Russian hackers!


24 posted on 02/18/2017 8:38:56 AM PST by RightInTheMain
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To: CtBigPat

That’s pretty good!


25 posted on 02/18/2017 9:04:46 AM PST by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Boomer

You don’t usually see dazzle camouflage on the road these days.


26 posted on 02/18/2017 9:12:42 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: umgud

Butt ugly - my first thought, too. I liked the conventional looks of the old Rangers.


27 posted on 02/18/2017 9:14:38 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Boomer

Ford playing it safe. I think Chevy has the styling edge these days with their squared off fender openings.


28 posted on 02/18/2017 9:14:40 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Boomer

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.


29 posted on 02/18/2017 9:22:26 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Leaning Right

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.


30 posted on 02/18/2017 9:22:44 AM PST by blam
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To: Leaning Right

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.


31 posted on 02/18/2017 9:23:44 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Boomer

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.


32 posted on 02/18/2017 10:13:00 AM PST by KYGrandma (The sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.....)
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To: Leaning Right

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.


33 posted on 02/18/2017 10:30:57 AM PST by Skybird
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To: umgud
Agree - this is an ugly one. It will rattle apart in a few years.

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!

34 posted on 02/18/2017 10:39:32 AM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Must have been a bad year. My ‘13 Silverado was a true POS.


35 posted on 02/18/2017 11:00:50 AM PST by umgud
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To: blam

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


36 posted on 02/18/2017 11:05:04 AM PST by IVAXMAN
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To: Psalm 73

Now the f150s are aluminum bodies. Pain in the ass to fix compared to steel.


37 posted on 02/18/2017 11:28:46 AM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Skybird

> Wanted a small truck a few years ago and wound up with the Nissan Frontier. <

You gave me something to think about there!


38 posted on 02/18/2017 12:27:01 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Boomer
"...but all the Ranger needed was 4 doors to make it much more functional."

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.

39 posted on 02/18/2017 1:31:18 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Mariner

I like the interior of my 16 Tacoma very much.


40 posted on 02/18/2017 2:05:39 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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