Posted on 03/26/2024 3:00:04 AM PDT by Leaning Right
Following the arrival of the all-new Ford Ranger in several international markets, the redesigned pickup debuted for North America way back in May 2023.
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In January, a grand total of 2,644 2024 Ford Ranger pickups were built at MAP, which represented an increase of 2,242 units, or 558 percent, compared to December 2023. That number grew to 2,871 units in February – an increase of 227 units, or around 8.6 percent. More surprising, Ford sold precisely zero Rangers last month, meaning that the supply of 2023 models seems to be depleted, and there simply aren’t any new 2024 models on lots as of yet.
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PRICE - $45,000! Five year payment plan.
The auto industry has lost touch with their consumers. I understand that the government has a hand in how their product is made but instead of trying to build a inexpensive work vehicle they are building luxury vehicles pretending to be work vehicles.
I have one suggestion for the auto industry - stop creating a new vehicle each year and instead find one design that works and just keep building that one.
My brother bought one when they showed up a few years back ,LOL
Our scout troop took trips to south bass and the kids and a few adults would fly in the tri motor to the island.
As a scout I got to fly the plane around Perry’s monument.
It also helps with their EV:ICE ratio.
EC
“We can rule out American labor, because American labor builds the Camry and Tundra.”
Good observation.
Our scout troop took trips to south bass and the kids and a few adults would fly in the tri motor to the island.
As a scout I got to fly the plane around Perry’s monument.
Who is John Galt?
“Cars today are so much better than 80s cars it’s not funny.”
I would like to add to the truth of that statement.
My dad bought a brand new 1979 Ford van. The engine had to be replaced due to sloppy pistons where one broke a skirt, mileage was before 50,000. They only had a year warranty back then.
I bought a brand new 1980 Bronco. At about 30,000 the timing chain started to jump teeth throwing it out of time. At about the same time the front end’s drive shaft spline wore out causing the drive shaft to slop around. The exhaust system rusted out at 3 years. The special order extra heavy duty battery went dead shortly after a year.
And I also broke a piston. During disassembly the cylinder walls were mic’d and found to be .20” oversized. In other words, the cylinders were purposely bored too large. The measurements were taken at the bottom of the cylinder below ring travel which gives a fairly accurate indication of original bore size. My piston broke at about 42,000 miles.
The list goes on. A couple years later Ford came out with their motto Quality Is Job One.
That Bronco was one hell of a POS!
I have a 2023 Ford Ranger Supercab with various upgrades and I love it. Sips fuel too.
That’s not really true. I have a 2006 Scion xB that I bought brand new. It now has 230,000 miles on it and it’s still on its original clutch. That thing is incredibly reliable and that’s even after hitting a deer pretty seriously back at 154,000 miles
My daily driver for several years was it 2013 Scion fr-s. I still have it and it has 185,000 miles on it and although it did have a recall which I got fixed for free although it didn’t never needed it it has been absolutely steadfast. Frankly, the same is true for our 2017 Scion IA. And you may notice a pattern here
What kind of funny is that I tell people I have three scions: a toyota, a subaru, and a mazda. 🤣
By the way, I also have a 2004 Chevy Z71 silverado. Thank God the drivetrain is Rock solid, but it’s needed quite a few repairs. However, I did buy it used and it spent its life in the northeast. So they’re mostly rust belt problems except for the dashboard that never works properly. Even after being repaired twice. And don’t get me started on the climate control knobs.
I just assumed the ranger was in the 25k range. Remember when pickup trucks were noticeably cheaper than cars? They don’t have the same safety standards and they are a lot cheaper to build. Sure, they may have more sheet metal but that stuff’s priced by the pound.
Yep. And what I’ve also noticed is ever since the mid 80s and ODB one and two, all you have to do is read the codes and your car tells you what’s broken. Well in a lot of cases it does. I learned that old key turning trick with my Chryslers and was able to fix all sorts of cheap problems there would have been almost impossible to diagnose otherwise.
I have four cars that were all built in the 21st century. All of them have over 100,000 miles, one of them has over $230,000 mi and two of them have over 180,000 miles on them.
I was asking a mechanic one day why is it that engines last so long nowadays and his response was something like this: remember back in the day when car enthusiasts would blueprint their engines? Nowadays all engines are blueprinted at the factory.
Strange you bring that up, I am wearing a tee shirt today that asks the exact same question.
Unfortunately, 99.999999% of the people have no idea what I’m talking about.
> I just assumed the ranger was in the 25k range. <
The newer and smaller Ford Maverick is in that range. I’ve been looking at some Maverick reviews. It’s a mixed bag. The problem is that many of them (all of them?) are built in Mexico.
And the Mexican plant’s quality controls are, shall we say, not the best.
I suppose it’s like anything these days. Cars, refrigerators, whatever. It’s a dice roll as to whether you’ll get a reliable item or not.
I’ve been in Toyotas since 2000. Used to be a Ford guy. It’s not so much what Ford isn’t but rather what Toyota is. I rarely need to do anything other than oil changes, tires and brakes and I run the hell out of them. 250K miles easily and I’ll get 10-12 years before I trade and they’re still running great.
If they are having quality problems, I would hope Ford would hold back and fix them before sending them off with customers. I have a F250 and a Lincoln that are pretty good, but those were well exercised and profitable V8/RWD platforms. However, my Mom has a Focus with a transmission that Ford engineers knew was junk before they released the car into production and they kept producing it for years, defects and all.
Why so old? Price, mainly. But they also last longer than they did in the 70s. And styling . . . every small SUV looks like the others for 20 years . . . so why bother to upgrade?
The 2024 Ranger is a new generation, so lots of kinks to wotk out, perhaps. It needed an overhaul. It was looking quite dated. Unfortunately, it, like all other trucks, has been subjected to creep, getting bigger with each generation. The Ranger is the size of a 1980s F-150. Hence the introduction of the smaller Maverick in 2022.
Not available in the US, but it should be:
“This Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series lookalike is a no-frills, cost-reduced Hilux flatbed/pickup optimized for lower-GDP markets.”
“That’s a Ford Trimotor. I’ve ridden on one a few times. Very basic transportation!”
And boy are they loud.
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