Posted on 01/09/2017 6:57:55 AM PST by mandaladon
DETROIT – The Bronco is back!
And so is the Ranger.
Ford announced on Monday at the Detroit Auto Show that it will launch a new Ranger small pickup in 2019, followed by a Bronco SUV based on it in 2020.
The news comes several months after the plans were unofficially revealed through comments made by UAW workers who will be building the trucks at Ford’s Michigan assembly plant -- home to the original Bronco from 1966-1986.
That's not all: Ford F-150 Diesel coming in 2018
The factory was at the center of controversy recently when President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ford for moving production of its Focus cars built there today to a new facility the automaker planned to build in Mexico. Ford has since decided to scrap the new plant, and will instead expand an existing one in Mexico to accommodate the Focus production.
The Ranger was last offered in the U.S. in 2011, but a new version of it has been sold overseas ever since. The Bronco was put out to pasture in 1996, two years after one took part in the infamous O.J. Simpson low speed police pursuit through Los Angeles.
Ford didn’t offer any technical details or images of the vehicles, but suggested that the Bronco will offer serious off road capability.
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April fools on the Bronco.
The Ranger is sold in other countries and they have planned to bring it back to America for a couple years now.
If Trump is serious about making America great again, he’ll get the bloody EPA the hell out of our way.
“So we have no smaller trucks.”
Thanks for the explanation. That explains why all Tacoma models have an extended cab. I guess Toyota can’t make long beds on Tacoma either because of demand or too much potential weight on the existing frame.
Something else for Trump to fix.
They make what will sell. For example, the Colorado doesn’t come in a “standard cab.” Only extended or crew.
Had a 92 Ranger standard cab that I broke in half on the Atchafalaya River Bridge, and then a 94 extended cab that went for over 300,000 miles.
Now we’ve got a 2004 Dodge Dakota with the V8. It had 104,000 when we bought it in late 2007, and now it’s got over 250,000 miles, plus another 75,000+ being dragged around behind our motorcoach.
Both have been great vehicles. Love small trucks.
You say that like it is a bad thing?
You, sir, win the “classy innuendo” award for this evening!
Bravo!!!
The new Bronco model will be called the Broncobama.
By the way a half-dozen years back I tried a Toyota Tacoma as well.
Sat low, suspension seemed a little sluggish, the upgraded six-speed manual transmission struggled to give me 16 mpg on the highway...and I am not a high-speed driver.
I figured the hell with it and traded for a Tundra, which also handles like a boat, but gives me at least as good mileage as the smaller pickup.
I’d like to go back to Ford but they haven’t changed the F-150s in ten years, have they?
I drove a rental F150 last year. Liked it a lot. Good handling, good power. Would buy.
You mean besides making the body/frame out of aluminum? That was the major change for 2016 for the F-150.
Yes, I am aware of that.
Realized I should have mentioned that right after I hit POST.
I haven’t heard much about the aluminum models, though here in heavy snow/ice country I wondered if the weight loss would be entirely positive.
What’s your impression?
Then of course there is the Raptor line, the Tuscanys, the Black Ops...all of which are significant changes to the base model.
Big dollars though.
I bought an 03 Ranger for my daughter last year. Ran great for 6 months and since then has been one issue after another, plugs/wires, on my third fuel pump in fact in shop now for this issue, leaking back window repair, etc...
Wish I had got her a small fuel efficient car but she wanted a small truck.
Did you check the vehicle history, sounds like it’s been in a flood.
My father in law (Ranger) and brother in law (F-150) have both told me that the insurance rates are higher on the new F-150s cause the frames can’t be repaired as easily as steel can.
A 4bt in just about any “smaller” vehicle is the ultimate.
All that torque!
UPS is stingy with their old Vans ... I wanted one pretty bad but they destroy/scrap them when they take them out of service.
But no carpet, just vinyl flooring, which is meant for either WeatherTech or Husky liners. He'll say "You can buy it for $blahblah. I sold 720 units last year, either way is fine with me."
If you like his deal, I suggest that you might take him up on it on the condition that he throw in the floor mats.
I like mine. My only complaint is that the audio system, while being a big improvement over what we used to get, is still not exactly audiophile quality. But hey, it's a truck, right?
I have a 15 y.o. F-150 which is cruising right along. I have no need nor desire to replace it so I haven't followed the new truck market much but I believe that the 2015 model year was a major re-launch with the all-aluminum body and EcoBoost engines.
When you have a really solid design, there isn't much incentive to change things.
Steel Frame, Aluminum body for the record. My Auto Repair gnome in another state said they didn't want to spend the capital for the repair equipment. Yes they can be fixed, I have been reading up on it and getting tidbits it isn't hard, maybe different is a good word, but maybe a limited number of outlets that do it is the cost driver, less competition. FWIW I was told by a gnome it was the availability of repair-ability ( vs. an Aluminum Jag, Audi etc ) process ( aka it is a glued and a small bit of welding and maybe some rivets vs Welded with the other two. ) that made an aluminum body a reality and why we haven't seen it sooner in other cars.
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