Posted on 01/28/2016 11:27:41 AM PST by Leaning Right
I'm a big fan of the Ford Ranger truck. Back in 2011 Ford unwisely discontinued Ranger production in the United States. But recently the Internet has been filled with stories about the Ranger coming back to the US in 2016. The official Ford site is silent about this.
So today I called a nearby Ford dearship. Forget about it, they said, the Ranger is not coming back to the US. Maybe that's true, maybe they just want to sell me a F150 today. So does anybody here know the inside scoop on the Ranger?
Google “2016 ford ranger”.
I had a ‘98 Ranger 4x4 - loved it. Great truck.
F.O.R.D. = Found On Road Dead / Fixed or Repaired Daily might this be the problem?
I had the Mazda version (1994 B3000) and I loved it. Sadly, my Explorer is not as reliable.
Nobody wants small vehicles today, everybody wants very large vehicles these days. I don’t understand it. Function is what I concern myself, not style.
Offroaders say it’s coming back this year:
http://www.fordcarsinfo.com/pickup-truck/2016-ford-ranger-review-specs-engine/
Still driving my 97 Ranger, although I did have to replace the engine at 270,000 miles.
Fuel economy on Rangers virtually mirrored F-150s. The Ranger was dropped in the interest of CAFE, same with the Colorado. The Colorado in now back but Government Motors may have the insider CAFE standards. The only thing holding GM together is trucks.
Don’t look to Ford to bring back the Ranger, there was talk of it as a diesel platform, but with Tier 4 and the collapse of light truck diesels not so much.
I did, before posting my question. There are all sorts of articles saying all sorts of things. There are even pictures of the 2016 Ranger, with specs, for the overseas market.
As a side note, I'm disappointed to see that the 2016 Ranger is larger than the older model. The small size was one thing the Ranger had going for it!
Anyway, I could find nothing official in my Google search. So I was hoping we had a Ford insider here on FR. I don't want to buy a non-Ranger now, then see it come out in the US three months later.
Had two over the years. The last one a 4WD would climb a telephone pole and with the extended cab have plenty of room for luggage or a munchkin. I am waiting because if they bring it out I am buying!!!.
Car salesmen are the slime of the earth. This dealership institution is insane. Their favorite is “I really stuck it in someone and broke it off in them today”. They screw each other as bad as they screw us and the sales managers screw them. Most of them do it because they can’t get a real job.
Motortrend / Aug 26, 2015
Sounds like they haven't decided yet...
Tiny little cold-ass rattletrap...fun when it’s nice out, though.
Don’t buy DNC/UAW products (Ford/GM). Buy American made, non-union, American loving companies like TOYOTA. You’ll never look back.
A: The car salesman knows he's lieing.
The way cars are equipped now, car salesman are computer salesman.
Real men don’t allow themselves to be seen in little girl truck, nor do they drive Ford which require too much maintenance heh.
I wasn’t even aware they had discontinued them. I know other manufacturers still make smaller trucks.
Fuel is cheap, go full size, go Chevy 3500 Duramax heh
Does Toyota make a one ton diesel with brown leather that puts out 500hp with an Allison transmission? Until they do, guess I’ll have to stay put.
My truck is a work truck, Toyota can’t compete unless you’re willing to dump money into suspensions, airbags etc.
Supposedly the Jeep pickup is in the works.
In the article I read, the picture reminded me a lot of the Willys truck.
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