wildbill23c
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- Joined
- Aug 22, 2012
- Messages
- 3,915
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- Location
- Southwestern Idaho
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Lift
- 0
- Total Drop
- 0
- Tire Size
- 215/70-R14
- My credo
- 19K, 19D, 92Y, 88M, 91F....OIF-III (2004-2005)
Here in Idaho people drive lifted 1 ton trucks around and they seem to like the $80k price tags on them, so I'm sure they'll be stupid enough to pay $50k for a 1/4 ton truck I don't see the new Rangers having any reasonable pricing attached to them given the prices on the F150's and the Tacomas, Frontiers, Colorado/Canyon, etc. This is one reason I won't buy another new vehicle, the prices are so ridiculous and when it comes time to sell them, they're not worth anything. I'll skip the losing my ass part and just buy used to begin with.The real problem behind the pricing is that it costs nearly the same to build a compact/midsize truck as it does a full size.
But I think people will buy it, look at the Colorado/Canyons, people are buying them up at a decent rate. If Ford doesn't put ludicrous prices on them like the Soda can f150's, they'll sell them by the truck load.
I don't know about other areas of the country, but here in the mid west most new houses don't come with garages to fit $45,000 full size pickups. The normal consumer wants their $45,000 vehicle to sleep in the a garage and the normal consumer doesn't really need a full size truck. I think you'll see the normal consumer moving towards garage and gas friendly mid size pickups. Besides the new Ranger is supposedly sized more like 97-04 f150s.
Stopped by a local dealer the other day and they didn't seem to care if a customer was there or not, so definitely won't bother looking when and if they do ever decide to release a ranger and the bronco again.