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- Punxsutawney, PA
- Vehicle Year
- 2018
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 5.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
I realize this is asking a lot but people need to understand that the current T6 Ranger that we can't even buy yet was never designed with the North American market in mind. It was designed for other markets where styling tastes might be a little different.
Ford has already stated that the truck that will be sold in North America starting as a 2019 model will have different frontend styling than those sold elsewhere. How different is yet to be seen.
Unfortunately, the only pictures all the click happy automotive websites have to show are of the current T6. Ours might look very similar or it may not look anything like that at all. If people took the time to actually read some of their articles instead of just looking at the pictures they might realize that. But again, that's probably asking for too much.
The old North American Ranger was discontinued for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that people stopped buying them. One thing that is pretty certain is that the 2019 Ranger will not look much like the 1993 thru 2011 Ranger which is one of the reasons why most people stopped buying those trucks. They looked the same for too damned long and in today's market that is the kiss of death for any vehicle.
It could be argued that all of the manufacturers, and especially Ford, stopped updating those trucks intentionally because they wanted everyone to buy their more profitable full-size trucks. But hey, times change, company management teams change and so do most people's buying preferences.
Ford has already stated that the truck that will be sold in North America starting as a 2019 model will have different frontend styling than those sold elsewhere. How different is yet to be seen.
Unfortunately, the only pictures all the click happy automotive websites have to show are of the current T6. Ours might look very similar or it may not look anything like that at all. If people took the time to actually read some of their articles instead of just looking at the pictures they might realize that. But again, that's probably asking for too much.
The old North American Ranger was discontinued for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was the fact that people stopped buying them. One thing that is pretty certain is that the 2019 Ranger will not look much like the 1993 thru 2011 Ranger which is one of the reasons why most people stopped buying those trucks. They looked the same for too damned long and in today's market that is the kiss of death for any vehicle.
It could be argued that all of the manufacturers, and especially Ford, stopped updating those trucks intentionally because they wanted everyone to buy their more profitable full-size trucks. But hey, times change, company management teams change and so do most people's buying preferences.
