Article in USA Today

[Buckeyeman]

Here is a article in USA Today & Pickuptrucks.com I thought I would share with everyone.

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...ll-pickup-you-cant-buy/1?loc=interstitialskip

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/1...ord-ranger-t6-global-pickup-truck-debuts.html

 

[rrbrian222]

Wait until the economy recovers and gas prices shoot to $5+/gal. Then the new Ranger will get introduced to North America. (I assume Canada isn't going to get the 2012 Ranger either)

 

[Mike Tonon]

I want to drop that 3.2 diesel in my truck and mod the shit out of it. Will it pass emissions though?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Wait until the economy recovers and gas prices shoot to $5+/gal. Then the new Ranger will get introduced to North America. (I assume Canada isn't going to get the 2012 Ranger either)

The new Ranger is about the same size as a F-150... so why would the bring it here? We already have it with a different name.

 

[rrbrian222]

I guess I was speculating that if gas prices were to double or triple down the road, full size truck sales would probably drop dramatically, like they did back in '07-'08. I'd assume then there would be greater demand for a smaller, more fuel efficient pickup and it might make Ford jump and offer it to the US market to help sustain its market share. Can you imagine running an F150 on $6 gas everyday?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

F-150's already get the same if not better milage than a 4x4 Ranger. The F-150 in my sig would flirt with 20mpg on stock rubber, and that is a 4x4 with the big engine hurdling 5500lbs of iron and plastic down the highway.

The Ranger that gets best in class milage is the stripped down four cylinder 2wd truck, about as useful to me as a car and it gets pathetic milage for a car.

 

[gstat5]

i live about 20 miles from mexican border in calif. and i saw a Ranger limited 4 door (a real 4 door) with mexican plates. i wonder if you can buy one in mex. and import it into USA. It looked real good

 

[Buckeyeman]

i live about 20 miles from mexican border in calif. and i saw a Ranger limited 4 door (a real 4 door) with mexican plates. i wonder if you can buy one in mex. and import it into USA. It looked real good

It would be nice if you could, but I'm sure the EPA & U.S. Customs would not allow it over here. You would need a Mexican drug dealer to smuggle one into the country for you, but then try to get plates and insurance.

 

[Jenny]

Hi Buckeyeman,
Thanks for sharing this URL. Can anyone give me articles which is instant approved, high PR & Free.

 

[Chevelle Kid]

It would be nice if you could, but I'm sure the EPA & U.S. Customs would not allow it over here. You would need a Mexican drug dealer to smuggle one into the country for you, but then try to get plates and insurance.

Or buy a small piece of land in Mexico and reggie it there...lol

 

[jasonl]

F-150's already get the same if not better milage than a 4x4 Ranger. The F-150 in my sig would flirt with 20mpg on stock rubber, and that is a 4x4 with the big engine hurdling 5500lbs of iron and plastic down the highway.

The Ranger that gets best in class milage is the stripped down four cylinder 2wd truck, about as useful to me as a car and it gets pathetic milage for a car.

That alone is why the current Ranger or any of the compact/mid size trucks don't sell more. They are equipped with primitive power trains that get lackluster fuel economy. Imagine if they dropped the 3.7 from the f-150 into the the current Ranger with a supercab 4x4 weighing only about 3,700 lbs. The F-150 gets 16/21 they should be able to achieve 19/24 in a 4x4 Ranger Ext cab. Heck throw the EcoBoost 4cy in the thing and it should see low 20's city High 20's HWY in a 4x4. If Ford kept it as a no frills budget truck with those kind of fuel economy numbers it would double it's sales. The trouble with the current Ranger is it needs to be a little bigger, like Tacoma sized with Fords new engine line up it would be a hit. Imagine a 4x4 truck that gets in the low 20's avg and up to high 20's on HWY. Don't think that would sell when gas is back at $4/gal?

 

[feellnfroggy]

ranger isnt the only one being shut down, the colorado, canyon and dakotas are done for too. Compact pickup is not a word in the big three vocabularies anymore. Toys and nissans will prolly take over that marketshare (nvm frontier is dissapearing too)

 

[bobbywalter]

but that leaves me a nice jeep wrangler based diesel pickup.....



c-ya rangers....gonna miss them. it is the actual size of them that i like for maneuverability reasons

 

[07rangerfx4lv2]

i wouldnt mind that world ranger, through a full brush bar on the front and some 33's with those 17" rims and it would look sexy

 

[jasonl]

This just in from the "I told you so department": If Toyota can manage to put an engine in the Tacoma that gets "midsize" fuel economy like 19/25 or so, it will be an even bigger hit. They already sell 106,000 a year based on "just right" sizing even though they get terrible full size fuel economy and are priced right up there with the full size. Ford is missing an important chance, especially if/when fuel hits that $4 gallon mark again in the next 18 months or so.....I know a double cab Tacoma sized T6 Ranger that could tow 6,000+ lbs and give me 22mpg in everyday driving would serve me better than my F-150 Ext cab that gives me 16mpg in day to day use (most people only average about 14.5-15mpg). I know the argument that Ford doesn't want to take sales from the F-150, but that doesn't make sense to me. If someone else takes the sales is that OK? .....JMHO