Ford Ranger shines in 2025

[sgtsandman]

The newer Rangers are just too big for me to considered them Rangers. They are the size of late 90's early 00's F150s. Hell even the Mavericks are bigger than my Ranger.

I don't have any first hand experience with the Maverick to say yes or no but I do with the 2019+ Rangers.

What you say is true and not at the same time. After shoehorning the 2011 Ranger and the 2019 into my small garage, there is a difference but it is not a huge one (about 6" longer). I can walk around the front, or the rear of the 2011 (I have to choose one or the other) with the problem. It is a bit tight but there is no side stepping. With the 2019, I have to side step. The width of the 2019 is a bit larger for sure but it is not a massive difference. The rest is optical illusion because of the high belt line and tall bed sides.

Driving experience wise, there is no perceptible difference to me as far as parking, navigating through parking lots, traffic, and on trails. Granted, I've driven a lot of vehicles from tandem passenger buses to tiny two door Chevy Sprints, so it is possible that I'm just so used to automatically adjusting that I don't even notice it anymore.

A far as comparing the 2019 to an earlier F150, you are probably right. With the way vehicles have been plus sized over the years, I would not be the least bit surprised if the 2019+ Rangers are pretty much the same size.

 

[RobWigglezz]

I don't have any first hand experience with the Maverick to say yes or no but I do with the 2019+ Rangers.

What you say is true and not at the same time. After shoehorning the 2011 Ranger and the 2019 into my small garage, there is a difference but it is not a huge one (about 6" longer). I can walk around the front, or the rear of the 2011 (I have to choose one or the other) with the problem. It is a bit tight but there is no side stepping. With the 2019, I have to side step. The width of the 2019 is a bit larger for sure but it is not a massive difference. The rest is optical illusion because of the high belt line and tall bed sides.

Driving experience wise, there is no perceptible difference to me as far as parking, navigating through parking lots, traffic, and on trails. Granted, I've driven a lot of vehicles from tandem passenger buses to tiny two door Chevy Sprints, so it is possible that I'm just so used to automatically adjusting that I don't even notice it anymore.

A far as comparing the 2019 to an earlier F150, you are probably right. With the way vehicles have been plus sized over the years, I would not be the least bit surprised if the 2019+ Rangers are pretty much the same size.

I think it's mostly the height of them that catches my eye more than anything. The majority of them I see look like the back end needs to drop like 6 inches to level them out.