Mexican Ranger

[Bennybooster]

Have you seen the crash tests of these? They break in half at the door jam of the rear doors at like 30mph

 

[4.0B2]

wow...that's bad. maybe it is a good thing we dont' have these... but they could make them stronger!

 

[--weezl--]

that is NOT the north america interior, look at the gauge cluster, steering wheel, seats...

the body is completely different too, the the tails, hood, fenders, doors, even the tailgate are different!

 

[shane96ranger]

I was in one about two years ago and remember it being decently roomy. FWIW I'm 6'2.

Sweet, my desire may continue

Have you seen the crash tests of these? They break in half at the door jam of the rear doors at like 30mph

Sounds like a project, LOL

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

that is NOT the north america interior, look at the gauge cluster, steering wheel, seats...

the body is completely different too, the the tails, hood, fenders, doors, even the tailgate are different!

Looks like standard issue facelift from the '93 exterior and '95 interior to me. Ford wouldn't design a completely different truck and plug the same old '95+ interior in it...

Here is an '08 US Ranger interior for referance. Seats and steering wheels are very common to change over a couple years. The mexican steering wheel looks like it is straight out the parts bin for something out of the late 90's to early 00's

http://www.ford.com/trucks/ranger/gallery/photos/

 

[backroad101]

that is NOT the north america interior, look at the gauge cluster, steering wheel, seats...

the body is completely different too, the the tails, hood, fenders, doors, even the tailgate are different!

Seeing that I saw it in person, it had the current US Ranger interior with a couple exceptions. It had the older slyle steering wheel (like my '99), the gauges were a little different, had switches for the rear windows, and maybe some other switches (don't remember) and of course the back seat. Otherwise the interior was pretty much the US interior.

On the outside, only the rear bumper and maybe the rear view mirrors looked the same. Everything else within view was different. No one ever said the exterior was "not different"

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[backroad101]

Have you seen the crash tests of these? They break in half at the door jam of the rear doors at like 30mph

Prob a reason they are not allowed here

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

I've been driving these in Brazil for the last 10+ years. I have never seen one broken in half. They are made in Venezuela/Argentina and imported around South America. They are a very hearty well built truck, especially with the 4cyl power stroke in them. They are not here in the U.S. as there is not enough demand for them, (why do you think they are canceling the current rangers here). But as far as them not being safe???? I don't believe it and please post a link to one breaking in half.

These things retail for about $50 to 60 grand when you convert the local currency into dollars when they are sold in Brazil. Ouch! The 2010 I have been driving in Brazil looks a little bit different inside and out. When I get home tonight I can post some pictures from my trip back to the farm there and the new 2010.

 

[--weezl--]

the gauge cluster looks like nothing i've seen before, it looks similar to mine, but different... the information center is in a different location, and the fuel/temp gauges are moved slightly... plus the rings around the gauges are different

reason i said the exterior is completely different, is someone was saying the front could probably be swapped, i was just pointing out that everything else is different, so it most likely wouldn't fit without some MAJOR custom work (like fitting an s-10 grill on a ranger) i just forgot to include why i was pointing that out, because i'm so tired...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I've been driving these in Brazil for the last 10+ years. I have never seen one broken in half. They are made in Venezuela/Argentina and imported around South America. They are a very hearty well built truck, especially with the 4cyl power stroke in them. They are not here in the U.S. as there is not enough demand for them, (why do you think they are canceling the current rangers here). But as far as them not being safe???? I don't believe it and please post a link to one breaking in half.

These things retail for about $50 to 60 grand when you convert the local currency into dollars when they are sold in Brazil. Ouch! The 2010 I have been driving in Brazil looks a little bit different inside and out. When I get home tonight I can post some pictures from my trip back to the farm there and the new 2010.

It has always been thrown around that they wouldn't pass our safety standards.

We have had Sport Tracs, which are basically a Ranger with a more rounded edge to the back of the cab that gives purists fits. They sold so well they are now canceled, a Ranger would have done no better... they would have been the same thing.

 

[RangerBoy94]

Man thats ugly!!!

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

I put some pictures in an album on my page of the 2010 on the wife’s farm in Brazil if you want to have a look. Looks exactly like the Mexican one except it is grey with a 3.0 power stroke in it. The tranny is a 5 speed and it will outrun almost everything on the road in Brazil. (At sea level.) I have been under this truck and its frame and all the items bolted to it are very much the same as a ranger I looked at here in the U.S...

The coolest thing on the truck is the instrument cluster that has a Turbo boost gage in KPA to show you what turbo is up to. It also has an altitude gage in meters next to the turbo output.

As far as passing standards for crash tests here in the USA, this truck would have no problem passing our B.S. tests for safety. What is the requirement, 5mph bumpers? LOL. I have seen a couple in Brazil that has been through rollovers and head-on. They plowed through the cars they hit.... but it could have been because the car it hit was a Fiat! LOL! (I would only be caught dead in a Fiat in Brazil, now that is a car that would not pass a safety test in the U.S.)

If you don't think that trucks in South America will pass safety tests here, Just Ask RSH if they are made well. He will tell you they are made very well as the ones sold in Honduras come out of the same factories as the ones in Brazil. (Made in Argentina, Equador and Columbia I believe). I know RSH likes the looks of the 2009 and older better, and I agree they are more sleek.

 

[straycat]

Prob a reason they are not allowed here

I am confused on this post too, Bro...I never heard of this before. I know people in Brazil and Australia that have rented them or live over there and this is not true!!! I have no idea what the guy is talking about. Ford did not want them here because it was cheaper to sell them overseas and Ford could also make a better profit on them over there then here in the U.S. My brother-in--law has been with Ford now for over 31 years and he builds the cars and trucks. He is the one that told me several years ago that the Ranger was going BYE BYE here in America and I posted that subject over a year ago on this site. He told me about a new model F100 that was a bit smaller then the F150 and this new model will take over from the Ranger. If Ford had sold a real 4 door here I would have traded my 99 Ranger Supercab in on it as fast as you head can spin!!!!!

 

[backroad101]

3.0L Powerstroke? Which 3.0L is this? Not the Vulcan V6 I assume. What are the specs?

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[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

3.0L Powerstroke? Which 3.0L is this? Not the Vulcan V6 I assume. What are the specs?

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Its a 3.0-liter Power Stroke turbocharged inlie four-cylinder diesel with 163 hp(122 kW) and 280 lb·ft (380 N·m) of torque mated to a Eaton FSO-2405-A five-speed manual transmission. Runs like a banshee, but blows a lot of smoke when you really get on it.

Hood open from drivers side.

Turbo closeup.

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