The official end of production for the North American Ford Ranger is announced: http://www.startribune.com/local/east/132015583.html

 

Such a shame. I think if they gave it a redesign to make it rival the Tacoma a little better and called it an F100 I think they would have a good seller. Not everyone can afford a $45k F150 Lariat or FX4. How cool would a $30k F100 Lariat or FX4 be?

 

dang they make good light duty work trucks too

 

I picked up an '11 Ranger about a month ago. X-cab XLT, x2, 4.0, stick and payload pak 2. Nice truck. It's a shame Ford is cutting it from production, a real shame..... Oh, did mention the $7750 in rebates...

 

I wonder what they are planning.

 

F-150 with the ecoboost.....

Not saying I agree.....

 

little truck market is dead. Everybody wants a fullsize crewcab these days.

 

i fixed it for you. daddy needs it for work m-f and the kids on weekends but doesnt want two cars.

 

I think that the Ranger is a pretty cool little truck. I might have ended up in one, had they done the powertrain upgrades they should have five years ago. I think that the powertrain choices are their biggest weakness.

It was inevitable. I guess you aren't going to be able to get a little truck from Ford anymore. You can still get a reasonabley priced, useful, efficient truck in a base F150. My truck sitckered at 30K, similar to what a similarly equipped Ranger would.

If gas prices go up from the highs of today, which we've been trained to think are "reasonable", small trucks may make a return to our market.

 

Sad to see the ranger go.......hopefully they bring the europian one over


BTW .......wondering if the lightning is ever going to be resurrected.....

 

You probably won't see another Lightning unless gas gets back below $2.00/gallon and stays there. In other words, probably never. The good news is that you can pickup a used '99-04 Lightning pretty cheap these days.

I bought a new Ranger in 1991 and it was a great truck. I wish Ford would compete with the Tacoma, but I guess they decided to throw in the towel as they did with the minivan market.

 

Did ford quit making Windbags? They always were a bag of crap.

I'm honestly glad to see the ranger go. Get a f150 or drive a car.

 

I know.....wishful thinking bud

 

I think the Ranger became useless lately, near me you could get an F-150 REALLY reasonable, so for a few grand more why not get a F-150 instead of a Ranger. Plus, I have yet to see a Ranger on the front line at any dealerships near me. I think they should keep the Ranger to compete with the Tacoma, Frontier (if they still make that truck?) and make it reasonably priced with a descent power train. If they did that, I bet a lot of people would buy those, even as fleet vehicle vs. F-150's just due to size alone. Just an opinion.

On a side note, those Lightnings suck gas like crazy. My friend had a stock one, and his mildly modded Corvette did better on gas.

 

Nope, not everybody. I've driven compact pick ups the bulk of my life. Rangers, Dakotas, Nissans, and heaven help me, even an s-10. Most of them did a days work on half the gas but time marches on I guess.......