Marylander Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Man, building these must have been like printing money for the last 15 years... All that tooling was paid off years ago! End of historic line, as last Ford Ranger rolls from plant in St. Paul | Minnesota Public Radio News I'm looking forward to seeing what, if anything, ford comes up with to replace it... I'd love to see a modern small diesel pickup from a domestic manufacturer.
Chris@Adams Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I thought that Ford sold a lot of Rangers. No more Dodge Dakotas either.
70'sChevyGirl Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 FORD sold tons of Rangers Chris. When I worked at a FORD Dealership the Ranger was the top seller next to the F150. Good gas mileage and low payments. Guess it will become a collector now?
BlueGenCoupe Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 It was a good truck for the money...Maybe they have something else in the works?
chas Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Yeah I too would be curious if they come out with a replacment, however, despite being a bit more pricey, the ecoboost in the F150's might be replacing the need for a smaller truck with better gas mileage since you get that feature in something a bit larger.
THE Mook Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I have had two Rangers in my time. I may be getting one of them back here soon. I really enjoyed them.
XQIZT Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 I had a Ranger too...not a bad truck, although I like my Colorado better. Seems like all the small trucks are going away. Ranger, Dakota, and last I saw, the Colorado was getting some weird front end treatment and only being made for overseas markets.
Golf for Life Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Not into trucks at all, so forgive me. I've been to the plant in St. Paul and have seen them leaving by the train load. Don't know why the American MFG Rs are doing away with the smaller trucks, unless they no longer sell well?
Team Adam's Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Not into trucks at all, so forgive me. I've been to the plant in St. Paul and have seen them leaving by the train load. Don't know why the American MFG Rs are doing away with the smaller trucks, unless they no longer sell well? Its a shrinking segment at the moment. In their heyday the Chevy S10 and Ford Rangers were everywhere. Heck... I've owned two S10's in my life a '99 4 banger ECSB and a 2001 V6 4x4 CCSB and they were great little trucks. Did everything I ever asked of them and more. Like Rich suggested, I'd like to see a small diesel powered truck on the market. I'm sure both Ford and GM have the capability to put small displacement diesels into things the size of the current Chevy Colorado or whatever replaces the Ford Ranger. Being totally honest - I didn't even know Ford was still producing the Ranger... you don't see them around like you did 5 years ago. The few I do see are all pre-runnered out.
LDM Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Like Rich suggested, I'd like to see a small diesel powered truck on the market. I'm sure both Ford and GM have the capability to put small displacement diesels into things the size of the current Chevy Colorado or whatever replaces the Ford Ranger. GM is already doing it Down Under with the Holden Colorado: Holden Colorado - Overview - Holden.com.au
Team Adam's Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 GM is already doing it Down Under with the Holden Colorado: Holden Colorado - Overview - Holden.com.au Yea, but as with all good things GM does 'down undah' it never makes it here. Or in the case of the G8 they bring it up only to take it away. I still think that Holden should be a specialty GM brand sold in the states.
LDM Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 Yea, but as with all good things GM does 'down undah' it never makes it here. Or in the case of the G8 they bring it up only to take it away. I still think that Holden should be a specialty GM brand sold in the states. You have no idea how much I agree with that statement. Unfortunately most Americans have no idea Holden even exists.
Captain Slow Posted December 16, 2011 Posted December 16, 2011 ... I still think that holden should be a specialty gm brand sold in the states. word!
Bunky Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 Yea, but as with all good things GM does 'down undah' it never makes it here. Or in the case of the G8 they bring it up only to take it away. I still think that Holden should be a specialty GM brand sold in the states. I thought some of it was sold under Saturn brand.
LDM Posted December 17, 2011 Posted December 17, 2011 I'm pretty sure the only Holdens sold here were the GTO (Monaro) and the G8 (Commodore) and now the new Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle
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