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Should Ford Import the Ranger or Further Develop Transit Connect?
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<blockquote data-quote="H D" data-source="post: 992490" data-attributes="member: 68494"><p>I already have a Sport Trac and I plan to keep it as it was always my goal to create a comfortable and capable off road/hunting vehicle out of it. My next vehicle will likely be an F250/350. Ford won't lose me. Especially since the mid-size truck segment has been moving more toward cars with beds anyway. Perhaps they're basing the lack of interest on the fact that the last version of the Sport Trac was essentially a Ford Ridgeline and was a flop (no offense to anyone here but let's be honest). At least the new Ranger does have a leaf sprung, real truck axle.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The new Ranger is 90% the size of the F150. If the F150 is too big for you, so is the new Ranger. I don't see the argument here. I agree with Ford on this one. There's a lot of whining about nothing, IMO. If you test drove a new Ranger home and an F150, you'd realistically buy the F150 since the differences between them are minimal other than one has more capability than the other at the same cost and essentially the same size.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If they actually built a compact pickup, with real payload capacity and durability, but didn't offer it here, it'd be a different story. They don't, though. The argument shouldn't be that they should bring this Ranger to the U.S. The argument should be that they just don't build a compact pickup any longer and they should. Offer a true compact pickup with an 8.8 rear solid axle, Ecoboost V6, somewhere close to a half ton capacity, 2 and 4 door availability and we'd have a great vehicle that would be worthy of talking about.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ford has made the right decision (besides not building a true compact pickup) on this issue. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We are considering buying a TC, though, so I vote for further development of that platform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="H D, post: 992490, member: 68494"] I already have a Sport Trac and I plan to keep it as it was always my goal to create a comfortable and capable off road/hunting vehicle out of it. My next vehicle will likely be an F250/350. Ford won't lose me. Especially since the mid-size truck segment has been moving more toward cars with beds anyway. Perhaps they're basing the lack of interest on the fact that the last version of the Sport Trac was essentially a Ford Ridgeline and was a flop (no offense to anyone here but let's be honest). At least the new Ranger does have a leaf sprung, real truck axle. The new Ranger is 90% the size of the F150. If the F150 is too big for you, so is the new Ranger. I don't see the argument here. I agree with Ford on this one. There's a lot of whining about nothing, IMO. If you test drove a new Ranger home and an F150, you'd realistically buy the F150 since the differences between them are minimal other than one has more capability than the other at the same cost and essentially the same size. If they actually built a compact pickup, with real payload capacity and durability, but didn't offer it here, it'd be a different story. They don't, though. The argument shouldn't be that they should bring this Ranger to the U.S. The argument should be that they just don't build a compact pickup any longer and they should. Offer a true compact pickup with an 8.8 rear solid axle, Ecoboost V6, somewhere close to a half ton capacity, 2 and 4 door availability and we'd have a great vehicle that would be worthy of talking about. Ford has made the right decision (besides not building a true compact pickup) on this issue. We are considering buying a TC, though, so I vote for further development of that platform. [/QUOTE]
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