New Ford Ranger - Ford Ranger Compact Pickup Returns for 2020

Now that it's officially announced, we'll all see lots of speculation on what we're going to get in two years. The Ranger has remained in production in other parts of the world and has gotten routine updates. Thinking it'll be another evolution of the global design that we never got.

Here's the version currently sold in the UK:



Ford Ranger 2016 - Robust Pick-Up Truck | Ford UK

 

With fuel prices probably going up very soon this will probably be a big hit when it comes out. Probably will have a small diesel engine to compete with Gm's mid size diesel truck.

 

The best part of all is that they will be made in the USA for this market.

Following the 2016 link.... Then models...... The ones shown in white from the side are darn ugly. Maybe with some upscale trim & better colors they will be more appealing.

 

Make the 2.7 EcoBoost available and it will embarrass every other midsize from a performance perspective. 7,700+ lbs and 30+ inches of water Fording....in the UK model.

 

No kidding! The F150 is a rocketship with the 2.7L, imagine a truck 1,000 lbs lighter...

 

My daughter intends to get one when she returns from the her deployment next year. I'll be with her every step of the way.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

Other than needing a facelift and some beefier trim options, I think it will fit right in with the competition. I wonder how fast it will become the best-selling small chassis truck in America, alongside the F150?

 

I just hope it's actually a midsized truck and not a 7/8 size Tacoma. I'd rather not see the 2.7 ecocrap. I want to see the 5.0!

 

Ha ha...you've obviously never driven one.

 

It's funny how some people base their idea of what an engine is like based solely on displacement. I've ridden in a 3.5 F150 myself, it's not exactly a slouch, and the 2.7 is actually incrementally faster!!!

I would guess that some of the new smaller engines the 2018 F150 will have will be found in the Ranger. A big deal-breaker for the average person to buy a smaller truck would be much better gas mileage; the 5.0 isn't a big seller, even in a full-sized truck.

 

That new 3.3L seems like it'll be a hoss for sure and it'll likely find it's way into the Ranger stable. That could be a good reason why we're seeing this engine new for 2018.

The 2.7L EB would be a fricken scream!!!!!!!

 

I'm excited about this new Ranger and look forward to seeing what Ford does with it.

I think the 2.7 Ecoboost would be awesome in this truck.

 

I would like to see a Shelby version.
Jump into the market with a screamer nobody expected.

If I hit the lottery.........

 

I sure have. And, while sure you can make power with a twin turbo anything there is still a saying I live by...There is no replacement for displacement. Let's slap a turbo on a 5.0 and compare some numbers


I was thinking about ordering an F150 but decided I like no payments instead. In the process I test drove a 2.7 ecoboost and It had more power than anything I've ever driven except motorcycles. It is impressive what a turbo can do. I just would prefer a 5.0. Not that I think turbos are unreliable or anything.

 

1995 called, and they want their engine back.

Nothing against the 5.0L engine, but it's pretty unlikely that you'll see it in a compact pickup. The little 2.7L engine makes more power than the 5.4L V8 ever did, without the penalties of aftermarket forced induction. That means it survives forced induction day in and day out, even pulling heavy things up hills. You can't get that with aftermarket conversions.

I like the Coyote 5.0L, I had one in my Mustang and it was a rocketship. That doesn't make the turbocharged V6es "ecocrap".