does anyone know why the diesel ranger is availible everywhere in the world but america?

 

1. Our emission rules are ridiculous
2. Ford is run by a bunch of idiots.

 

Adding on to what wtroger said on number 2.... Ford doesn't want to take the money I would be throwing at them.

 

Between the EPA and the money grubbing oil companies, in which the diesel would get great MPG's. As for #2, could be right, but Ford "asked" for a line of credit, but never used it to my knowledge. They were a little ahead of the curve then, and look how popular Ford has become. They spend a great deal of money to watch market trends and use focus groups to determine what is the next great "widgit", but also keep a sharp eye on their pocket book, so as to NOT loose money on a product only a small market segment is going to buy! I'm NOT a business guru, just what I've read from time to time. I'd love to see ANY new Ranger out there on the market, but I guess they thought it became a losing proposition. The only thing is that PMO's me, is that they hardly ever marketed the Ranger, except at year end sale. How about the way of the E-series vans? I think that one might come around to bite them in the butt-look at some of the offerings in that segment from Nissan. Ford should-no, COULD have done a better job in the gas mileage dept. with the full-size vans. We don't own the company, so all we can do is wait and see what happens...

 

Ford gave up on the domestic Ranger a long time ago.. well before it ended production so I'm willing to bet there was never any energy or money put into adapting the existing diesels to meet north american standards. If we ever do get a diesel Ranger here now it will be the world Ranger which is giant fail IMO because that truck is the size and weight of an old '90s F150 only with higher cargo and towing capacities.. believe it or not. The Ranger isn't a compact truck anymore.

 

Isn't that terrible?? There was a time Ford could barely keep up production to meet demand, as 3 plants were punching out these pint sized pick-ups. And one by one, they closed. Was it because as was said, Ford gave up on the truck? Or was it that people became bored with it, as it basiclly didn't change all that much thru the years. Those of us who love the Ranger, didn't want to see it change too much, as we knew what it was capable of, and that was to work, or to get us to work. Was this a vehicle for soccer moms, I don't know-but I also didn't want to see it reinvented into something that you had to pay thru the nose to own, like what has happened to every other vehicle out there. They kept it simple, but who knows if that was it's demise, as people HAVE to HAVE every damn electronic widgit on there vehicle now. See if you can find a really base model F-150 out there. Nothing under $40,000, I'll bet. Remote start, keyless entry, navigation, not to mention power windows and seats, with memory no less, heated and cooled seating, blue tooth in the vehicle, and a host of other crap. People have become so lazy, we can't even roll up a window, or look at a map, or get off there duff to go out and start it on a cold polar vortex morning. I'll get off my soapbox for now, but you all know what I mean-if this keeps up-only people with six figure incomes will be the only ones driving, especially if gas keeps on going the way it is, or we'll all be driving 10 year old beaters cause we can't afford new.