Ford’s current-generation Ranger wasn’t initially developed with the USA in thoughts; it went on sale globally in 2011, and it did not land on our shores till the 2019 mannequin yr. The subsequent-generation mannequin scheduled to make its international debut this month was designed with America in thoughts from the get-go, and the Blue Oval launched a video to elucidate the way it created a truck for consumers in over 180 international locations.
“Our analysis confirmed that, irrespective of the market, prospects had been aligned with what a Ranger ought to be, each by way of the best way it must look and the best way it must make them really feel. This was a very clarifying second for us,” stated chief designer Max Tran.
Not like the F-150, the Ranger has to cater to of us exploring rural Australia, adventurers towing a ship to a lake in Michigan, and farmers hauling sheep in Germany. Market-specific variations are a given, so we’re guessing that the remainder of the world will get a turbodiesel engine and a handbook transmission and we’re predicting that People will not get both. However Ford will nonetheless promote the identical fundamental truck to very completely different prospects around the globe. Toyota confronted the very same downside and solved it by growing two completely different pickups.
Whereas the Ranger’s full design stays below wraps, the video (embedded above) confirms what recent spy shots have recommended. As we have beforehand reported, the entrance finish appears to borrow styling cues from each the larger F-150 and the smaller Maverick; it appears to be like boxier and arguably more durable than the current model. We also know that designers made the cargo field’s sides flatter and fitted shorter hind lights.
Credible however unverified rumors declare that the following Ranger will trip on an evolution of the new Bronco‘s body-on-frame structure. If that is the case, it may provide each a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine and a 2.7-liter turbocharged V6. 4-wheel-drive will come normal, and the high-performance Raptor mannequin could lastly make its approach to the USA, although nothing is official at this level.
Ford’s Australian division will unveil the following Ranger on November 24. There is no phrase but on when the American-spec mannequin will make its debut (it feels like it’ll sit out the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show) or how shut will probably be to the truck designed for abroad markets.
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