The Colorado and canyon use japan made engines

gm is no way american, heck the camaro is being built in ontario

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you are a prime example of pure american dumbass

ford is american
and came way before gm

An American Revolution

The 2010 addition of a couple of new mechanical changes is nice, but Ranger is overdue something to distinguish it from previous year models….new wheels, a new grille, or even some fresh new colors.

OK, Ford product planners…don’t even bother formulating new colors…just bring back Cayman Green and Mocha Frost from 1994.

I think there’s an opportunity to grow the small truck market again. But what to do? What do people want? What will sell? The Ranger is crude and simple in a world dominated by precision, power, and refinement. However…crude & simple are hallmarks of the Jeep Wrangler. I digress…now back to the point here: A loaded-up Ranger Supercab is priced dangerously close to a basic F-150 Regular cab. Once you consider the F150′s discounts, and the fact that the F150 is gorgeous, modern, refined, and powerful…the Ranger looks & feels even weaker and older. The F150 wins on looks & value.

I would agree with you, if it wasn’t for the fact Ford hasn’t changed the Ranger all too much since 1993. The Japanese were high in terms of fuel economy and other stats that counted for their class, but they continually improved. The Ranger is similar to many American products in the 90′s- American corporations would invest big bucks into a certain nameplate, and six years later let it drop off the vine when things got tough. Unlike those vehicles however, this has somehow clinged onto the vine with the strength of a thousand English puritans.

Since when did the Ranger start getting 45 to 55 mpg. The article does say “great”. I don’t care what kind of vehicle. Great is not anything less than 45 mpg.

When I used to work at a bank I used to help out Daryl Strawberry almost everyday, and the funny thing is he never played here!

An American Revolution

For or Chevy, dos’nt matter, so long as you get what you want for the price you can afford. Both great brands and products.

Other poster are correct. Ford should be pushing the Ranger and other manuf. should be entertaining the medium to small pickup market.

GM trucks are the only ones designed to last hundreds of thousands of miles before needing a repair. Good luck getting even a fraction of that out of anything else

buy American. Buy GM

With this ancient platform suddenly selling well again (and why not? In the new world order, simple reliable, tough and affordable is going to make a truck sell) why can’t anyone see that the market for this kind of truck never left, the manufacturers just turned small-truck popularity into a cash grab.

Mazda was selling its B2200 pickup as low as $7,195 in 1991 (my dad bought his second one in a row after selling me his 86 B2000 – which he bought new for $6,795.) It was stripped and had nothing but air, but both of those pickups gave nearly 200,000 miles of trouble-free service, and averaged 33 mpg.

I’m no economist, but adjusted for inflation, that truck couldn’t cost more than $11,000 today. If Nissan is going to kill off the Titan, they would be well served to bring in a small truck slotted under the Frontier (low development costs, they MUST be building something like this in another part of the world.) Same with the Tacoma, as it has gotten ridiculously big compared to the last (89-94) non-Tacoma labeled pickup.

The first manufacturer to come back to this market niche with a viable product (the current Ranger doesn’t count) is going to find themselves a nice little cash cow in these tough times.

JakeK66 lives in St.Louis. There are only a couple nice ritzy areas in St.Louis.

AMERICAN, NOTHING ELSE

Just don’t make a comment on QB’s Marc Bulger, Gus Ferotte, or Ryan Fitzpatrick becausue I used to live by all of them as well.

LOL

this truck hasnt been “competitive” in a long time.