This past week, Ford produced its very last Ford Ranger Sport compact pick up model, 28 years after the its first rolled off the line. Ford’s Twin Cities Assembly plant in St. Paul, Minnesota was responsible for building the pick up, and nothing else, along with its 880 employees. Along with the Ranger, Ford’s Cologne [...]
Wondering where the Buick Lucerne, Cadillac DTS/STS, Ford Ranger and the Honda Element aren’t available for sale at your local dealership? Well, if you loved those models (and a bunch of others) we’re sad to say that they have been discontinued for the 2012 model year. We’ve put together a little list for you for [...]
According to a June-August newsletter from the United Auto Workers 879, the Ford Ranger pickup will end production on Dec. 22, 2011. The UAW 879 covers factory workers at FoMoCo’s Twin Cities assembly plant where the Ranger is produced. “We are scheduled to run until December 22, 2011. The Leadership of Twin Cities Assembly Plant [...]
FoMoCo likes to be the best-in-class in a lot of categories – but this is one “best-in-class” achievement that really impresses us. The new Ford Ranger can go deeper than any other pickup in its segment with best-in-class water-wading capability of up to 800 mm (31.4 inches). Ford says that the 4×4 and the 4×2 [...]
Way back in the old days Henry Ford would tell Model T buyers, ‘you can have any color you like, so long as it’s black.’ However, today as Japanese suppliers struggle to come back from the disastrous earthquake and tsunami, FoMoCo is asking its dealers to order pickups and USVs in any color but black. [...]
FoMoCo is going to be issuing two new recalls covering more than 30,000 vehicles due to potential electrical issues and fuel leaks. One of the recalls is to reinspect a batch of cars that was recalled in late December due to faulty software. 23,688 2010 Ford Rangers equipped with 2.3L engines are being called in [...]
Ford has announced that it will be bringing its Australian designed and developed Ranger pickup to Europe. The 2011 Ranger will be offered as a complete family with three different body styles, 4×2 and 4×4 drive trains, two ride heights and up to four series choices to suit every market. Making its debut at the 2011 [...]
Ford has a couple of debuts planned for the 2011 Geneva Motor Show next month but it has said it will unveil a ‘groundbreaking’ vehicle at the major auto show without providing any concrete details. Ford of Europe’s Chairman and CEO Stephen Odell will unveil the ‘groundbreaking’ vehicles in Geneva, while Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally [...]
Alongside the 2011 Ford Ranger, Mazda debuted its version of the compact pickup, known as the BT-50. Making its debut at the 2010 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. Known as the ‘sophisticated beast,’ the Mazda BT-50 is a Ranger Rover sibling for those with an “active lifestyle” and is “intended to further extend the appeal [...]
The 2011 Ford Ranger made its world debut today at the 2010 Australian International Motor Show and is ready to go on sale across five continents and more than 180 markets, except the United States. The 2011 Ranger will be offered as a complete family of compact pickups ““ with three different cab body styles, 4×2 [...]
