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Wednesday, Mar 18
Cadillac EXT owners make serious coin, spend lots of it on truck
Owners of the Ford F-Series, Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra and Dodge Ram all add between $819 and $1,040 on accessories for their trucks, which might indicate that these purchases were often made to do real work. Of the compact and midsize pickup segment, owners of the Honda Ridgeline spent...
Thursday, Mar 5
Ginebra 2009: El restyling del Ford Ranger, en persona
Filed under: Ford, Salón del Automóvil de Ginebra, Comerciales y pickups Gallery: Ford Ranger 2009 Artículo en inglés]Ginebra 2009: El restyling del Ford Ranger, en persona originally appeared on Autoblog Español on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Wednesday, Mar 4
Geneva Motor Show, Day 2: Complete Wrap-Up, here's what you missed
Honda Accord Tourer Type-S our kind of wagonNissan NV200 van gets its tippy onEuro Ford Ranger taunts U.S. light truck buyers Geneva Motor Show, Day 2: Complete Wrap-Up, here's what you missed originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of fe...
Geneva 2009: Euro Ford Ranger taunts American light-truck buyers
This one looks about the same as an Explorer SportTrac (210 inches long, 73 inches wide), granted I'm comparing this Euro 4-door Ranger and the US 4-door SportTrac... the Euro supercab Ranger can still be considered a small pickup, ...
Geneva 2009: Euro Ford Ranger taunts American light-truck buyers
The U.S. edition of the Ford Ranger has gotten by with little more than cosmetic changes and minor mechanical upgrades since its last redesign in 1993. In Europe, there is another Ford Ranger all together with four full-sized doors, a choice of 2.5L or 3.0L Duratorq diesel engines and styling t...
Wednesday, Feb 18
Geneva Preview: Ford Ranger gets European makeover
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Geneva Motor Show, Euro, Ford Click above for a high-res gallery of the Euro Ford Ranger While those of us in the States have to make due with the mildly reworked 2010 Ford Ranger until its replacement arrives in 2011, the rest of the world gets to enjoy the thor...
Geneva Preview: Ford Ranger gets European makeover
The new Ford Ranger will bow at next month's Geneva Motor Show and once sales begin in April, owners will be able to choose from three body styles: the standard single cab, a double cab or the RAP (Rear Access Panel) variant, ...
Friday, Feb 6
Evergreener: Long-running Ford Ranger augments safety features for 2010
Despite dwindling sales in a dwindling segment, Ford's Ranger refuses to pack up. For 2010, the compact pickup looks unchanged on the outside, but beneath the skin it gains some new electronic gubbins to help make it more competitive.
Friday, Oct 17
St. Paul Ford Ranger plant to shut down for December
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, FordFor the entire month of December, Ford's plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, where about 1,000 workers assemble the Ford Ranger, will shut down. According to reports, it is normal for the plant to be closed f...
Monday, Sep 22
Toyota considers building A-BAT truck, cancels small diesel
Despite the fact that its full-sized truck competitors from Ford, General Motors and Dodge will all offer new small-displacement diesel engines within the next year or so, Toyota has reportedly canceled plans for a similar powertrain for its Tundra. Instead of dumping money into the st...
Tuesday, Jun 3
Autoblog Podcast #96
Filed under: Podcasts, Hybrids/Alternative, Minivans/MPVs, Trucks/Pickups, Wagons/Estates, Crossovers/CUVs, Cadillac, Chrysler, LLC., Ford, GM, Mercury, SaabFor three weeks in a row, now, we've brought you a new Autoblog Podcast courtesy of the B-Team. Here's episode #96 of the...
Monday, Feb 18
Dacia launches Logan Pickup in Romania
You often hear us lament about the lack of a truly small, inexpensive truck for sale in the U.S. market except the aging Ford Ranger, and they don't come much tinier or cheaper than the new Renault/Dacia Logan Pickup, which will start at €7,250 ($10,689 USD) when it goes on sale in Romania, Bul...
Saturday, Dec 8
Cost of owning a car crests $1/mile on some models
The 2008 Cadillac STS was tops in this year's test, costing buyers $19,537. The Lexus LS460 was close behind at $19,372. Big vehicles cost quite a bit also, with Ford's E-350 XL SuperDuty tallying a $16,543 bill followed by the Chevy Tahoe LS 4x4 at $15,789. There were some relatively low cost...
Friday, Jul 27
Forbes names the 20 Most Dangerous Vehicles for sale today
Lots of weight was given to standard safety equipment which is what damned vaunted nameplates like Toyota's Matrix, Chrysler's PT Cruiser and Ford's Focus. But at least those cars have optional side air bags, Suzuki's Reno and Forenza don't even offer them as optional equipment.
Monday, Jul 9
Fear the Muskrat! 351-powered Mustang/Ranger hybrid
What happens when you take a '99 Mustang V6 Coupe, drop a 400-horsepower 351 under the hood, lift it, and replace all the bodywork except for the nose with parts taken from a Ford Ranger? You get the Muskrat. In addition to the engine swap and Frankenchero bodywork, the Muskrat is adorned wit...
Thursday, Jun 7
V8 for '08: Chevy Colorado engine lineup expanding
The addition of the 295-horse V8 will catapult the Colorado to the top of the heap in the midsize pickup segment in terms of power, edging the new Dodge Dakota (290 hp), and putting it well beyond the Toyota Tacoma and Ford Ranger (numbers 1 & 2 respectively on the sales charts). GM's been...
Tuesday, Jun 5
Ford Ranger on the ropes
We posted some conjecture about the Ranger not too long ago, with some Photochops to illustrate possible ways Ford could keep its smallest pickup alive. Automotive News has looked in to their crystal ball and determined that the future of the Ranger is murky, at best. The first bad sign is th...
Tuesday, May 22
Jeep JT Concept is no show car
We've said it before that the compact pickup market is ripe to grow if only an automaker would offer a decent competitor to the aged Ford Ranger. Perhaps a Jeep JT could fit that bill and sell like Twinkies, though the brand isn't saying whether or not the concept was built for fun or to test the...
Sunday, May 13
The Ranger is (nearly) dead, long live the Ranger
And then there was one. All of the Ford Ranger's contemporaries have forsaken the compact segment for the middleweight class. The Ranger is long in the tooth, to say the least, but we love the smaller size and many find it a good blend of truck functionality without the bulk and heft of a full-s...
Thursday, Apr 26
Ford Ranger wears pink for UK city
Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Green, Ford The city just purchased a fleet of six pink Ranger 2.5 TDCi Regular Cab 4x2s fitted with tipper beds for their street-cleaning department. Continue reading Ford Ranger wears pink for UK city
Wednesday, Apr 25
UK's Ford Ranger Wildtrak piles on the features
The UK market saw a new Ford Ranger variant debut at the CV show in Birmingham this week. The Ford Ranger Wildtrak is a paint/sticker/trim package that sees the addition of two new colors join the existing ranger palette -- Chili Orange and Passion Red -- which are combined with a Titanium Gr...
Thursday, Mar 15
AutoblogGreen for 03.15.07
General Motors invites us behind the curtain: battery development details revealedAuto execs head to Washington to take on fuel economy regulationsTom LaSorda's statement to the congressional fuel economy hearingCongestion charges would lead to *more* driving, RAC Foundation s...
