2007 Ranger

SportTrac

The Ford Ranger is a very slow selling line...Ford is going to close one more plant this summer and we in Minnesota hope it's not going to be the Ranger plant in St. Paul.

I personally would be suprised if the Ranger makes it until 2010; it appears it's days are numbered and the clock is ticking.

btw, cross posting is extremely bad net manners.

The SportTrac has too unconventional a bed for me. I suffer enough with the 6' bed in the Ranger.

Many people feel the SportTrac is nice, but don't want an Explorer with a composite bed attached to the back...

When will a new Ranger surface???

Sounds to me if you need something longer than a 6 foot bed and a crew cab, you need a somthing bigger than a Ranger. I doubt Ford will come out with a

The rangers suspension and brakes are already taxed, extending the trucks length another 4 feet for bigger cab and 8 ft box, not a good idea. when you need that big its time for a full size.

Whitelightning

"Whitelightning" snipped-for-privacy@verizon.net wrote in news:llPGf.41672$DV2.36970@trnddc07:

Maybe in the current model, but we have no clue about the future model.

I DON'T need an 8' bed, I'm fine with a 6' bed.

The original reply was to look at the SportTrac which has an even shorter composite bed.

I need a pickup that sips gas, leaps on the highway, has four doors and 4WD. I'll probably need to special order a different axle ratio than one on the lot because they all are rigged to be fast and responsive and not gas efficient. 90 % of my driving is on the highway. In VT we've got lots of hills.

Looking at the Toyota to replace the Ranger because they've got durability, four (real) doors and decent MPG rating.

Looked also at the GMC Canyon, but 5 cylinders scares me.

I am the original poster, seeking rumors of a true four door Ranger.

I do not need an 8' bed.

I was responding to someone who suggested a SportTrac which has a bed even shorter than my 6' Ranger bed.

I have a led foot, need a FWD with FOUR DOORS that sips gas. What I need isn't made. I'd buy another Ranger if they imported their four door model from south America or Asia.

All of these trucks are tuned to pull or carry heavy loads. I am on the highway with an empty bed most of the time, but need a pickup 20 times a year to haul something or do chores.

I am the original poster, seeking rumors of a true four door Ranger.

I do not need an 8' bed.

I was responding to someone who suggested a SportTrac which has a bed even shorter than my 6' Ranger bed.

I have a led foot, need a FWD with FOUR DOORS that sips gas. What I need isn't made. I'd buy another Ranger if they imported their four door model from south America or Asia.

All of these trucks are tuned to pull or carry heavy loads. I am on the highway with an empty bed most of the time, but need a pickup 20 times a year to haul something or do chores.

Whitelightning

I have a five cylinder '83 mercedes diesel with over 338,000 miles. I am trying for a half million and believe I will get it. As for the US doing better, nah...mercedes is in the Guiness Book of World Records as the most durable car...six or eight million miles on a l933 benz with no majors. I'm on my third benz, each one bought with over 100k miles on the odometer--I would never buy a domestic with that kind of milage, although, I will admit, the domestics have gotten much better over the last decade or so. Of course, in addition, it's getting rather hard to tell the players apart with mitsubishi engines in dodges, Ford owning Volvo, Land Rover, and Jaguar, Chrysler and Mercedes together....drives me nuts, I tell you what.