i found this today,kind of interesting,here is the link with my findings


Ford has publicly announced that the assembly plant where the 2008 Ford Ranger is built (St. Paul, Minnesota) is scheduled to be closed in 2008. Rumor has it is that the Ranger will be reincarnated as a unibody truck (think: Honda Ridgeline) and will be called the F-100. Whether or not it will show up as a 2009 or 2010 model is yet to be seen. Stay tuned, we'll let you know when we hear anything official! In the mean time, check out our Ford Ranger section here. It may or may not look like the current Ranger available outside North America.



http://www.fordf150.net/2009/

 

yuck

 

I hope not, just bring the bronco back if they are going unibody

 

I like the 4 door design, but thats about it for now

 

unibody...um, great.

 

repost for the 100 time......and if you do a little more research, you will see that the plant has been assured to stay open till '09...

 

**** a unibody truck...if they do unibody i would never buy one...its not even a truck anymore as a unibody

 

if they actually make the ranger a unibody i think the f 1.. i mean the new ranger is gonna uni-suck...

 

+1 on the uni-suck part hah

 

in 2009 ill care less, theyll have the f150 diesel coming out soon so ill save for that ha..

 

nooo
no more body lift? haha

screw uni-bodys up the ***

 

meh why not....

 

i would prefer to wheel something that has a 'frame'

then again i dont think i'll ever wheel a truck that new haha

 

i swear to god if i hear another article compairing the possible new "Ranger" to an utter piece of ****ing **** ridgeline again....

 

I don't even want to hear another thing about the new Ranger till it's for real.

 

They have been talking about that happening for years but my inside person at Ford has never heard of it.

 

I'd hold my breath. Last time I check they were in a lawsuit over that diesel. Reports have said Chevy willl have a 1500 Diesel before Ford will.

 

The little diesels that Ford uses in there Rangers elsewhere in the world will not meet US especially Cali Emission standards.

A little birdie has told me that the F100 will replace the Explorer at Louisville Assembly Plant. But we shall see in a couple years.
As for the uni-body, let's see how it goes first, I don't see Ford building a truck after a car manufacturer. I mean the F series isn't the best selling truck line for what 29 years now for no reason.

 

the new ranger will mow lawns, wash dishes, and keep the girlfriend entertainted while we have fun with the truck.

 

i cant believe they wanna go to a uni body u know what that means. im never buying a ranger newer than an 07 maybe 08 at the oldest.

 

how about instead of griping about it we wait and see what they come out with

 

Links?

 

see that is funny. the plant people know about.. the ranger over at ford NO ONE seems to know anything about it... there is a hidden small truck that is never seen and when it is its under HEAVY camo...


thats all i got...

 

^^That's all I know as well. It doesn't worry me though, if they are putting all this time into a "small" truck I would assume that it will be well worth the wait... :)

 

ew, looks like a nissan