So my buddy at work leased the new Ford Ranger. He likes it> here are a couple of pictures showing the evolution from the 2001 to 2019.
thanks
Tom

Hope you like

 

Cool

 

looking at the newer ranger vs the older gen one, you can tell ford dropped the "small and compact truck" style, compare the 2019 to a f150 of the same year and you will see a minimal difference, it would have been nice if ford had stuck with that compact truck style rather than just make a 4 cylinder f150 because that's essentially what the new ranger is.

edit: now that i think about it, they really just took a ford ecosport and slapped a bed onto it and called it a ranger.

 

I think the same, I stay with the old style

 

Old style looks better.

 

Not only Ford, but Chevy and Toyota. And who knows what the 2021 Frontier will look like. I bet it will be increased
in size as the others. And if Dodge ever returns with the Dakota, I think it will follow suit.
I really wished they would have stuck with the smaller size.

 

You can go here and see what Americans thought of the "smaller" pickup trucks, scroll to the bottom for sales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_(Americas)

Rangers sold pretty well until 1999 then start to drop off, in 2003 sales started to "fall off the cliff", I am surprised they lasted until 20011/12 model years
In part because F-150s and other larger vehicles started getting better engine technology so MPG was close to smaller Rangers but with more power and room
The whole smaller truck(and car) thing started with limited supply and soaring gasoline prices in the 1970's

 

I was thinking the new Ranger started life as the new F-100, that was suppose to arrive a little before the Ranger talk started.

I understand the concept of the smaller motor with more HP, but I don't like it, where's the V-8 and why the same money as an F-150 !

Ford says buy an F-150, not a bad idea IF you have a bank roll the size of the Empire State Building and if you only want 18 mpg, my Ranger, 3.0L, get 18 omg, I want a small V-8 that get 30 mpg.

I honestly feel that Ford dropped the ball when they decided to sell the "World Class Ranger" in the US.

 

Well while "there is no replacement for displacement" there is a limit to MPG because of the 14.7:1 air:gasoline mix ratio, its just physics
The more air you need the more fuel you need at all RPMs
The more air you have the more fuel you can burn and the more power you can release, which is the trade off for more power

Turbos increase air flow so need to burn more fuel but ONLY when the extra power is needed, so smaller displacement with turbo will give better MPG than the same horse power rated non-turbo V8, because they can use less air when less power is needed

There have been several attempts to run V8s on 6 or 4 cylinders when extra power was not needed, but none worked very well, yet.............

Diesels have about the same air:fuel ratio, 14.5:1, but diesel fuel has more stored energy so same displacement will have better MPG
Diesels also are more efficient at releasing that energy, they typically were 33% efficient, so 1/3 of the energy released goes to powering vehicle and 2/3rds goes to heating up the engine bay, lol

But gasoline engines were 25% efficient, so only 1/4 of the fuel is converted to pushing you down the road, 3/4 heats up the engine bay
So if gasoline was $4 a gallon then you are paying $3 to heat up the air, that sucks eh

But both are getting better, diesels are getting up to 40% and gasoline 30% efficiency

 

Small Original Chevy LUV to 1984 Toyota Pickup (pre Hilux). Today these could have 2 cylinder engines
Medium Rangers With more engine choices. Bed length options?
Large F-150 Now you're into truck levels

The market place doesn't deliver what you want necessarily.

 

The second pic really shows the windshield rake.

 

thank you

 

This.