http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger

 

yeah it gets changed all the time and the link for R-F keeps getting removed

 

i added it back

 

what is wrong? i don't have time to read all through it. lol

 

According to wikipedia: every 98+ is a Gen 4, everything after '00 is a "face-lifted gen 4".

 

Wikipedia is FULL of misinformation. It can edited by any yoyo who has access to a computer.

 

ya there not just face lifted ya know new motors, new interor things aydadada...

 

like myself

 

This should just about sum it up.

 

ha ha thats awesome

 

so, basically the gen5 ranger is the 2001+ ? and the gen4 is the 1997-2000?

 

a Gen 4 is 98-00, Gen 5 is 2001+.. some say it's 2001-03 because they did change a lot of electrical items for the 2004 year model, so it'd make 2004+ a gen 6? i dunno..

 

i liked it back in the '80's to early '90's when ford had a new generation of ranger exactly every 5 years. it made knowing what generation you had simpler. if they continued with that reasoning, heres what the generations would have been:

gen1: 1983-1987
gen2: 1988-1992
gen3: 1993-1997
gen4: 1998-2002
gen5: 2003-2007

now, wouldn't this have been simpler?

 

As of 2:26 Eastern Time the link to R-F is gone again...

 

One small error. Gen 1 is 1983 to 1988. My 88 still had sealed beam headlights. and If a motor Change is qualifications for new generation, couldn't '86-88 be it's own gen? New that year were the Fuel injected 4 cylinder and new 2.9, as well as new steering columns, dashboards were redisgned slightly, new steering wheel with built in horn pad, and the appearance of an ext. cab. Just food for thought.

~HJ

 

i put the link back

 

For the pimp one a couple months ago I changed the famous pimps and added me as Master Pimp Roach! I got banned for a week!

 

The link to R-F is gone again...

 

put back lol

 

Gen 4 is 98-00... definately
new body style in 2001.. so that starts Gen 5, from there its up in the air i suppose.

 

We just keep replacing the link till they stop!

If they keep deleting it just paste this

*[https://www.ranger-forums.com/ Ranger-Forums.com]

 

You all need to contact this guy he is the one that keeps deleting it saying "it's spamming"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_ta...ger_Page_links

 

They were also assembled in Edison, New Jersey until the plant's closing in 2002.

Weird my '04 is from Edison.

 

Ford's plant in Edison New Jersey was shuttered in October/November 2003 and Rangers rolled off the line till the last day

 

We need more tech-articles!! I submitted a nice e-fan and removal of the 3.0 stock fan how-to and it was promptly ignored by however is in charge of the how-to's here. Can't remember who at the moment.