The Ford
Ranger midsize pickup truck will return to North America in 2019, followed by a new version of the Bronco SUV in 2020.
That's because Ford has announced
the Ranger midsize pickup truck and the Bronco midsize SUV will be making their glorious returns to the United States within the next couple of years.
The interest in the midsize market (and the fact that it sold 350,000 units 20 years ago) led Ford to announce the return of the Ford
Ranger midsize pickup as a 2019 model.
It's been over five years since the Ford
Ranger midsize pickup was last sold new in America, and it will be six before the new Ranger goes on sale late this year.
Ford generated news at the press previews for the 2017 Detroit Auto Show with the announced return to the North American market of its iconic
Ranger midsize pickup in 2019, with a new Bronco midsize SUV to arrive in 2020.
Part of that worst kept secret, a part that Ford has yet to confirm, is that the all - new Ford
Ranger midsize pickup truck will be built there.
Later in the year, Ford will begin building
Ranger midsize pickups in the U.S. for the first time since 2011, competing with the Toyota Tacoma, Nissan Frontier, Honda Ridgeline, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon.
Not exact matches
The
midsize three - row crossover is based on the global Ford
Ranger pickup, and will be sold in markets outside of North America.
Ford could jump back into the
midsize pickup market in the U.S. with a version of its global
Ranger truck, according to reports from the Detroit News and Automotive News.
If it does come back to America in 2018, the Ford
Ranger would join a revived
midsize pickup market in the U.S., with the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon picking up steam, an updated 2016 Toyota Tacoma going on sale soon, and an updated Nissan Frontier expected to debut within the next few years.
Ford offers its latest
midsize Ranger in other markets, but in the USA Ford is going at the
pickup truck market with just a single big stick: its new aluminum - bodied F - 150.
Sources say one is almost guaranteed to be the
Ranger, Ford's
midsize pickup truck that's already on sale overseas.
Do you think the tepid compact /
midsize pickup truck market could use a bit of a shakeup, by, say, importing the new global Ford
Ranger?
The «all - new» Ford
Ranger will remain a
midsize pickup adapted from the T6 platform and will be built at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan.
Chevy's
midsize pickup has only been around the past three years, whereas
Ranger has a long and proud history as a
midsize truck.
DETROIT — You could smell the big - truck testosterone wafting in the air early and often, as the traditional «Big Three» US automakers launched new
pickup trucks at the this year's heartland auto show: full - size
pickups from Chevrolet (Silverado) and Ram (Ram 1500), plus a revived
midsize pickup from Ford (
Ranger).
It is also bigger than its closest would - be competitor, the unibody Honda Ridgeline, and, sizewise, not that far from body - on - frame
midsize pickups such as the Chevrolet Colorado and upcoming Ford
Ranger.
Although long - of - tooth, the Nissan Frontier
midsize pickup truck still sells well, but may have stiff competition with the Ford
Ranger returning to market for 2019.
Unlike most of its
midsize competitors, the
Ranger will have just one engine and one transmission, a 10 - speed automatic that's a
midsize pickup exclusive.
Like all
pickups, great and
midsize, the
Ranger will offer a 4 - wheel drive option, as well as Dana Trac - Loc differentials and an available electronically locking rear differential.
Ford signaled the end of its
midsize pickup waiting game at Detroit's North American Automobile Show, unveiling the long - anticipated
Ranger revival.
As we alluded to in our introduction, the all - new 2019 Ford
Ranger will be the most powerful, capable, rugged, efficient and dependable
midsize pickup trucks ever created.
If General Motors struck gold by reviving the Colorado and Canyon
midsize pickups four years ago, then Ford had better hope that mine isn't tapped out by the time the
Ranger reaches dealerships early next year.
The Ford
Ranger is a
midsize pickup truck, another entry in the once moribund, now healthy
midsize segment (Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, Honda Ridgeline, Nissan Frontier, Toyota Tacoma).
More specifically, Ford is using the 2019 model year to reenter the
midsize pickup truck segment with the all - new Ford
Ranger.
With US sales of the new
Ranger still roughly a year away, Ford hasn't released a ton of details regarding its new
midsize pickup truck contender.
Ford brings back the
Ranger nameplate to offer more choices in the
midsize -
pickup market.
The
Ranger was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 2011, when
midsize pickup sales were at a low.