The first compact pickup truck designed by Ford, the American-produced Ranger replaced the Mazda-produced Ford Courier. Main article: Ford Ranger (Americas) North America Compact pickup (1983–2012) įor the 1983 model year, Ford introduced the Ranger for the United States and Canada. Offered through the 1981 model year, the Ranger trim served as the mid-level to high-level trim package.įollowing the 1981 model year, the Ranger trim line was withdrawn from its light trucks, largely in anticipation of its 1983 model year compact pickup truck which was introduced in early 1982.
The Edsel division was the first to use the name, with the Edsel Ranger introduced in 1958 as its lowest-trim sedan the model line lasted through the 1960 demise of the Edsel brand.įor 1965, the Ranger name returned to use by Ford as a trim package for F-Series trucks in 1972, a corresponding Bronco Ranger was introduced. Prior to its use on compact pickup trucks, Ford used the Ranger nameplate on three different model lines. The second generation of the T6-based Ranger was released in 2021 for worldwide markets, using the same T6 platform with revisions. The Ranger currently slotted below the F-150 and above the Maverick in the Ford North American pickup truck range, while for markets outside the Americas it is typically the only Ford pickup offered for sale. It is produced at the Michigan Assembly Plant at Wayne, Michigan. In the same year, the North American-market Ranger was discontinued, leaving the T6 platform-based Ranger as the sole Ranger model worldwide.įor the 2019 model year, the Ranger is reintroduced in North America using the globally-marketed T6 model. Considered a mid-size pickup truck, the model was developed in-house by Ford Australia. In 2011, Ford introduced the first Ranger based on the T6 platform. Between 19, the Ranger nameplate is also used for models that was developed by Mazda for sale outside the North American market. The Ford Ranger debuted as a compact pickup mainly sold in North America since 1982 for the 1983 model year, with later introductions in some South American countries. The nameplate has been used for distinct model lines of vehicles worldwide since 1982 from the compact and mid-size pickup category.
Ford Ranger (P375), produced since 2011 based on the T6 platform.įord Ranger is a nameplate that has been used on multiple model lines of pickup trucks sold by Ford worldwide.
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