RIP Ford Ranger in 2009

The Ford Ranger, a favorite for over 20 years, is on its way out. Well, apparently.

It has been known for a while that the Twin Cities Plant in St. Paul, MN that makes the Ranger would close, and the closure date has been pushed back one year, to 2009. The Cleveland plant that casts engine blocks will also close that year. So, according to Automotive News, the logic is that the Ranger is once and for all--done.

Word on the street is that Ford will be more forthcoming (yeah right) at the Detroit Auto Show, but this really doesn't give many options for the Ranger to have anything else done. This is a shame--all of these trucks and SUVs taking up the highways, and the Ranger was really one of the only "compact" trucks out there--and now the concept evidently is done and over with--since this has been synonymous with Ford trucks for over a quarter century. *Sigh*

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Richard said:

So? It wasn't much of a truck in the last 15 years at all, rough, unreliable, non-durable, hard on fuel... whats to miss?

Posted at 10:08 PM, on December 15 2007

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TERRY BIRD said:

MEMORY OF THE RANGER. I LEASED MY RANGER IN 2006 AND WHEN I HEARD ,IT WAS DONE IN 09,I AM TURNING IT IN EARLY,SO I CAN CAN BUY ONE.I LOVE THIS TRUCK SO MUCH,I WANT TO MAKE SURE,I HAVE IT FOR AS MANY YEARS AS POSSIBLE,PLEASE THINK WHAT YOU ARE DOING (FORD),PLEASE KEEP MAKING IT. T.BIRD (MILTON,ONTARIO)

Posted at 06:36 AM, on February 10 2008

RIP Ford Ranger in 2009

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