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ShinerBock
Jan 16, 2018Explorer
LIKE2BUILD wrote:
I was really confused when Ford decided to ditch the Ranger and go all-in with only F150 and larger. Really? It seemed the small truck market still has plenty of buyers and to get out of that segment was leaving money on the table.
Oh well, the Ranger is back now and looks to be a pretty capable truck.
KJ
The reason why Ford got rid of the compact Ranger was mainly due to CAFE regulations that set fuel economy standards based on the "footprint" of the vehicle. The Ranger had a footprint of a small car, but its fuel economy was much worse than most cars with the same footprint. This would have penalized Ford in the CAFE numbers especially since the Ranger was so popular and average fleet ratings were based on weighted average of vehicles produced, not just the vehicle line up.
How The Government Killed Fuel Efficient Cars And Trucks
This is one reason why I tend to say that not all EPA regulations are good and many have adverse side effects that do more harm than good. Case in point is how the EPA didn't know that when they made the 2011 diesel emissions years before it was enacted, that they would be creating the DEF industry and all of its added pollution. Yet, some people still think that whatever the EPA says is best for all of us.
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