2019 Ford Ranger

RobertRyan wrote:

A limited listing. Yes there are more choices in Australia. Remember noone gives a dam about 1/2 tons here we get all the US HD's

Nope, false. The only HD truck you get from the factory is a Ram 2500.

Ram Australia

No HD truck here

Holden Australia

or here

Ford Australia

All the rest are conversions. If you want to start adding conversions to the list, then that will make my list from my ealrier post longer since there are companies here that will convert many of the same global trucks you guys have from south America. So I doubt you want to go there.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Same here, the market here has several more manufacturers than the US, that includes foreign as you term it plus US Pickups

Nope, not the same. Not nearly the same in size or selection unless you are counting utes, or car with a bed, which are not a pick ups to us. Also, Australia region alone cannot support all those brands as I said we can with ours. If the trucks you have stopped selling elsewhere in the world, they would start dropping off in Australia too. So you guys need others to buy those trucks, we don't with ours which is why I said we don't care if they don't sell elsewhere.

In terms of pick up truck choices from the factory(not converted from an outside company) we have.


Honda
Ridgeline*

Toyota
Tacoma
Tundra

Nissan
Frontier
Titan
Titan XD

GMC
Canyon
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Chevrolet
Colorado
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Ford
Ranger(soon)
F150
F250
F350 SRW
F350 DRW
F450

Ram
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Jeep
Gladiator(soon)

Most of these even have cab and chassis versions, but that would not be a pick up. They also all have different cab, bed length, and capability options.

A limited listing. Yes there are more choices in Australia. Remember noone gives a dam about 1/2 tons here we get all the US HD's

RobertRyan wrote:

Same here, the market here has several more manufacturers than the US, that includes foreign as you term it plus US Pickups

Nope, not the same. Not nearly the same in size or selection unless you are counting utes, or car with a bed, which are not a pick ups to us.

Also, Australia region alone cannot support all those brands as I said we can with ours. If the trucks you have stopped selling elsewhere in the world, they would start dropping off in Australia too so you guys need others markets buy those trucks. We don't with ours which is why I said we don't care if they don't sell elsewhere because it has no impact on our market.

In terms of pick up truck choices from the factory(not converted from an outside company) we have.


Honda
Ridgeline*

Toyota
Tacoma
Tundra

Nissan
Frontier
Titan
Titan XD

GMC
Canyon
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Chevrolet
Colorado
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Ford
Ranger(soon)
F150
F250
F350 SRW
F350 DRW
F450

Ram
1500
2500
3500 SRW
3500 DRW

Jeep
Gladiator(soon)

Most of these even have cab and chassis versions, but that would not be a pick up. They also all have different cab, bed length, and capability options.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

And we are happier with larger, more powerful, and more capable pickup trucks. Hence the reason why we have so many pick up choices to choose from with most of them being full size.

Which sell badly here. Ranger is just behind the Hilux in sales. Hilux is number one " car"

Don't really care how they sell there or anywhere else. Our market is big enough to have several foreign and domestic mid/full size pickup truck manufacturers. So how they sell anywhere else is meaningless.

Same here, the market here has several more manufacturers than the US, that includes foreign as you term it plus US Pickups

RobertRyan wrote:

And we are happier with larger, more powerful, and more capable pickup trucks. Hence the reason why we have so many pick up choices to choose from with most of them being full size.

Which sell badly here. Ranger is just behind the Hilux in sales. Hilux is number one " car"

Don't really care how they sell there or anywhere else. Our market is big enough to have several foreign and domestic mid/full size pickup truck manufacturers. So how they sell anywhere else is meaningless.

And we are happier with larger, more powerful, and more capable pickup trucks. Hence the reason why we have so many pick up choices to choose from with most of them being full size.

Which sell badly here. Ranger is just behind the Hilux in sales. Hilux is number one " car"

RobertRyan wrote:

Too bad, we are much happier with a more capable Ranger

And we are happier with larger, more powerful, and more capable pickup trucks. Hence the reason why we have so many pick up choices to choose from with most of them being full size.

ShinerBock wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

To each their own , we do not like chrome bumpers , but we do like the choices, more so on the Australian version and the considerable increased capability of the Global versions

How many times do we have to go through this?


As they state in the TFL comparison article you posted...

"The U.S. and Euro specs Ford Rangers are actually very different, yet similar. They have very similar dimensions and slightly different look, but the powertrains and weight ratings are very distinct. It has a lot to do with different government regulations and customer needs."

The US truck class regulations GVWR limits these trucks are in are lower than they are globally. For example, the Class 1 GVWR limit for the US is 6,000 lbs(2,721 kg) with a slight deviation for options. The class C limit in Australia is 9,920 lbs(4500 kg) allowing for more GVWR and by default greater payload. If you brought the global Ranger to the US, it would have the same 6,000 lb GVWR limits of US version because it is a class 1 vehicle and therefor a lower payload.

Too bad, we are much happier with a more capable Ranger

SidecarFlip wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Well after seeing the new Jeep Gladiator, Chevy's and Ram's HD trucks revealed this new Ford Ranger is by far the best looking truck out of the bunch IMO.

Link

One thing for certain, the new Jeep Gladiator is butt ugly.

I think I'd take solid axles, lockers, swaybar disconnects and a 4:1 low range ratio over a good looking little trucklet. Just my opinion, though.

I'm shocked.

Fishy likes Fords!