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Originally Posted by rjk74
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Aww now you've done it, an Ecoboost Ranger throwing huge donuts in the car park.
This is bloody comical,
Motor Trend in the USA has teed off at Ford for calling the Ranger "all new" when in fact,
"it's just a hack" - their words to describe the the Ecoboost 2.3 /10AT and chassis upgrades.
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"The new Ranger is a great truck if you want an old truck with modern technology and fuel economy, and many truck guys say they want that. More power to them. If you're getting out of a 25-year-old truck and into this one, it'll be an upgrade. The reason we're so down on the Ranger is because Ford completely oversold the differentiation between this truck and the world market version. To hear the Blue Oval tell it, the U.S.-market Ranger is practically an all-new truck with all-new sheetmetal, an all-new powertrain, and all-new technology. Although that's all technically true, it's clear most of the new stuff was a necessity for American crash and emissions compliance, not a fundamental redesign to suit American tastes and expectations. It's a placeholder filling a gap in the product lineup until the next-generation truck arrives in a few years, designed with input from American product planners. That's not a bad thing, but it's not what we were promised, either. You can absolutely teach an old dog new tricks, but you can't expect it to perform like a puppy."
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....meanwhile on the other side of the planet, not a mouse was stirring in dieselville..
Some buyers here would kill to buy an Ecoboost Ranger and then fo off and get
such a huge power upgrade as a drive in drive out deal....Only in America.