Ford Ranger XLT 2.2 TDCi
Choosing to focus on their full size trucks in North America, Ford discontinued the Ford Ranger a while back. Well, they did for our market, but the truck is still produced and sold overseas. In fact, the Ranger is sold in 180 different markets, and across five continents. The Ford Ranger was popular here, but with only a narrow gap in the pricing between it and much larger trucks, it was a tough sell. After all, why settle for a small truck, when you can have a big one for only a little bit more? Ford pulled the Ranger from here, leaving the small truck market for Japanese automakers to fight over. In Europe, the Ford Ranger competes with the Mazda BT-50, which was once it's sibling over here. It also rivals the Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara and the Volkswagen Amarok, which is strikingly similar in qualities. The Ranger and the Amarok are more like passenger vehicles, while the Japanese trucks feel like commercial vehicles.
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Ford Is Already Planning a Second-Generation F-150 Lightning
Ford is already working on the next steps for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. The company says the plan is to send the next-generation model into production in 2025.
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2023 World Car of the Year: Finalists Announced in Six Categories
The finalists in each of the six 2023 World Vehicle of the Year categories have been announced. Once again this year, there is a very strong Korean presence in several of the categories. The winners will be announced at the New York Auto Show in early April.
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Ford Wants to Triple F-150 Lightning Production in 2023
Ford wants to triple production of its F-150 Lightning in 2023. This comes after the company managed to build only 15,000 units of the electric pickup, short of the 40,000 initial goal. With supply-chain issues slowly disappearing, the automaker wants to be churning them out at a rate of 150,000 units per year, by the end of this year.
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