EU Ford Ranger Hybrid

[Conman50]

Think this will come to the US?

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[NotBudule2]

Sorry, anything cool ? that Ford does to the Rangers (and some others) is reserved ONLY for other countries ... we may see some scraps of it when their almost done with it...just like the 5G...

 

[Grumpaw]

Maybe.....
When.......

 

[Conman50]

Sorry, anything cool ? that Ford does to the Rangers (and some others) is reserved ONLY for other countries ... we may see some scraps of it when their almost done with it...just like the 5G...

I really miss the Focus ST/ RS and Fiesta ST...

 

[got3fords]

Ford Puma?

 

[Conman50]

Maybe.....
When.......

Honestly since Toyota did it with the Taco and they already have the Maverick. They may actually do it

 

[k1w1t1m]

Interesting....you gain some fancy electrics and a battery and lose some payload.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Interesting....you gain some fancy electrics and a battery and lose some payload.

If I did my conversion correctly, you GAIN payload (1000kg =~ 2200lbs) - towing seemed mostly the same (3500kg =~ 7700lbs).

The power station is pretty cool I have to say....

 

[KNI]

I was interested but then I asked the price..

Baseprice: 71 052,15€
Delivery: 800€
6.9kW output: 2 514,35€
Towhook, 360 camera: 1 781,00€
Tonneau cover (electric): 4 175,96€
Colour (anything not white): 680,97€

And then I forgot that the thing exists.

 

[JimJa]

@KNI. Does AS have a tariff? VAT? Most of Europe has a VAT at a typical 19-25%. Likely the reason for the high price stated in Euros. Australia's price is not typically noted in Euros.

 

[Lexie]

Think this will come to the US?

I read the full report on a car mag. Yes FORD will make hybrid Rangers however only the US is not going to get them. They are only for the EU, Asia, OZ, NZ.

 

[KNI]

@KNI. Does AS have a tariff? VAT? Most of Europe has a VAT at a typical 19-25%. Likely the reason for the high price stated in Euros. Australia's price is not typically noted in Euros.

Dont know.

Here in Finland we have co2 tax, then a car tax and finally record breaking VAT of 25.5%.

Practically doubles all car prices compared to rest of the world.

 

[Dahveed]

Bring it to the US and....

 

[Lexie]

Dont know.

Here in Finland we have co2 tax, then a car tax and finally record breaking VAT of 25.5%.

Practically doubles all car prices compared to rest of the world.

That is nothing, I got familia in Argentina.
They pay 100% tax on the vehicle and then 100% tax on the vehicle retail price every single year.

Many other latin countries do exactly the same.
The only savings they have is buy a gas vehicle and then buy after market propane tank for your vehicle. You start your vehicle with gas then turn switch to only use propane.
The cost of propane is so much cheaper than gas. Argentina does have some gas and plenty of propane.
Clearly most drive manual as cost is so high.
Those in USA have no idea of the cost others pay for the initial cost and the running cost.

LOL, I had a familia member who got a FORD F150 but with a Perkins diesel engine with 3 on the tree. The FORD F150 does not sell gas engines in Argentina..

https://www.perkins.com/en_GB.html

 

[KNI]

That is nothing, I got familia in Argentina.
They pay 100% tax on the vehicle and then 100% tax on the vehicle retail price every single year.

Many other latin countries do exactly the same.
The only savings they have is buy a gas vehicle and then buy after market propane tank for your vehicle. You start your vehicle with gas then turn switch to only use propane.
The cost of propane is so much cheaper than gas. Argentina does have some gas and plenty of propane.
Clearly most drive manual as cost is so high.
Those in USA have no idea of the cost others pay for the initial cost and the running cost.

LOL, I had a familia member who got a FORD F150 but with a Perkins diesel engine with 3 on the tree. The FORD F150 does not sell gas engines in Argentina..

https://www.perkins.com/en_GB.html

That's harsh.. We end up paying (for petrol) 40-120% depending on the Co2 and car weight, but the yearly cost is only like 1%, not 100%. Diesels get also few percent more yearly tax.

So in here, you can get somewhat cheap cars which are not fit for purpose, but family cars (minivans, etc.) suited to haul people cost fortune.

Only workaround gimmic is to register the car as light commercial vehicle which are not taxed. But to get that the gross weight needs to be over 3500kg and the vehicle must have more cargo space than people space (ie. a van or truck) and fitted with speed limiter to 90km/h.

Our leaders don't really hate cars, but they know that everyone needs one regardless of the taxes and use it as money maker for their wine club.

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