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Nah it's not too much to ask at all and would be an easy thing for Ford to offer considering it's the same 2.3L EcoBoost Engine. With Ford expanding its Ford Performance offerings every year to take a slice out of the aftermarket, I bet we see a tune offered for the Ranger too. The Performance...

Da hell? So the Tacoma Crawl Control also jerks like that when using it on steep terrain? :surprised:

Oops you're right. Totally had a brain fart here :facepalm: I wonder if the reason not to give the Ranger the 2.7L ecoboost was purely to avoid cannibalizing F-150 sales. Sure would have been nice to have as an option on the Ranger.

But the 2.7L is also 4 cylinders, just with 400 cc (0.4 liters) more displacement. That shouldn't take too much space? Not that we're getting a 2.7L EcoBoost anyway :)

Would getting the locking rear diff still be useful with 4x4? Or will it only make a big impact with the 2WD Ranger?

Right and I also think that once we see the Ranger 2.3L dyno chart we'll see that it's been tuned to deliver its torque as early as possible, coming on even earlier than other applications (i.e. Mustang), which would be beneficial for towing.

Hey welcome @DHare and @Stic-o and congrats on your orders! Curious - was there any wiggle room from the dealers on your deals?

The difference between 17 and 18 inch wheels comes down to looks IMO. Some people like a fatter looking tire (with smaller wheel) and some people a bigger looking wheel (with less sidewall). On the Ranger, both 17 and 18 inch wheels will leave you plenty of sidewall and similar width tires so...

Man that looks good in that color and under that lighting. I actually like the all black grille of the XL model but the chrome grille works with this color and doesn't stand out as much. Either way the grille's inside design reminds me of the Mustang's with the diagonal side cutouts, which looks...

So it seems that Ford has applications of the 2.3L EcoBoost it could easily stick in the Ranger to give it class leading HP and TQ so the question is just if they decide to do it or not. So why would they not do it then? Would it hike the Ranger price too high? Or maybe they don't want Ranger...

Funny. But even if GM managed to match the manufacturing process exactly, their trucks are still ugly compared to Ford trucks.

Hi all glad to see an intro thread. Glad to see there's plenty of others interested in this truck before it even hits dealers. I've got my eye on a Lariat 4x4 too. Hoping for a nice Christmas bonus so I can possibly pick one up when they arrive at dealers right around end of this year. ;)

I'm sure that's in the plans. Accessories and aftersales parts generate a lot of profit. And if the Ranger and Ranger Raptor turns out to be anything like the F-150 and Raptor in terms of mods, that's gonna be a boon for Ford.

Ya plenty of Ranger accessories available on the Ford Australia builder site so we should expect the same.

Patent images usually make the vehicle look like crap but the Raptor Ranger looks great even here. And if those are US design images then we should be getting the sport bars standard since I've never seen patent images include add-on performance parts (i.e. from Ford Performance Parts).

I just read in the Raptor section that it will probably get the 2.3L Ecoboost. So will the 2.3L in the regular Ranger be the same engine, just de-tuned for less power?

Nice job this looks nice for a midsize pickup. I like this front view for sure.

Maybe we'll get a surprise on the 7th and they say it'll be sold in more markets than originally thought?

LOOOOVE IT! Ranger Raptor gonna be such a sweet mini F150 Raptor. The F150 is just a bit big for me but this looks to be the perfect size. :)