Different continent, different options

[MisterEd]

Just ran across a Ranger towing comparison last night that I found interesting. It was done in Australia and made me realize that a Ranger is not a Ranger is not a Ranger everywhere. While here in the states we are relegated to just one engine choice, the 2.3L EcoBoost, the Aussies have 3 choices in the current model year. A 2.2L, a 3.2L and a 2.0L dual turbo (referred to as a Bi-turbo) - all diesels. It appears that no gasoline option is offered down under.
The towing comparison was between the 3.2L TDCI and the 2.0L bi-turbo. The 2.0 won hands down pulling a camping trailer loaded up to almost the max rated weight of 7500#. I can't help but wonder how it would stack up to our stateside 2.3 EcoBoost. I also can't help but wonder why Ford USA doesn't offer an engine option.
Hmmm.

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[t4thfavor]

Just ran across a Ranger towing comparison last night that I found interesting. It was done in Australia and made me realize that a Ranger is not a Ranger is not a Ranger everywhere. While here in the states we are relegated to just one engine choice, the 2.3L EcoBoost, the Aussies have 3 choices in the current model year. A 2.2L, a 3.2L and a 2.0L dual turbo (referred to as a Bi-turbo) - all diesels. It appears that no gasoline option is offered down under.
The towing comparison was between the 3.2L TDCI and the 2.0L bi-turbo. The 2.0 won hands down pulling a camping trailer loaded up to almost the max rated weight of 7500#. I can't help but wonder how it would stack up to our stateside 2.3 EcoBoost. I also can't help but wonder why Ford USA doesn't offer an engine option.
Hmmm.

With our friends at the EPA, its nearly impossible to get a small diesel engine approved for sale without saddling it with so much emissions junk that it won't run properly (or at all) in 30-50K miles.

It could get 60+MPG and the EPA says it makes too much N2O, and shitcans it while the same amount of N2O is created by it's gasoline brothers because they are burning 3x as much fuel.

 

[Leftcoast]

I remember California during the '60s before the smog laws took effect. Breathing the Bay Area air supposedly was like a pack of cigarettes a day and LA was two. I remember the '70s castrated muscle cars when smog laws arrived. Fast forward 50 years and smog laws are vastly more stringent and vehicles are more powerful than they ever have been. I can buy a TRX with 700+ hp or a Ford diesel with over 1000lbs of torque and both of them are smog legal in California. Engineering has caught up to the architects.

 

[t4thfavor]

I remember California during the '60s before the smog laws took effect. Breathing the Bay Area air supposedly was like a pack of cigarettes a day and LA was two. I remember the '70s castrated muscle cars when smog laws arrived. Fast forward 50 years and smog laws are vastly more stringent and vehicles are more powerful than they ever have been. I can buy a TRX with 700+ hp or a Ford diesel with over 1000lbs of torque and both of them are smog legal in California. Engineering has caught up to the architects.

That totally explains why it's like pulling teeth to get a diesel vehicle under #10K approved in the US.

 

[Leftcoast]

That totally explains why it's like pulling teeth to get a diesel vehicle under #10K approved in the US.

You can alway move to India. We get the air and you get your diesel.

 

[t4thfavor]

You can alway move to India. We get the air and you get your diesel.

Or Australia where the air is perfect, and everything is diesel. Or the uk where everything is diesel, or Canada, where lots of things are diesel.

my point is that the epa doesn’t take into consideration that if you burn 2/3 less fuel, you can pullute a bit more, and still be ahead in the game.

 

[Leftcoast]

Or Australia where the air is perfect, and everything is diesel.

my point is that the epa doesn’t take into consideration that if you burn 2/3 less fuel, you can pullute a bit more, and still be ahead in the game.

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[spartan0078]

There's a lot of options that are weird country by country it seems.

Like, you guys in the states get the option of 4x2, but in Canada we only get the 4x4, you also have/had the FX2 package. Australia has a ranger with the parallel park assist thingie.

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