I hope that's the case. As I said in the other thread, I would prefer a gas engined Ranger Raptor. I think diesel makes more sense for the Bronco than it does for the Ranger, at least for the Raptor model. Raptor models are meant for face paced high speed high HP offroading which isn't diesel's strong suit.
Agreed 100%. It's literally buy or ignore for me depending on if it has the 2.7 or 2.3. It's important to keep in mind the Ranger isn't aluminum like the F-150. The Ranger Raptor is going to be heavy and I don't see a 2.3 being fun in it.
Didn't stop Ford from giving the European market Ranger Raptor just 210 HP though.
I don't think you can predict what will happen in the US market based on what is being offered in the ROW. The reality is that the tax structure for small displacement motors in the ROW makes it a far smarter move to do what ford's doing with the ROW Raptor. We don't have such restrictions---they could put a 2.3L EB or a 5.0 coyote in the Raptor and the only thing that would be a factor in the US is how close either move would put the price of RR to the price of the F-150 Raptor.
