Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/773724
Pick-ups are a pure American invention that we asso- ciate with dip-chewing rednecks, Confederate Flag and their shotguns, but on our side of the Big Pond they are more and more popular as a off-road vehicle, where they bravely serve in the countryside or at construction sites. The most famous and best-selling pick-up truck of all time is, without any doubts, is Ford F-150 sold in huge numbers worldwide. We have got a chance to play with a slightly smaller, "European" pick-up made by Ford, which was designed as competition for the popular "Asians", like a Nissan Navara, Mitsubishi L200 or ever popular Toyota Hilux. The 2016 Ranger, probably unintentionally, has become the natural competitor of Ford F-150. That is why we won't find Ford Ranger on the US market. If F-150 is considered "medium-size", then Ranger would be the US "micro-sized pick-up". The 2016 Ford Ranger is available in several versions that differ in the length of the passenger cabin (Single Cab, Rab Cab, and Double Cab), engine, and the package of accessories – we got the top model, Ranger Wiltdrak with 3.2TDCI diesel engine, 200HP, and six gear auto- matic transmission. The previous version of Ford Ranger had an rather sim- plistic design, while its interior was just clumpy. I guess the designers got fired and a totally new team worked on the final look of the car, because Ranger Anno Domini 2016 is just... yeah, it looks awesome – especially its front, when the attention is drawn to the mock-up of an air-intake that is elegantly connected with large, slanting reflectors. However, the first thing that is eye-catching is the size (US guys, please do not read this, we all know that for you it would be a tiny pick-up for daily shopping in 7/11 but we are living in a different world here) – Ranger is just a big and massive vehicle as an European off-road truck should be (it is impossible for two tons to look dif- ferently), where wheels with 18-inch rims enhance that appearance even more. Parking a 5.3-meter long car in a city might be a problem. Oh, I would have forgotten: the www.fragoutmag.com