2024 is shaping as much as be the 12 months of the midsize pickups.
A brand new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon have already been revealed, a brand new Toyota Tacoma is approaching Could 19 and now Ford is displaying its hand.
The 2024 Ranger marks the primary full redesign of the mannequin because it returned to the corporate’s lineup in 2019.
It’s roughly the identical measurement on the surface because the truck it replaces however full of new options and tech.
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The Ranger is launching as a four-door SuperCrew solely and has a barely roomier cabin than the outgoing truck, thanks partly to an extended wheelbase and wider monitor, which additionally enhance the scale of the mattress.
Together with the acquainted 270 hp turbocharged 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine, it would even be accessible with a 315 hp 2.7-liter turbocharged V6, each matched to a 10-speed automated transmission.
Two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive fashions might be supplied at a beginning value of $34,160 for an XL trim truck with the STX look package deal. Ford has not confirmed when decrease grades or a SuperCab model with a six-foot mattress might be accessible.
The inside comes normal with an 8-inch display screen within the instrument cluster and a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system show, whereas a full digital instrument cluster and 12-inch touchscreen are added on larger trims.
The middle screens are augmented with knobs and buttons for some features that ought to them simpler to function with gloves on.
The Ranger will also be filled with digital driver aids like lane-centering adaptive cruise management, a fowl’s eye-view digital camera and Ford’s ProTrailer Backup Help, which permits the driving force to manage the truck with a trailer connected in reverse whereas utilizing only a knob on the middle console because it steers itself utilizing cameras and sensors.
A 400-watt inverter with an outlet within the mattress is offered to energy electrical gear whereas the engine is operating, as is a 360-degree exterior lighting system to be used at work websites and campsites.
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The largest change is the addition of a excessive efficiency Ranger Raptor mannequin common after the Bronco Raptor that debuted final 12 months.
It has a 405 hp model of the Bronco Raptor’s turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 that makes it probably the most highly effective Ranger ever, plus a protracted journey suspension with 2.5-inch Fox Dwell Valve Shocks, which may modify their damping traits to permit the truck to be pushed at excessive speeds off-road with out sacrificing mountaineering functionality or physique management on pavement.
There’s even a “leap mode” that may sense when the truck is within the air and put together the shocks to cushion the touchdown on its 33-inch all-terrain tires, however a full set of skid plates are put in to guard the underbody, simply in case.
Ford entered a inventory Ranger Raptor prototype in final 12 months’s Baja 1000 in Mexico and drove it again to Riverside, California, after ending the race in simply over 26 hours with none main points.
The Raptor begins at $56,960 and will get its personal inside design with sports activities seats, the Raptor’s signature Code Orange inside trim and could be ordered with a lot of the Ranger lineup’s choices.
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All Rangers might be constructed at Ford’s Michigan Meeting Plant alongside the Bronco and deliveries are scheduled to start out later this 12 months.