Ford Ranger Overview
Posted in Ford Ranger Overview on January 4th, 2011 by admin – 3 CommentsThe Ranger is Ford’s compact pickup truck that was introduced in 1982, redesigned in 1993, and received a new exterior design in 1998. The Ranger was the best-selling compact truck in the U.S. for 18 straight years. Ford first used the Ranger name as a package for the F-150 in the early 60s.
Ford Ranger is a name used on two distinct compact pickup truck lines by the Ford Motor Company and by a marketing arrangement with Mazda.
- A Ford-designed compact pickup truck, which is sold and manufactured in North America as well as Brazil, Chile, Argentina and South Africa. It was also marketed as the Mazda B-Series by Mazda dealers from 1994 through 2009. In North America it is built in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- A Mazda-designed compact pickup known as Ford Ranger sold in more than 130 countries.
The “Ranger” name had previously been used for a premium styling package one the F-Series full-sized pickup trucks since 1965. The name was moved to this line of North American compact trucks for the 1983 model year.



