hear to the automotive rumor factory long enough , and suggestions of an all - fresh Ford Bronco surface as surely as the leaves change every year . Well , the shoe has finally and formally dropped , as Ford announced from the Detroit Auto Show today that it ’s bringing back the fabled 4x4 , as well as the darling Ford Ranger .
The Bronco in particular has legions of buff that have been clamoring for Ford to produce the classic midsize SUV once again , after it ’s been out of yield since 1996 . The Ranger has still been available in some external markets , but has been out of production and not available in the United States for more than five years . The Detroit carmaker has call to bring back a fresh model of the Bronco in 2020 , and will make the Ranger available in 2019 .
" We ’ve heard our customer loud and absolved , " said Joe Hinrichs , Ford ’s president of the Americas in a insistency vent . " They require a new contemporaries of vehicles that are fantastically capable yet fun to drive . "
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" Ranger is for truck buyers who need an affordable , functional , rugged and maneuverable getaway that ’s Built Ford Tough . Bronco will be a no - compromise midsize 4x4 public utility company for thrill seekers who want to venture direction beyond the metropolis . "
While the Bronco ’s retort should satisfy an enthusiastic detail of fans that have waited decades for its return , the Ranger ’s comeback being after just a brief hiatus makes sense for a form of intellect . The Ranger has remained the No . 3 sell small truck in the world – you just could n’t buy one in the US .
The reasons were fair aboveboard – the external Ranger has simply been too close in sizing to the F-150 to betray here , and when US cut-rate sale were at their nadir , there was little common sense in discover a elbow room to bring it back . Now , however , GM is making bank on the Colorado , and the Toyota Tacoma is enjoying quite a Renascence , making a quick - made case for the Ranger ’s return . element in lower gas prices , and rumour that the Bronco will be built on the new Ranger ’s platform , and rationale at play is all too logical .
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The Bronco and Ranger were twodefunct railway car we desperately wanted to see make a comeback . Now if we can just get a Jeep Wagoneer .
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