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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's sad to say, but that generation of Ford Ranger is way smaller than trucks from the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never really been a truck guy, I also hate driving large vehicles in general and both preferences predate both my knowledge and even belief in climate change(I was raised as an evangelical in the south).

If there was something like a Ranger or an S10 from the mid-late 90s with an electric motor I’d be all over it, fuck put out an electric El Camino and I’d rip my sleeves off on the way to the dealership

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

There's kits to convert the old Rangers to electric I think and there was an electric model from the 90s sold only to Ford employees. You're definitely going to drop a ton on batteries though if you were trying to convert one yourself

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s because it’s a Mazda in ford clothing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the US at least, it's the other way around. The Ford Ranger is 100% Ford, while Mazda actually rebadged the Ford Ranger as the B series for the US market.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

TIL. Thanks for sharing buddy