Ford Ranger

The Ford Ranger is a nameplate that has been used on three distinct model lines of pickup trucks sold by the Ford Motor Company. Originally, the name was used by the short-lived Edsel Ranger, then later referred to a version of the Ford F-Series sold in North America between model year 1965 and 1981 that denoted a styling package. Ford repurposed the name "Ranger" in 1982 for the 1983 model year for a compact pickup truck sold in North America and later parts of South America. Since 1998, Ford has offered a separate model of Ranger sold internationally.

1983–1988 model years

1993–1997 model years

1998–2000 model years

1989–1992 model years

2001–2012 model years

International (1998–present)

For markets outside of North America, Ford badge engineered the Japanese-built Mazda B-Series as the Courier starting in 1971, renaming it the Ranger in 1998; the Courier nameplate was retained in Australasia until 2006. The Courier was also sold in North America prior to the 1983 model year. Second-generation models from 2006 to 2011 were also designed by Mazda, being rebadged versions of the successor to the B-Series, the BT-50. Third-generation models, as produced since 2011,[2] were designed and engineered by Ford Australia, with Mazda offering a derivative version of the Ford as the second generation BT-50. The Mazda truck is also the basis for the Ford Everest SUV and therefore, the Ranger and the Everest share a number of features.

2011–present

1998–2002

2002–2006

2006–2009

2009–2011