A-pillar driver side grab handle?

[wolf32v]

Remember too that these trucks are made for baja racing. A grab bar might distract a driver and be physically in his way when he's doing ninety miles an hour over a dirt and bumpy trail. Just my thoughts. My wife uses her steering wheel as a grab bar, and when I use her Raptor I do as well now. Once you figure out the best way to pull yourself into with it, it's actually quite functional for that purpose.

The F150 Raptor has them, its just NA cost cutting where they do not need too. If they can do it on a F150 they do it on a Ranger especially when it already is on the overseas and mexican Ranger Raptors. Ford NA is really going nutts on cost cutting less colors on the Mustang, taken away leather in the Escape, Rear vent on the ranger, and grab handles. These are just a few of the things they deleted all the while adding big price increase to 2025's. It really hard to be a Ford fan with this CEO cutting features to pay for his elite friends play toys like the Mustang GTD.

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[wolf32v]

To avoid the airbag issue, they could have adopted a handle that’s integrated into the dash like the bronco raptor, love that.

As much as I’m all for having more standard in the truck, I also think we need to remember Ford priced this thing incredibly competitively and offered a pretty amazing package for the money. Were all missing some things we’d really like (vented seats, rear facing air vents, grab handle, hood struts, etc), but what Ford has offered here for 8K under a TRD Pro is pretty impressive…individually it’s never much, but when added up you can see where some costs were cut, so I’m giving them a pass on some stuff like this and I’ll let the aftermarket figure out some cool, affordable options.

This reminds me of the GT350 when it first came out - all the R&D and investment when into what really mattered most…engine, suspension, steering, trans, brakes, etc…in the process some things were neglected, but Ford made an utterly insane car at a very compelling price, and the price made it more accessible and cooler in many ways. 100K plus for a truck with all the options and comforts to me is not as compelling as our 60K RR that’s a bit stripped down relatively, because they put the money and focus into the areas that really counted, and I’m ok with that.

Its not an airbag issue the passenger side has one with an airbag and the F150 has them at each corner with an air bag in the a pillar too. The grab handles would add little cost and it really should be there for a truck that is this far off the ground F150 has them. When winter comes around it will be even more of a pain. This grab handle thing is just a poor move on Fords part. The engineering was already done by the Aussies and the only thing NA engineers did was remove stuff when it came over here.

 

[MyhticTension]

As you see in the video, over in the Philippines, their raptors have to Oh shit handle!!!

 

[Raptor1996]

Say it with me: the Rangers do not get a drivers side grab handle for small overlap crash testing safety survivability on the left side. It isn't about cutting costs, that doesn't make any sense to develop new tooling and redesign for something that already exists overseas. The NHTSA had gotten extremely strict about small overlap crash in the last few years especially in small trucks which usually fail. So no, most of you are incorrect, stop the circlejerk, lose some weight, and learn how to lift yourself into a vehicle or trade it in. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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