Buy a Jeep? Yeah, because those don't have any issues. Kind of a strange statement to make on a Ford-based site.
I've started talking with my Ford dealer, who also owns a Jeep dealership, about upgrading my '21 Ranger to a Gladiator because of Ford's oversite on flat towing. I'm not happy about losing the Ranger as an option because it seems to be an ever growing trend. Fewer and fewer vehicles qualify as flat towable vehicles.
Yeah, I'm not thrilled. My lease ends next month and I was supposed to have placed my order a couple months ago. I'd probably be sweating bullets right now, wondering if it was going to make it out of production or not. We even considered a '24 Bronco as we really like the look of them but there's no way we can make it work in our situation as full-timers.
Yes, a gentleman that I "know" from the RV forums was an engineer with Ford working in that specific department before retiring at the end of last year. I just traded a few messages with him last month regarding this as my lease on my '21 Tremor ends in May and I wanted to double-check that the Bronco had indeed been green-lighted. He told me that was the case and that things were not looking good at all for the '24 MY Ranger (as in, it ain't happening) but they are planning on the '25 being ready. No guarantees but that is the plan as of now. I'm buying my '21 next month and I'm hoping that they follow through with the plan. If not, I've still got a sweet truck, just older than I like with the warranty running down.
