Just for Fun: If You Were the Ranger Designer, What Would You Change?

[got3fords]

I used coupon code TalonSei and got $45.80 off
Yes, pricey but beats storage space with seat down
They are well made. I rarely have more than one passenger so they work for me

About the only passenger I have back there is my dog. It would work well for that. Also the rare kayak trip shuttle.

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[NM Mike]

How about a seat-back pocket on the driver’s side seat.

 

[fordtrks4ever]

About the only passenger I have back there is my dog. It would work well for that. Also the rare kayak trip shuttle.

This is how I use them most of the time

 

[TSY]

Having an R variant would be nice...

35" OEM Config. "R variant" includes HOSS 3.0 rack and slightly up spec suspension bits to accommodate.

30 Gallon Fuel Cell (even a 25 gallon tank would be an upgrade!)

Improved braking feedback.

Silent/dark mode as a standard menu option

40/60 folding rear jump seats - more like the f150 variant or make them with a full removable, Quick Release removal system.

Make a spot specific for chase radio installation -w12v tap - coax route. We all install radios ... why not make it easy?

Vented / Cooled seats & Rear center vents (if you've ever lifted your center console - there's a lotta room in there... it shouldn't be too difficult. )

Thing's I did that I shouldn't have had to do : swap out for last years 12v+110v rear panel and folding rear seat head rests. Make the rear exhaust tips removable or swappable so you don't drag them off ledges.... ask how I know.

 

[pezdyspensr]

Option for the pfdi 3.3 cyclone engine

6’ bed with supercrew

ability to change default drive mode, or just let it retain your lasting setting

flat floor under rear seats for more storage

no more seat belt notifications

 

[Ron Quixote]

To everyone asking for a larger fuel tank:

(a) I agree; I’d love to see ~27 gallons.

(b) be glad you don’t drive a Tacoma, which is down to 18.2 gallons.

 

[RonM_TX]

* Make it recall-free.

Yeah...just like the Tundra and Silverado
Make a simple basic truck, no turbos, no overload of electronics etc and watch the recalls disappear!!

 

[RonM_TX]

Better colors, bring back the Hot Red Pepper, and a tinted yellow. I know people like these dull new colors but it all looks like primer to me.

Exactly, I call it fifty shades of grey.
Ford needs to go back to the 1970s colors. When I ordered my first new Ford pickup in 1978 I had 30+ colors to choose from. Back then you could order custom colors also. Very hard to get excited about grey!!! Really the automakers color palette has gotten as boring as most of the cars they make.

 

[dfritz]

This is more about nit-picking except for the frame-to-bed reinforcement brace, which sucks.

• The bed reinforcement for loads over a couple hundred pounds already installed as standard..
• A bit of sound deadening on the roof/headliner
• better weather striping on the doors to reduce road noise
• One or two inches more bed length
• Many of the options like Mode, autostart, etc, available to set as default.
• increasing the "two hands on the steering wheel" interval that's more about jiggling the wheel.

 

[RonM_TX]

Cooled seats

60/40 split rear seats

A bigger sliding rear window

Wing vents

Infinite fan speeds for the A/C

Vibrant paint colors

Rear bed step on Raptors

A coyote V8

Manual transmission

2 door and extended cab versions

Longer bed option

More dash layout options with more gauges

Put configurable gauges in the center display

Put a better shifter in the Raptor

Offer a factory cabin sound deadening option, doors, floor, roof, firewall and back of cab

Factory dark tinted windows

Orange daytime running lights

Be able to save your Raptor settings as the start up default

Remove auto start stop

 

[Jeffola]

Saw that option in forscan. Didn't try it though.

If you dont have mirrors that are memory, you can't have auto-tilt, it has to know where to go back to, and it's a hardware thing, not just software. but I agree 100%

 

[Havasu RR]

Hey everyone ,
just for fun, let’s say you’re a Ford designer.
What’s one thing you would add, remove, or change on the Ranger
Which part of the truck would it be?
Looking for your answers

Air-Conditioned seats

 

[pezdyspensr]

I know it's a niche interest point, but given these rigs are built on the same assembly line as the Bronco, how about optioning that 7-speed? Couldn't be too hard to consider.

Between that and an N/A cyclone engine, I'd be a happy boy.

 

[superj]

A standard would be awesome. My 04 ranger is a standard and i love driving it

 

[pezdyspensr]

I've had a '99 Tacoma and '06 XTerra both with standards. I bet the Ford 7-speed would feel like luxury compared to those old sods, and I loved both of them.

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