Morgan
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Good point, the difference in bed length is more evident between the cab and rear wheel. The RR cab does appear smaller, but definitely not as drastic as the early generation small/mid-size trucks.
Anyone considering a Ranger Raptor?
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Good point, the difference in bed length is more evident between the cab and rear wheel. The RR cab does appear smaller, but definitely not as drastic as the early generation small/mid-size trucks.
CruiserClass
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I think the interior volume feels reduced as a driver, but how much of that is so much more dash and how much is a second row of people behind you with more room, I don't know. I did sit in a vanilla Ranger and I didn't find it tight in the slightest. I'm 5'11", for reference. The width was more noticeable, as in the center console is narrower and your front seat passenger is definitely closer. Depends on if you like your passenger if that's a good thing or not. I kind of miss bench seats sometimes because...reasons.
labradorguy
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FWIW, I bought both a Ranger Raptor and a 24 F150 Raptor (35”) in the past two weeks.
Ranger Raptor is good…nice power. Adequate size.
F150…other than being big, is, in my opinion, just better in every area. I chalk it up to…Ford engineers are in their 3rd iteration of the truck (theoretically improving along the way)…and it is/was Ford’s original “halo” truck.
Both are great choices…I may tire of the “bigness” of the F150….but time will tell.
Ranger Raptor is good…nice power. Adequate size.
F150…other than being big, is, in my opinion, just better in every area. I chalk it up to…Ford engineers are in their 3rd iteration of the truck (theoretically improving along the way)…and it is/was Ford’s original “halo” truck.
Both are great choices…I may tire of the “bigness” of the F150….but time will tell.
CruiserClass
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F150 is Ford's centerpiece. The US market largely revolves around it.
The Ranger is more of a global platform. Ford will *never* let the Ranger be better than the F-150 in metrics Americans car about because they don't want to cannibalize F-150 sales. Much like Chevrolet will never let a Camaro be faster than the same gen Corvette. There's no technical limits to either, it's a purely business decision.
That said, you're largely on the right track that size is the difference. Especially if you want to offroad outside of the southwest. Even today's bloated Jeeps are fitting on fewer trails, and the side by side market is going nuts as a result.
I saw a TJ Rubicon with 285k miles listed for $7900 and it didn't last 48 hours. Luckily, I was starting to count how much time and money to dump into it myself...
CruiserClass
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Agreed. Even the 5.5' beds on the 1/2 tons looks odd to my eye.
Ditch the bed all together and build that Mustang competitor to the Porsche 911 Dakar... I'm sure it would be a low volume seller, but I think it looks like a hoot.
I wish I could but I don't know much about it. I do have a good memory however and recall someone here who seemed to know saying the suspension is limited although it doesn't appear so. I forgot what they described.
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nikhsub1
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Man the thing has a watts link in the rear. Badass!
6' would prolly look better and the fuel filler door wouldnt be in the fender
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