Comments on: 2012 Ford Ranger T6 Australian spy photos

By: craig

craig — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:56:14 +0000

where will the t6 ranger be manufactured?

By: Clueless

Clueless — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:38:13 +0000

Team Lead T6, learn how to spell. And if you do work for Ford keep your mouth shut. Remember you are bound by commercial confidentially. If they find out who you are, you may just no longer work at Ford…..

By: Team Lead T6

Team Lead T6 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:10:30 +0000

Hi All,
I’m Working in T6 for last 2 years.
Have you seen interiors, which will be released??? It’s more like a Car than a pick-up truck.
This truck will be lunched with both Ford & Mazda brands.
In different countries, 1st in Thailand, Then Australia, South Africa & Argentina.
This car packaging is better than any other prevoius models (interiors). As Ford Autralia is struglling to keep their name up infront of their US Bosses, Ford Australia is tring to prove themself.

About Star rating, yes it will get a good rating in Euro Ncap. About varients, it has single & dbl cab varients…..

By: ranger 1

ranger 1 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:38:43 +0000

Are you all serious. hahahah . THAT IS A 2009 Mazda Bt 50. changed front bumper slightly and mazda rear tail lights. Ford brought out a brand new PK Ranger in 2009. looks similar to the bt 50 but still way different. Also ford come with a color coated front bumber. Get your facts straight!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:40:50 +0000

Fair enough Tony,
I just cant put myself into a “jacked up” true 4WD because I demand a bit of comfort and decent handling.

I always said previous to this article if the aussie engineers show the talent they did on the Territory, they may have just made a vehicle thats a worthy alternative to my string of Falcon utes.

Also what I cant stand is the gear ratios in the jappers nor the 20 turns lock to lock either

Tha Falcons also got better pulling power than even the diesels

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:15:03 +0000

that’s all well and good but I think a lot of people (including myself) are interested in jacked up 4wd crew cabs like colorados/d-max/bt50s/navaras but are put off by the lack of safety

IMO a Ford or Holden ute is no way a replacement for a true 4wd turbodiesel crew cab ute – driven a Holden Crewman (what a piece of shit)

not interested in hilux (too expensive) nor the d40 navara (bit of an unproved unreliable platform) but something like the d-max is a well proven platform being a mainstay in south east asia

i like my XR6T with the ZF 6 spd but am certainly no fan of Ford at all

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:59:03 +0000

Tony,
it doesnt really matter what its based on, it still does the same job as those not based on sedans.

A Falcon ute will lug around 1 tonne on the back better than a typical jap ute, so it is also a genuine commercial vehicle.
If they can put good safety together in a Falcon ute, there shouldnt be many excuses not to do it in a Japper.

Ford and Holden took their large cars from 4 stars to a 5 star, why do you not see it possible that a japper ute cant do it. The Hilux is a 4 star.

btw. I have a Mazda and a Ford.
My driveway consists of an FG XR ute and an SP23
I also believe I have “championed” the better product by putting my dollars on them.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:00:51 +0000

To me it’s a bit disingenuous to say the Falcon ute gets a 5 star. So it should just like the VE ute since they are based on the passenger car.

And if I’m paying $40k for a ute I would expect the same safety you see in a $40k car. 3 stars is nothing to crow about.

btw. I drive a Nissan and a Ford. I get called a lot of things… to a Korean car lover to a Ford hater. That is all wrong. I will champion whatever product is the best regardless of manufacturer.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:06:28 +0000

Tony,
You can get a Ford ute in 5 star guise…….
The Falcon ute.
This new “T6″ will be the first ute designed outside of the typical location.
Aussies know how to engineer vehicles.
If it carries traits of the Falcon or Territory, high 4-5 star isnt very far fetched

The 1 star ute you are referring to must have been the failed test of the Navara.
It was later re-tested and achieved 3 stars.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:05:48 +0000

I am simply enquiring how safe this product it.

You do well to look at youtube and other sources for crash tests of the of the current Ranger, the BT50, the Colorado/Rodeo/D-Max and the d22/d40 Navara. The internet is filled with such data.

They vary between 1 and 3 stars.

Here’s an example:

http://videos.streetfire.net/v.....203561.htm

With all due respect I do not believe that Ford/Mazda will release a 5 star ute anytime this decade or even early next decade despite how confident you seem.

My question is this… I myself sometimes drive a company ute (the excreble Rodeo) and many families drive their kids around in it. It is 2 stars. I believe this is a safety issue. I also do not believe Ford/Isuzu or Nissan or whoever think is is a serious issue given they’d rather sell cheap $25k trucks and skirt safety issues by classifying them as ‘commericals’. It is probably even more offensive as the utes get into the $40k+ range like the Navara.

Ford’s inclusion of stability control is good though.

By: DesignEngr

DesignEngr — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:35:44 +0000

Tony, I know you’re only being negative because it’s a Ford product, however expect the final version to be 5 stars (or very close to it).

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:18:20 +0000

i wonder what this thing does at NCAP/ANCAP?

3 stars?

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:07:50 +0000

Frontman,
I wasnt a fan of the facelift either, but in the flesh it aint that bad.

Wildtrack on the other hand looks awesome

By: Frontman

Frontman — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:00:51 +0000

Wow that’s really insightful Monkey Man! From cut and pasted, heavily cammoflaged engineering test mules you cansee what the final product looks like and that it is as bad as you think the current face lift is!! Funny how Wildtrack (The ugliest of the PK series is) is in extremely short supply because so many love it’s looks!!

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:03:59 +0000

DesignEngr,
perhaps with all the grease around, it slipped right past him???

By: DesignEngr

DesignEngr — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:54:21 +0000

Grease Monkey, how did you miss that this is just an early prototype and that the real thing will look vastly different. The cut N shut panels are a easy giveawy.
Go back to your grease pit ’cause you aint contributing much here. Bananas anyone?

By: Grease Monkey

Grease Monkey — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:38:37 +0000

this is a Mazda ute, but I’m not sure as the Ford and Mazda utes are the same anyway, bit of an anti climax really I was expecting more.

Judging buy the hideous facelift Ford has just given the Ranger, I should have known it wouldn’t be much.

Long reign the king – Hi-lux!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:33:00 +0000

If this ain’t the ugliest looking jap truck then i don’t know what is…….VOMIT

By: CB

CB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:41:43 +0000

Andrew M Says:
May 31st, 2009 at 4:21 pm

“Jake02 was talking about ROAD manners, not OFF ROAD manners.
And in the reverse situation, the kings off the road, dont have on road manners.”

Agreed, no argument from me.

By: Aquahead

Aquahead — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:46:28 +0000

Sorry, I meant Tub!

“As the existing Ranger and Mazda BT-50 share so much with only the nose and “Tub” different, it doesn’t matter what face is on the mule, it’s what’s underneath that counts.”