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Old 09-02-2013, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by billios996
The ranger needs to come back, it would sell like crazy. F150's are so huge now the are useless for the typical home owner that wants to haul mulch or tow a fishing boat.
Yet people don't want small trucks
Old 09-02-2013, 03:40 PM
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Just one thing - the Ford Ranger, awesome? Absolutely not. I owned one. It was a pile of Ford turds.
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Originally Posted by S2KIrishman
a dodge magnum? I really don't think anyone is missing that one
I think the CTS Vagon is the best example of a hipo wagon.

I would love to find one in 6MT for a reasonable price, but theat is like finding a low mile GPW S2K for a reasonable price...just not gonna happen
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I'd take a Ford GT over pretty much any car , they look so much better in person as compared to pictures. Red with white stripes looks pretty sweet.
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glad the s and nsx made the list i dont think the rx8 was a good choice.. maybe rx7(minus reliability issue) yea
Old 09-03-2013, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by rob-2
Originally Posted by billios996' timestamp='1378086183' post='22756824
The ranger needs to come back, it would sell like crazy. F150's are so huge now the are useless for the typical home owner that wants to haul mulch or tow a fishing boat.
Yet people don't want small trucks
Pickup trucks have become the new dick measuring stick. Tacoma's are like solid gold on the second hand market, though.

I had a 1991 Mitsubishi Mighty Max that was absolutely perfect for me, and I miss it. I replaced it with an Explorer, but I always hesitated throwing bags of dirt and mulch on the carpet knowing I'd have to vacuum it out. The explorer has since been replaced with a Caddy SRX as the baby hauler. I want my pick-em-up truck back.
Old 09-03-2013, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by billios996
The ranger needs to come back, it would sell like crazy. F150's are so huge now the are useless for the typical home owner that wants to haul mulch or tow a fishing boat.
My little circle of friends talks about this often. Everyone I know seem to want a small truck like this with many clamoring for one with a small diesel engine. MPG's would be in the 30's and have the necessary torque to pull small things.

We tend to think Americans have small dick syndrome and can't deal with a smaller truck. Rarely do I even see someone towing anything with their big truck, hardly ever, only around the lakes.
Even Honda, who could have capitalized on a Ranger sized Honda truck, made the Ridgeline (I owned one and liked it).

Smaller trucks would mean smaller MSRP, and I think that is the biggest factor. Detroit makes a killing selling large trucks and they've only gotten bigger over the years.
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Interesting list.. Not sure about the Saab or the Ranger, but the rest seem legit..
Old 09-03-2013, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by kolyan2k
Ranger, Dodge, Saab, Pontiac? No thanks.
Mostly this (I have a weird love for the G8)... hard to take a list seriously when it's first item is a Ford Ranger.
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LOL, I agree with the S2000, NSX, and the G8 (only because a friend has one and its a nice, powerful car).


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