Sherminator98

Since I was having a major brain fart and couldn't remember the Chevy El Camino name, I googled Ranchero and this popped up: Ranchero /ranˈCHerō/ The term ranchero translates from Spanish as "rancher" or "cowboy" The Ford viral website for the CE1 mentioned Welcome to the Ranch....so maybe this will be called the Ranchero? Some activity on the USPTO https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-results/99320314

I think the biggest issue is that this vehicle is going to reset or confuse people when it comes to size. People have been bitching about the F-150 getting bigger and bigger, when it really hasn't, outside of more four door models being sold. The biggest change is how high it sits vs older models, making it taller and seem "bigger" then it actually is. The CE1 pickup is going to be sitting lower to the ground then what most people expect a modern Pickup to do. I'm guessing its going to be akin to the Ranchero or El Camino.

The Ranger and this possible F-100 would use steel instead of aluminum like the F-150, but apparently this article got the plant location inccorect, so I'm guessing its just a nothing burger at this point. I don't know why Ford would build a presumably heavier steel bodied F-150 EREV vs building the rest of them in Aluminum. Unless the next gen drops aluminum for cost reasons?

No one has mentioned what is going on with the actual camo I see a soccer/Football, a dog, a heart and a couple other things-they did the same thing during the Bronco build up.

I also think the padding on the truck bed is making it taller then it actually is. I also think that the CE1 truck is going to not as tall as the Maverick either to help with aerodynamics

Not an excuse, but those are at least 5 year old products that we know have issues for the big recall and the Bronco Raptor is manufacturing defect most likely due to a bad setting for the tool.

It might be but the wraparound glass greenhouse is a major change vs the current model. It looks slightly smaller to me at least.

https://electrek.co/2026/06/29/fords-30000-ev-pickup-caught-testing-again/

https://fordauthority.com/2025/11/ford-scrubs-images-of-clay-models-at-new-hq-from-media-site/ I'm thinking the vehicle to the left is an early styling clay model of this rumored vehicle.

I'd doubt we'd see a 1.5L in a RWD application, so the 2.0L would be the bare minimum for something like this.

There was an article posted and the Prelude shares lots with the Civic SiR

I dunno, its not bad, but its also reminds me of this-like they took a straight edge to it

From what I saw, I thought the Ranger SD was using the same axles from the F-250. Another part to this puzzle, I’m guessing those clay models we saw a few months ago of a pickup was an early styling buck for this product too.

The biggest advantage that the SD Ranger has over the F-150 is that it can carry more playload. Otherwise towing is identical (from what I can tell) with certain engine options on the 150.

Adding another T6 plant doesn't make much sense, unless they plan on just badge engineering the Super Duty Ranger into a F-100 with a new top hat (not sure how that will pay off) or maybe add the Everest to the plant also? It would be easier to do a Linclonized Bronco that way...

Well just look at this way-a stereotypical Ford truck buyer would most likely buy an F-150 over a Ranger if the price is similar. I don't think that translates the same way with the Tacoma and Tundra. The Tacoma is like the Camry or Accord-its a Japanese staple in the American Car buyer diet. Not sure if Ford could or would want to knock it off its pedestal The Ranger primarily exists in NA for the Bronco

That would be stupid with the Maverick and CE1 right under it....your splitting a pie up that isn't very big for Ford anyways.

Even if they brought the Ranger Super Duty over, I fail to see what exactly it offers over the a lower end F-150. I'm looking at it from a customer perspective- The Ranger is quite possibly is too "big"/costs too much for its own good-its in that neither region that is dominated by the Tacoma and has hard ceiling with the F-150 above it. If you want something smaller/cheaper, the Maverick fits the bill and that segment is going to get even more crowded by the CE1 Pickup with some customers. Unless Ford is planning on pushing the F-150 much higher in price, adding a F-100/Super Duty Ranger isn't going to do much in the market.

If my memory serves me correctly, the Element was supposed to be a cheap/fun vehicle for younger people back 20 years ago like Scion was, but was bought by baby boomers because young adults had zero interest in it. I fail to see how this is competing against a Bronco Sport, when its basically a van vs an CUV.

I still think Ford is bullshitting or holding their power dry on the TTP...A bronco pickup wouldn't do any better then the Ranger IMO. The Ranger is never advertised, at least I've never seen it and it absolutely makes zero sense to add another product to the NA lineup that is already being covered by another product in the form of the Ranger, when you have huge holes in other parts of the lineup that could be filled by something else (midsized crossover etc) that is new product. Adding a Lincoln Bronco would just help keep MAP busy when interest is down in either the Ranger or Bronco, even that. I have a hard time thinking they'll be able to sell 20-30K of them a year. Ford just needs to start getting product out the door, we are at the 5 year mark without new product release, till the CE1 Pickup comes out since the Maverick came out. This is just incredibly frustrating to see them basically fail about with out laying out a plan and at least trying to execute it.

No mention of what product is supposed to go to Tennessee Truck Plant....

What a Mustang Sedan current platform or moving it to CD6? I'm guessing the calculus on the Mustang sedan changed-the coupe market is shrinking and well prior to the current administration, CAFE was rearing its head and longer overall Mustang would make CAFE requirements "easier". Spending money on the mustang and spreading it between two products on a platform that is more or less paid off and would hopefully double current sales seems like it would work.

So something to consider- making the D2C into a sedan wouldn’t be that “hard” to do, but it would cost a significant amount of money I’m assuming since it would need to be retested for crash standards due to the major changes in the passenger cell with the two additional doors. It would also help pay for any major updates for the coupe. I have no idea how CD6 would work as a coupe or even a sedan, but that would be the smart way of doing things, but I’d also guess that would take a significant amount of time vs going the D2C sedan route. I’d venture to guess that a D2C sedan could come in 2029, but anything CD6 would be post 2030. either way we have at least 36-48 months or longer before you can actually buy one and give it Fords history with products, they change their plans 2-3x times before that

Yeah I thought they might have went way till I looked them up as I was posting that and thus my comment.

Some interesting stuff here, first time I've seen D5 used for the Mustang https://www.mustang7g.com/forums/threads/hmmm-so-what-is-the-major-diff-between-the-s550-and-s650.156051/page-3