They need to get rid of the ID part of the name. That’s the worst part

The 2026 Ranger Order Guide is now available for download in the Dealer Order Guides section. Thanks @jpd80

The 2026 Ranger Order Guide is now available for download in the Dealer Order Guides section. Thanks @jpd80

The only new T6 I see is the Ranger Super Duty but I never really thought about it for the US market. What if Ford stuck a Bronco body on it, could they sell it at a premium price and really stick it to other manufacturers?   Yeah, I know that doesn’t fit with the affordable statement……

In China, Lincoln sells Nautilus (~4,200/mth) Corsair (~400/mth) and Z sedan (~110/mth) its a pity that the Corsair couldn’t be added to Hermosillo, more valuable to America than China.     Bloomberg News January 22, 2026 General Motors Co. plans to move production of its next-generation Buick Envision compact SUV, which is currently built in China, to a plant in Kansas in 2028, a sign of the pressure automakers are under to reshore output of vehicles sold in the US. The Detroit-based manufacturer also said Thursday it will likely end output of its all-electric Chevrolet Bolt that’s built in the same plant in about a year and a half.

I have this if it helps 2026 Ranger Build Guide.pdf

Almost a full month into 2026 and still no Ranger order guide? Every other line is published. The Ranger page on Ford's website is also stuck in 2025. Is this the end of the North American BOF Ranger ahead of whatever the CE-1 truck is? I thought we would've seen something by now. 

What GM and Ford are applying for are ILCs. Only seven states permit and charter them, with Utah dominating. BMW and Toyota have operated ILCs for over 20 years.      

Agreed. As you mentioned, they're starting to take all the work the skunkworks team did, and pull that into the mainstream Ford wheelhouse. I'm concerned to see how this super radical engineering and development process meshes with Ford's traditional ways of thinking. On the surface, it's genius, having a really scrappy team do the heavy lifting on the engineering and design side to drastically reduce costs, and then having the traditional organization that has 125 years of manufacturing experience come in near the end and figure out how to build it and make it feasible in the real world. It makes a lot of sense in theory, but in practice, there's a lot of opportunities to screw this up. 

Interesting article on the direction Volvo is going with PHEVs. The article describes how Volvo's approach is a conventional PHEV with a battery range competitive with an EREV. The efficiency penalty for an EREV (a series hybrid) at highway speed is too costly. This is the direction I think @jpd80was suggesting Ford may be going with the F-150.   https://insideevs.com/news/785349/second-generation-volvo-plug-in-hybrids-erevs/