So I saw one conversation on another site that said the bronco and mustang being revealed are RTR partnerships.

Surprising that CV never received 5.4 3V and ZF 6-speed auto, would have been an easy get from F150 On second thoughts, perhaps a bullet dodged with regards spark plug issue?

And Ford didn’t do that because it is set up to sell as many V6 diesels as it can. For 2026, the biturbo 2.0 diesel is replaced by a Lopo single turbo and V6 diesel across the range. That is not the actions of a company looking to replace diesel anytime soon.   V6 diesel adds a refinement to global Rangerand Everest  that virtually none of its competitors can match.

If the Ranger hybrid in Australia was the Powerboost version (like the F-150) instead of the PHEV, then it would be considerably less expensive. I'm guessing the sales numbers would then look much better than the PHEV?   I keep clinging to Farley's statement that every Ford Blue model in North America will have a hybrid version. 

Lee Iaccoca famously said, (paraphrasing) "Not 1 pound over 2,000 pounds, Not $1 over $2,000"...the needed plastic tank shield would have added $5 to the overall cost of the car and was nixed as a cost saving measure. The Pinto was a solid choice in the 1970's but the bad publicity and the internal memos about it being cheaper to pay out the litigation claims vs recalling the car is one of the reasons why I think Ford is really quick to recall cars today. The Pinto name is one of those that you will never, ever see again.   Escort? Sure....Focus? Why not....Pinto? Never, ever. 

Could never understand America trying to develop a compact like Pinto when Ford Europe already had Cortinas and Capris that could have served as a better basis for a North American specific vehicle.   I don’t know of any situation of a cortina or Capri being hit up the back so hard that they would set fire to themselves….   Truly shows how incompetent Detroit engineers were at the time….

The Ranger PHEV is a hard sell in Australia because it’s more expensive than the V6 diesel Ranger sales in Australia are about 4,500/month, PHEV is like 200 of them so far.. Correct, time moves on and haven’t been watching this segment closely but clear that Maverick is a product Ford US has wanted for quite a while, it completes and complements Ranger better than a 2WD BOF T6 could.

That's already happening with the demise of the supercab.   If they aren't expanding Bronco sales then they'll probably keep Ranger.  But if the new affordable pickup is a unibody that's $5k cheaper then it's expendable.

It will keep you from having a flat on the side of the road and ruining your wheel.  Last I checked you can't check your pressure with a gauge going 70.

Yes, guess I did not think that through enough.  But this makes me wonder, since Ranger is designed and developed in Australia where it has a PHEV power train, is it a non-starter to develop a Ranger Powerboost hybrid version for North America?