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| BBSJK Member Since: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Ledbury, Herefs Posts: 100   
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Might actually be my next car, not to replace the 110 as I need the 7 seats but as my company runabout. A reported 40+ mpg and a 5 star crash rating are the main drivers.
EuroNCAP Vid of Ranger Won't be a DCPU but quite fancy the supercab just in case I'm on the school run. Went ot local Ford agents last week and they have stopped doing commercials  No the other left . . . |
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20th May 2012 11:21am |
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The new 2012 Ranger has a locking rear diff but when it engages it switches off the traction control 
Why. | willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789  
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Probably, at least Ford are going in the right direction, I'll just have to wait until the Duckworths 130 comes down a bit more
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20th May 2012 11:31am |
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| T1G UP Member Since: 08 Dec 2009 Location: Bath Posts: 3101 
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i'd buy one over a 110 dc.
5 star rating,3.2L 6 speed auto, leg room, arm room, climate control, 2wd h/l with 4wd low. rear lsd, look ok, get some underside protect, so tree sliders built and it will take you anywhere a dc will go. this is where LR should be now. |
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20th May 2012 11:50am |
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| willy eckerslike Member Since: 15 Jun 2009 Location: North yorks Posts: 1789
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Bet it won't
 I'll take it to places that will make it look like a Fiesta  Original Member Pie n Pea Club.
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20th May 2012 11:56am |
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| cradgebank Member Since: 30 Dec 2008 Location: Nottingham Posts: 308 
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Think you will find thats a Hilux with a VW badge on the front. Richard Either a 90, 110 or 130. Discovery 5 |
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20th May 2012 12:48pm |
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| Buzz Member Since: 11 Oct 2011 Location: Inverness Posts: 235 
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They are very good, in terms of towing they match the Land Rover, much cheaper to run, car like on the road. Would I have one? No. The depreciation is the crippler as I put on over 100k in three years easily.
The only true work equivilant to a Defender ImO. |
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20th May 2012 2:08pm |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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and if anyone watches the discovery/National Geographic channels you will see that every ad break features the Ranger during just about every programme about the great outdoors
Now hang on a minute. JLR are an incredibly profitable organisation. They produce the worlds most iconic, versatile, capable if archaic vehicle. But their marketing guys aren't interested in promoting it because, a) they don't make any money on it, b) they don't even sell 20 000 of them a year, c) its cheaper to keep building them than relocation/ redundancies until the DC100 comes along and d) they can't wait to get shot of it. The Ranger is a very capable vehicle and Ford are spending millions promoting it. You can see that they're trying to inject some 'soul' into the image but it just doesn't wash. So when the DC100 comes along it will be every bit as capable as the Ranger , will generate millions but the soul will have gone. Not a problem. Business is business. But you can bet the marketing machine will go to town pushing the soul element and the continuity - a bit like Dr Who regenerating. But the result will be a capable alternative to Ranger/Hilux - nothing more |
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20th May 2012 5:55pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3709 
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OK
My 2 peneth. They dont have the axle articulation that a defender has in fact nothing has and this is what you need when off road. This is why all the SUV Pick Ups will never compete with a Defender off road. The adverts as mentioned earlier. We (my family all LR trained) laughed our socks off when the first advert came on, all you see is a Ford Ranger spinning like fook whilst climbing up a bit of an incline. The whole idea of driving off road is to er not spin as spinning damages the enviroment and whilst spinning you are not in ideal 'controll' of the vehicle. In all fairness they are probabily a good all rounder so buy one 130's have feeling's as well you know  |
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20th May 2012 8:21pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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Even my 15 year old son noticed how crap the adverts are
Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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20th May 2012 9:03pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20607
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Funny you should mention about the wheels spinning that's what I thought. How very controlled and at about 25 30 mph
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20th May 2012 9:13pm |
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| xatzhs Member Since: 12 Dec 2010 Location: Northumberland & Down South Posts: 258 
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Anyone got a link to this advert?
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20th May 2012 10:43pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731
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How about this:
&feature=fvwrel At least it gets through a bit of mud  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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21st May 2012 4:54am |
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| chiefstoker Member Since: 11 Oct 2010 Location: Weston-super-Mud Posts: 897 
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Is that why its got 'Anal' in the link address? 2005 TD5 90 Hard Top Beer 'n Sex 'n Chips 'n Gravy  |
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21st May 2012 7:56pm |
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| 22900013A Member Since: 23 Dec 2010 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 3150 
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My old employer had some Ford Ranger cherry-pickers. We think someone higher up was having a joke at the linesmans expense...they disappeared and were quickly replaced with 130s.
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21st May 2012 8:08pm |
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