Ford keeps its streak alive with its compact Ranger pickup. The Ford Ranger is a true compact truck, sized below the mid-size Toyota Tacoma, Dodge Dakota and Nissan Frontier. Only GM's truck twins, the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, still offer the smaller dimensions in the truck class. There’s no true four-door version of the Ford Ranger, but the Super Cab has two small access doors for cargo stowage.
Three versions are offered--XL, XLT and Sport. Last year, the Ford Ranger adopted standard seat-mounted side airbags and electronic stability control.
The 2011 Ford Ranger is a compact pickup truck available in regular-cab and extended-cab (Super Cab) body styles. Both are available in XL, XLT and Sport trim levels. The Ford Ranger Sport receives upgraded wheels (16-inch alloys on 4x4 models), a full-size spare tire, heavy-duty gas shocks (Super Cab), skid plates (Super Cab 4x4 models only), sidestep bars, bucket seats and a center console.
The 2011 Ford Ranger comes standard with a 2.3-liter inline-4 that produces 143 horsepower and 154 pound-feet of torque. This engine is only available with rear-wheel drive. EPA estimated fuel economy is 22 mpg city/27 mpg highway and 24 mpg combined with the manual and 19/24/21 with the automatic.
Rear-wheel drive and a five-speed manual are standard, with four-wheel drive and a five-speed automatic available separately.
The 2011 Ford Ranger comes standard with four-wheel antilock disc brakes, front-seat side airbags and stability control. Side curtain airbags are not available.
In government crash testing, the Ford Ranger earned a top five-star rating for driver protection in frontal impacts and four stars for front passenger protection. Super Cab models can be had with a pair of rear-seat access doors and small, inward-facing rear jump seats.
The 2011 Ford Ranger offers only a standard or extended cab with no four-door crew cab option available, unlike most of its competition. The Ford Ranger offers a fairly comfortable ride up front, although the short cab will give taller drivers some headaches. The base XL package comes with plain 15-inch steel wheels, while you have to upgrade to the Ford Ranger Sport to get a full size spare tire and 16-inch alloy wheels if you order the all-wheel drive package. Performance
A five-speed manual transmission is standard on all Ford Ranger models, but an automatic transmission is also available. Similarly, all 2011 Ford Ranger model configurations come with rear-wheel drive, with four-wheel drive available for purchase as an add-on option.
At an EPA-estimated 22 mpg city/27 mpg highway/24 mpg combined with a standard transmission, the addition of an automatic transmission drops fuel economy by about 3 mpg. The Insurance Institute for Highway awarded the Ford Ranger an Acceptable rating in front-impact protection, and a "Good" rating for side-impact protection
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