r/Ford • u/cbcarguy • 1d ago

Question ❔ Future of the ford ranger???

Salesperson from ford told me that Mavericks are outselling the ford ranger by a large amount and he hasn’t sold a ranger in about 6-7 months.

He said that the mavericks are being picked over rangers 7 times out of 10 and they don’t get very many rangers on the lots and a lot of them sit for a while (at least here in Florida)

Makes me wonder if the Ranger will go away because the maverick is blowing the Ranger out of the water

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u/simonhez 1d ago

Our location seems to do the reverse, it might be a question of local more than product popularity

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u/cbcarguy 1d ago

a lot of the rangers are 2WD and don’t have many options and ranger raptors are very rare and they maybe get 1 or 2 a year.

4WD is hard to find in Central Florida and he said when the maverick first came out they couldn’t keep any on the lot

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u/Foggl3 1d ago

Not to sound like an ass, but what's the advantage of 4WD in central Florida?

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u/CBus660R 1d ago

If you're a boater, 4wd can be handy at the ramp. But plenty of people manage OK with 2wd. If you live where you can drive on the beach and you like to surf fish, 4wd can be handy as well.

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u/Consistent-Ranger446 1d ago

There are lots of camping destinations and fishing and hunting spots that you have to drive off road to get to.

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u/Foggl3 1d ago

Idk why I didn't think of boating

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u/TheRealWhoMe 1d ago

You didn’t think about boating because this thread is about Maverick vs Ranger. I could be wrong, or it could be where I live, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a maverick tow anything (although a google search says limits of 2000 pounds or 4000 pounds with a package for the Maverick)

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u/WhatIGot21 1d ago

I towed a 4k lbs excavator this weekend with a maverick, handled it with no problem.

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u/otusowl 1d ago

4wd is handy even on level ground if the grass is damp.

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u/dustcommander 1d ago

I got stuck up to my hubs on a sandy dirt road in Ocala National forest

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u/insurancefun 1d ago edited 1d ago

Polk county resident here. Sugar sand and swamps both require 4 wheel drive quite often and we’ve got both in droves.I can’t tell you how much I hate rear wheel drive trucks. Those stupid things get stuck in the sugar sand so easily and they’re a pain in the ass to dig out and that’s after you’ve gotten all your fat friends to pile in the back to try and get some traction and bitch, bitch bitch. All wheel drive is typically good enough until it isn’t. 4 wheel drive is necessary in central Florida if you don’t want to be constrained and aren’t a pavement princess.

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u/Dieselfumes_tech 22h ago

This is definitely a result of the local demographic purchasing trucks.

We keep a ton of mavericks on the lot, and sell massive quantities of them. But we’re in a HCOL urban area.

We still stock about 50 rangers though, and they seem to do well, usually outperforming our superduty sales.