V8 ranger raptor

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

All of a sudden the Ford Ranger suddenly meets the criteria for a huge group of people, you've got grey nomads, tradies, the 'outdoorsy' types, family car and then car enthusiasts.

5.0 V8 F150 version would put it on the map.

I wonder why they went to the effort of doing a V8 rather than 2.3L Ecoboost, surely the latter would have been tremendously easier and still satisfied the punters?

Because I suspect someone at Ford here has finally worked out what men want.