2024 US Ranger Without Camo SpottedHow insightful! I can believe that Mark Fields and Ford's negotiations with UAW from 2015-16, couldn't justify another Bronco reboot business case, unless there was enough volume to justify it up, with Ranger.
I remember that there were 2-3 business cases between 1998 and 2010, for a Bronco reboot and one of them called U260 under Jacques Nasser, which was related to a redesigned 2003/04 Ranger SuperCrew for Gen 5, on display at a December 2000 consumer clinic for the 2004 F-150 in Houston, Texas.
The 1997 UN93 Expedition was briefly designated as a "1997 Bronco" during development, similar to how the original UN46 Explorer was called Bronco III up until 1988-89. By 1995, UN93 was allegedly renamed Expedition, before reveal in spring '96. It had a 2-door fullsize prototype built in 1992-93, similar to the GMT400 Blazer.
Second Bronco attempt was the U260, based on proto-T6 frame replacement for the Yuma/Yuma+IFS Rangers sold from 1982 to 2012.
I wish someone in this group could chime in on the proposed P273 5th generation replacement for the 4th generation Ranger built in Twin Cities.
Ford did develop a 5th Gen Ranger in circa Y2K called P273 and showed it in Houston at that December 2000 consumer clinic. Like the U260 Bronco based on it, they abandoned it by 2001-02, because according to my insider not enough ROI.
The next Bronco attempt, was in the mid-late 2000s. I think the 2004 concept hinted at something by the late 2000s on the new basis, developed in skunk works circa 2006 for T6.
It got rejected again by Bill and now Alan M, because of the dire straits Ford was in and the decision to even move the Explorer to unibody D4.
Anyway, it's both a relief and a sad thing, to know it's primarily just the supply chain. Hopefully this gets better by Job 2 or MY 2025. P703N isn't due for replacement for quite some years, so there's time to play catch-up.Thu, 04 May 2023 21:59:18 +0000
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