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Well, wheatman, I guess it's better than getting our Rangers from Thailand...Sad to see Ford abandon a market segment it so dominated. I can't see a bright future that keeps abandoning staple markets right and left. Maybe Ford should just change its name to F-series since that is all it will be left with.  

I agree Bro, Ford and Chevy are both going in the wrong directions IMO.  

I place the blame squarely with Ford with this one. Over the past decade, it's essentially abandoned its domestic product line-up aside from full-size trucks, SUVs, and the Mustang.

If you let something hang around for 20+ years and get stale, you're going to get whomped by competitors coming out with all-new models every 5-7 years.

I actually kind of like the looks of the Thai-built Ranger, but it kind of sounds like they're going to pull the plug on the Ranger in the States, for now.  

is there any hope of it coming back at some point?  

I sure hope so, with a diesel would be sweet!!