Feature Flashback: 1983 Ford Ranger

Jul 24 2017 by Motor Trend Blog

 

The fact that Ford’s return to the hot midsize pickup market is trailing Chevy’s—this time by a few years with the 2019 Ford Ranger—has a real sense of déjà vu about it. Bob Nagy reported on the first-gen Ranger’s timing in our April 1982 road test of an ’83 Ranger XLS: “Its original fall 1982 on-sale date was hurriedly moved forward to mid-March in order to combat the effects of its midi-competitors, the Chevy S-10 and GMC S-15, which began appearing in showrooms late last...

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