Small Ford Truck a Possibility

Mike Levine at PickupTrucks.com is following rumors of a replacement for Ford’s long-running — read, “old” — Ranger compact pickup. The reasoning behind a completely new model —which would be larger than the Ranger but considerably smaller than the F-150 — is as simple as fuel costs and changing consumer buying habits.

Perhaps dubbed the F-100, the new truck would be built on a completely new frame shared with the next F-150 — not the redesigned 2009 F-150, but the next-gen model slated to be out in 2012. Yes, we’re talking 2011 before this F-100 might go on sale.

You’d think a smaller truck would be slated to get a super fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine or a turbocharged four. Nope; word is, it’ll get a turbocharged six-cylinder, and possibly a V-8. We’re scratching our heads on that one.

The image here is an artist’s rendering of what an F-100 might look like. Courtesy of PickupTrucks.com

Rumors That Ford is Thinking Smaller With New F-100 Pickup, Based on the F-150 (PickupTrucks.Com)