After nearly 3 decades, Ranger waves the white flag

Production of Ford's little workhorse is coming to an end.
The Ranger pickup, a popular U.S. compact truck for decades, will end production Friday morning.
The pickup debuted in 1982. At times, it was the top-selling U.S. compact pickup. Ford says 6,657,881 Rangers have been sold.
Ranger's best year was 1999, when 348,358 were sold. Sales this year through November tallied 64,114, a 26 percent increase over th

e first 11 months of 2010 and good enough to place No. 2 overall in compact truck sales. Mazda even had a version of the Ranger, known as the B series.
Over its history, the Ranger became a popular pickup with America's you ...
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