Official 2019 Ford Ranger Dyno Test & Review - The Haul 

Ranger vs F-150.. hard to say. They're both good.

Ordered my fully loaded Lariat a couple of weeks back... I'm hoping there will be more factory sale incentives by the time I take delivery to ease the price pain. Great review - Thanks for reassuring my purchase decision.

At 7:14 minutes, you strapped down the Ranger while it was on the dyno. Why? I have never seen someone do this. I use to race at the local drag strip and had a race shop build my engines with their dyno. And who the hell cares about "font" on the infotainment screen? If it works, all the better. Sound of your truck doesn't get the job done. When using your it as a work truck, I want my pickup to be quiet as possible as I hear enough loud noises all day long (construction work). That "I need my truck to be loud" is just ego talking.

@@ChadCyr Congratulations! I want one, too.

@@rchurch79 great in fact. Im sold on Ford trucks. None better.

Way too much $27k for a ranger

Yup. I won't be buying one

Same. I was very excited to get one next year, but $40k will buy a LOT of gas for my V10 Excursion and 466ci F350 lol

I could get a 2018 or even a 2019 F150 XL 4x4 Discount down lower then that XLT RANGER $41.000 not going to sit on my RANGE

@@THEBEARDEDTOOLGUY My dad just picked up a 2018 F150 crewcab 5.0 xlt 2wd for 30k. Clean title, clean truck, not even 2 oil changes yet. I can't see why anyone would buy a Ranger for 40+k.

Thank you so much Ben- that really means a lot man. And I'll do my best! -Justin

Thanks J! -Justin

Get the 302a package

Always got to account for inflation

The OP is 100 percent correct and remember how much a loaded f150 is. The key to the new ranger is getting an XLT and waiting for the 2020s to come out to grab a 19 MY

My 1998 was about 24k and it was fully loaded so paying 35k now a days for what I want is about right. I’m going to beat the ones bitching are driving a older beater still. I’ll. Be trading in my 2008 WRX.

A 2002 Super Cab 4x4 with a 4.0 v6 and 5speed manual was $26k. So if you adjust for inflation I guess it makes sense. It just sucks to spend 40k on one.

I paid $17,000 for my 1999 Ranger Xlt new with the 3.0 v6 super cab manual transmission and still driving it with 202000 miles on it but I won’t be buying one of these with a turbo engine, I don’t think they’ll hold up ove the long run

Thanks for watching! -Zach

Garret Rowe rock chips will show like crazy. Kinda hate dark colors now!

@@jetskijay1955 I know... I got one in my door and I drive a magma red f150

My dad has this color

i hate ford for their colors. their exterior design is pretty good, but their colors are amazing. but i cant trust their motors (especially this one, too much power out of this small of a motor. i dont see it lasting long) so i cant talk myself into buying a ford, which only makes me more mad at those great colors i cant have.

@@@bradhaines3142 run both my 3.5L explorers to 100k without a lick of trouble, doing oil at 5k and trannie drains at 30k's (4qts)

What do you think about the new Jeep Gladiator?

" I would love to get one but cant justify it" I guess it depends on your age: At some point in life (in our "Senior" years for example), some of us stop trying to "justify" everything -- life is getting shorter, then it's over, and sooner than most of us think! So if you REALLY want one, get it. ;-) I may also...once my current vehicle is paid off (in about a year). -- BR

@@billredding2000 buy one coming off a two year lease

Same here.

Problem is you pay if you need a truck....i have to replace my 06.... Wont Pass PA state inspections any more. The frame is rusting from the inside out. Common problem everyone around me has. Does not matter the make. Does not matter if you fram washed it once a week. The stuff they use on the roads eats everything now. The used trucks around me are only 3k lower in price. Then you wonder how much of beating they took in 15k to 30k. Guy i work with just leases them. But every winter he is doing donuts in the snow. In the summers he does them in mud.

Awesome comment Dave- thanks for hitting us with some stats. -Justin

Thank-you Dave! Someone who actually has a thinking mind, and knows what he's talking about.

You can compare apple to oranges all day till you're blue in the face. Fact still remains that cars and trucks prices have gotten out of control. Why do dealerships have $10,000 plus rebates and mark downs? Cause they aren't selling.

@@jro2868 What? No. A base model Ford F-150 in 2002 cost $20,715 MSRP which, adjusted for inflation, is $27.962 in today's money. A base model 2019 F-150 today goes for $28,130 MSRP. Not to mention a car from 2002 was just that, a car. Cars and trucks nowadays have so much more technology and creature comforts built into them compared cars from back then and, despite this, when inflation is taken into account, have remained at almost the exact same price. If anything, vehicles today are a much better deal than ever before because you are getting so much more than just a vehicle. Vehicles today arent selling because millennials arent buying new cars. Largely because they cant afford them. Not because the prices have gotten outrageous, because, they haven't.

Oh I did ALLOT of research and test drives. But I also needed leather with some sort of audio upgrade on my purchase. ON the Colorado, to get a Z71, with full leather, 4X4, rear locker, bose, spray bed liner your pushing about 40K easy. A Taco offroad will cost even more. Ford is by FAR the worst making sure leather/B&O upgrades are only on the highest of trims. Yes a whopping 46K with FX4. IN lariat trim the Ranger is not competitive price wise in the mid size segment. Not even remotely so. You say the Ranger is worth the extra money. Well, your wrong. You forgot the hidden jewel in the room fella. Its the Nissan Pro 4X. And before I go any further yes, I owned a Ranger overseas in the Fiji Islands XLT with 3.2 diesel. Nice truck but the I like the Nissan better. Allot better. The Nissan Pro 4X is a tank. Always has been. Uses a chopped Titan frame. Still has the best motor/engine IMO. The mighty VQ 40 that pretty much keeps up with the ecoboost. And its rugged as hell. People put 300K miles on these. God knows if the Rangers 10 speed will be good in the long haul. Already having issues on full size GM/Ford trucks. Now the Pro 4X has bilsteins, 31" all terrain tires, skid plates underneath, descent control, offroad suspension. It keeps up with the Ranger. But drives better onroad. Better steering feel. Does not rock as much. The bilsteins give it a good ride but still gives a truck feel to the ride. The Ranger is much more car like. Steering is more vague. The seats are good on both. Pro 4X also has leather, heated seats, with 8 way power. Also has sunroof. The center stack is so much better on the Nissan. Large buttons and easy to navigate. The ford stack is out of a car most likely. I'm thinking a fusion. Small buttons/hard to read. The stereo is good but so is the pro 4x with 7 speaker rockford fosgate with sub. The power window buttons are slightly positioned aft on the Ranger which means its awkward for the driver to operate. The Nissans are ergonomically correct. The back seat on the Nissan folds flat. The Ranger folds halfway. Just enough to get to jack. WTF? Pro 4X comes standard with a very good spray bed liner (lifetime). The Nissan does have BT/SAT/NAV but the display is not as good as the sync three. But the NAV is standard on the Nissan. Ford charges for every thing. The frontier is a tank. So solid and well made. And now rated the most reliable truck. They are bullet proof. There are only two items that I would like on the Nissan that the Ranger has. And that is Android auto and blind spot alert. The Nissan still has the back up camera and sonar sensors. Anybody reading this forget what Dave said saying you have to pay 46K to get a good mid size. The Ranger is priced excessively high. A XLT with cloth seats, no sunroof, shitty sony 6 speaker stereo (yes I listened to it) with no power seats will cost 4K more then a loaded out Pro 4X. If your ok with getting a few MPG's less, get the Pro 4X. Forget the rest. The tacoma's 6 speed transmission is a gear searching, gutless, hard shifting, early shifting mess. The colorado has the same BS active learning transmission but also has shuddering and torque convertor failures. The Frontier just works. You won't have to worry about things breaking. The last of the heavy duty transmission. Other then the tundra that also uses old school tech but is still killing it. Those two were rated most reliable this year.

Silent but Deadly it’ll happen, just give it time for production to spin up fully and for incentives to hit showroom floors.

@@ALMX5DP Never gunna happen..might as well buy a full size

NASHTON an XL Crew cab 4x4 MSRP is only $30,680. Any incentive will drop that below $30k.

News flash nobody offering that

Alan Bowers lol that’s what A plan is for

We're pumped too! Where are you located Ricardo? -Justin

Well for better or worse, I'm certainly 'Full Size' haha. Thanks James -Justin

Thanks Mach! Glad you enjoyed the review. -Justin

My pleasure! -Justin

Nah it's a solid well built truck. Last long, long time you do good basic maintenance. Im sold!

@VinD it's a heavily revised truck for US. 2011 orig design means nothing except it's proven & more dependable! Already destroyed all other compact trucks in ALL reviews.

So many lost buyers they added an extra shift to the plant to keep up with production... When was the last time you priced mid size trucks? 1998?

Chris Parish Don’t know where you’re getting your info but it was just published that the Ranger was the slowest selling midsize of all, even falling behind the ancient Nissan. Btw I bought a new truck in 2017 and not at that exorbitant cost lmao

Chris Parish I was a complainer of the price like most. Easily the biggest complaint yet though it does seem to be beating out the competition at similar prices. Plus once you get to ya dealership they’re not priced to horrible. I’m leaning toward picking one up used. All that being said it looks like the numbers are in. They have had a bad first quarter and much to their regret that’s after the extra shifts to build it. Just one of a few similar articles. www.thedrive.com/news/27821/2019-ford-ranger-pickup-truck-posts-mediocre-q1-sales-trails-behind-nissan-frontier

I like this comment. -Justin

No, they're not smoking crack...they are just paying Union employees

Have you priced a tacoma or a colorado in the same trim? They are all in the same price zone. I am looking at a full size 2019 at year end prices around 35k after discounts.

Cristian Alexander lol can’t afford then don’t buy ?

Ever heard of manufacturer rebates?

Alex Youngberg that's what I want. Everyone keeps crying about not getting the Raptor version, but I want a Lightning edition. Imagine this thing with the Raptor 3.5 😩

@@Studio23Media Heck, the 2.7 ecoboost would be a little beast.

7.3 twin turbo ranger

Alex Youngberg - that was my thought base XL lowered, rims, intake, exhaust, swaybars, tune on the 2.3. Home built Lightning for under 30k, is it doable?

there is a company here in Australia that swaps out our 3.2lt 5 cylinder and puts in a 5.0lt cyote V8

That will be the day! I have owned both Ford and GMC - Chevy and they are all pretty good at what they are designed to do. My daily driver which I purchased new in 1971 is my Ford Bronco with only 31,000 miles on it. I have to wonder if the market really is ready for the smaller pickups. I can’t wait to see the new Bronco when it finally comes out. I am neither a die hard Ford person or GM sense I have worked for both more recently for GM as a Chassis & Engine Engineer - now retired. I get employee discounts from both so I can purchase the best from both. Thank You

As a die hard Ford fan. I can say I love my Colorado v6/8 speed. Hitting 19.1 mpg in city driving and reached 25.3 on highway drive to California from Az. I still have my 2010 Ranger 4x4 with the 4.0l and 5 spd manual. Great small truck in an old classic way but perfer the Chevy as my everyday driver.

That’s just not going to happen. I’ve driven both, and the Colorado diesel is, flat out, a much better machine. And this is coming from a ford guy.

Roger Hupp Oh nice, I didn’t realize it was such a good truck. I really just said that for the fun of it, and being a Ford guy myself, I’d probably still get a ranger before I get a Colorado

The Colorado? The Tacoma sold over 245,000 trucks and Colorado sold 134,00 in 2018. Ranger and Colorado will be fighting for 2nd place

Perry2186.... Preferably a v8....

My son drove our sedan right through/over a metal case neighborhood electrical access post, destroying the post. The plastic skid plate on the car was damaged, but protected vital parts. I replaced the skid plate (and the electric company's property) and all was good. BTW, the F150 and its competitors also have plastic skid plates under the gas tank. The plastic gas tank.

No doubting that! Thanks for watching! -Zach

We just got a new 2019 XLT for 30k

Thanks Jesse! -Justin

Thanks for watching, Titan! -Zach

@@americantrucks keep the cool videos coming. Always good to see the aftermarket thriving.

thinking the same thing haha

How did that work out for you? Lol

@@fidstang I sold my old ranger for $385 and now ride a Trek 🚲

I would keep the F-150...

@@Shakerhood69 in your infinite wisdom.... why exactly is that....

@@timberwolf3781 i think the F-150 is a better truck, good luck with your decision

Joe Zasada Not much smaller than a full size really,and around the same price.F-150 is a no brainer all things considered.

Thanks Jack. I will say the ride didn't bother me- but I'm also coming from a Raptor which tends to float down the road anyway. Haha -Justin

Thanks Dan. And I agree, apparently Ford can't keep up with demand so obviously the pricing isn't fazing everyone. -Justin

Or could get a real truck with a HEMI 400 HP stock.

You're right and that price is one that I feel like a lot more people would be willing to swallow. -Justin

That's awesome, David! We're glad to hear you're enjoying it! -Zach

yeah if you don't ignore the fact that the 2011 Rangers prices were jacked way up because it was going away. before they announced it was leaving you could get an XLT brand new for $18,000

How in the hell did you pay $31K for a 2011 Ranger?

@@campbellvonjordan68 I didn't pay $31k.i said the sticker was $31k. I paid $21k for a 4x4 sport ext cab. Just like these and the F150, if you pay sticker you aren't paying attention.

It’s perfectly fine with the 2.3 in my opinion. I’ve only had it a week, but it’s got plenty of power and only 1 turbo to worry about. I’ve got an Edge with the 2.7 so I’ve got experience with both. I love them equally

Brad Taft why the hell would that thing need or even have an option for a 2.7. The rest of the truck couldn’t keep up with it

So you want a f150 lol

Theres many mid sized trucks with a crewcab long bed and larger engines then this so no

Agreed but I'm worried it'd be a VERY tight fit. -Justin

Ford already said the 2.7 wont fit as it was engineered for just inline engines. The next gen may get it, have to wait and see if Bronco has it since it uses next gen Ranger platform.

@@TheTerribleGamer if it fits in the small ford edge sport why wont it fit in the ranger lol the ranger aint a small truck by any means.

@@Jimmyxsx A difference fitting a V6 in a vehicle designed from the get go to accommodate a V6 vs fitting it in a vehicle designed only for inline engines.

I'd rather a non turbo V6.

... A whole $750, wow, that's not much ~1-1.5%. This is Ford laughing at buyers who take this 'deal'.

Ford had 8k in incentives on XLT F150s when I bought my truck...

Great minds think alike Gary! -Justin

Those 2006's are mean when you do them up right! Thanks for watching! -Zach

I suppose it’s just that people are used do it, as they are on cars. Just a friendly correction, it’s called the “console” area in the vehicle, not counsel.

Its one of those things I can't really explain why I prefer it but I do, maybe its because I like to rest my hand there when driving haha. -Justin