This image of what appears to be a new Ford Ranger Thunder has been snapped in Thailand. Those that remember the Ford Ranger Max concept from late last year will immediately recognise it to be a production version of that concept. It’s not clear at the moment whether this is a some form of special edition of the Ford Ranger with different headlamps, grille, bumper and other aesthetic bits, or a full-fledged facelift. The word “Thunder” was used on a special edition current generation Ranger before in the UK, and perhaps some other places. Malaysia could get this pretty soon as our Ranger now comes from Thailand as a fully imported unit, instead of being locally assembled here as Ford has pulled out its official presence from this country. As usual, the production translation of the concept has been toned down considerably, but modification enthusiasts can use the concept truck as a reference in their own pimpage plans. Look after the jump for a previously featured gallery of the orange Ranger Max concept truck.
PHOTO GALLERY: Ford Ranger Max Concept
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Video: Ford Ranger Max Concept
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
First..huhu
Another junk product from bloody loser Ford…
Great stuff. This is the fastest concept car to reality built ever seen so far.
The look is good, although I still think it looks very similar to Hilux. Waiting for more details on this truck and its engine before further comment.
Great stuff to ford.
tunomura …… another junk product from bloody loser Ford.
May I ask why do you say so ?? can you list down other loser products ?
from the looks of it, this Ford Ranger looks okay, decent product …. but will it make it to our shores ? and how much ? similar to Nissan mother Trucka ?
Ford’s products are not junks
at least not all
the Mustang is indeed very seductive
tunomura said,
January 6, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
First..huhu
Another junk product from bloody loser Ford…
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junk?? u must be kidding huh…what u expect from a truk? sharp shape like ferrari??
Doesn’t look as rugged as the pre-facelift one. But who knows it may look better when seen in metal.
Or maybe someone will just say: “This is not a Ford Ranger, it’s a Fairy Ranger!”
Built Ford Tough. That’s what Ford says. I say a 4WD pickup truck should be built BIG, MUSCULAR, IMPOSING and most important of all, POWERFUL!!! Think about this. A 2.5L inline 4, twin turbo-diesel churning out 210bhp@4200rpm with a torque output of 500Nm@1600rpm powertrain. Now that’s impressive. Well guys, at least that’s what I’m hoping for. I LOVE FORD!
Its not a junk. this is what do we call handsome lookin truck. but a lil bit too japanese. or i might say a lil bit too Hilux? how big is this truck anyway? compared to Hilux (another good lukin truck), and Nissan Navara (I dont like it to american).
I don’t think the asian Ranger is built ford tough….lol.
Once you’ve driven or been in the F150 and F250 the Asian ranger admitedly looks puny. I used them to tow our race cars to the track.
The best pickup I’ve been in…? The Dogde Ram SRT-10. I had a 13.8second taxi ride down the dragstrip…..on the other lane, a F150 Lightning
tunomura said,
January 6, 2009 @ 6:54 pm
First..huhu
Another junk product from bloody loser Ford…
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the ford ranger has been one of the best selling pickups in malaysia, ever. in fact, i dare say it was ford who practically built that segment in the malaysian market. not too bad for a junk product.
if Ranger is junk, how about the pathetic Telcoline and underpowered LOWlux ??? tunomura, are u driving any one of them? can smell your loser stink from millions of miles away, yuckzzz…!!!!
and comparing USA trucks with local trucks? u must be drunk….
How so? Mitlanevo?
Its a matter of perspective. I’m giving you the other half of it.
You have people here bickering about non-consequential differences between small trucks. You sound the expert here, but have you sampled the world outside?
Chill man…
Fords are indeed built TOUGH! 4G63T DSM, you’re comparing a tiger with a cat.Of course our Rangers look puny compared to American trucks. That’s why I said we must build them BIG, MUSCULAR, IMPOSING n POWERFUL. Did you miss that? Compare the engines’ capacity or did you miss that again? TOUGH doesn’t just mean fast. TOUGH have lots of definations. My 9-year-old Ranger have went through thick n thin, sink n swim (literally, but I won’t go into details) with me since day one when I bought it new. Fast gear changes, charging in n out of corners, uphills, downhills, tarmac, jungle tracks, jumps, bumps, humps, heavy loads, you name it, my Ranger have been to hell n back. Mind you, my Ranger is STOCK STANDARD. I have already done nearly 250K kms n you know what? My absorbers are all the same ones since I bought them 9 years ago!!! Still no leakages. Now how’s that for TOUGH my dear 4G63T DSM???!
dude ford give us the f-150 lightning, not this rebadged junk
Navara is great, with all the Nm figures…..
Hilux is popular, but just among Toy-otak fans…. engine PS and Nm? laughable…..
D-Max is looking great on the exterior, not so sure about the performance though…..
Triton? a big NO from me…. I’m a Mitsu fan, but Triton is not a proper looking pickup truck, trying to be a car and a truck at the same time, but failed on both efforts…. maybe that’s why some countries wanted to deport it (refer Top Gear mag for that)
Telcoline is the desperate-type truck, and Frontier + Courier is history…..
well, my point is that, Jap trucks are trying their very best, but come on, pickups trucks are not their kind of stuff…..
leave it to Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge etc etc (even though some of them are unavailable here)
most of us here don’t have chance to ride on F-whatever or SRT-whatever, so comparing those powerful + mighty + BEAUUUUUTIFUL machines to our local “mini pickups” is unfair….
Yucks,
I’d rather go for the Mother Trucker of Malaysia.
kei9 said,
January 9, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
Yucks,
I’d rather go for the Mother Trucker of Malaysia.
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yea, agree. the new facelift of the toyota hilux is a disaster.
this new ford ranger good than nissan navara?