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GM and Toyota offer crew cab long beds.  Does anyone know why you can't get a Ranger in this configuration?  I know it's personal preference but to me I don't like the look of the crew cab with the short bed.  Seems out of proportion.

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30 minutes ago, tucker_bmd said:

GM and Toyota offer crew cab long beds.  Does anyone know why you can't get a Ranger in this configuration?  I know it's personal preference but to me I don't like the look of the crew cab with the short bed.  Seems out of proportion.

Heck, I'm looking for a SuperCab short bed, like they offer only on the F150 Raptor.

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30 minutes ago, tucker_bmd said:

GM and Toyota offer crew cab long beds.  Does anyone know why you can't get a Ranger in this configuration?  I know it's personal preference but to me I don't like the look of the crew cab with the short bed.  Seems out of proportion.

Because Ford doesn't build one in that configuration.

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5 minutes ago, tucker_bmd said:

I guess I wasn't clear, let me rephrase.  Does anyone know why Ford chose not to build this configuration when their competition does?

Small demand.  To reach the most customers in the shortest amount of time, you build the most popular configurations first.  Then, you possibly add things later.  The crew cab F150 didn't come with its (long) 6.5' bed until 2006 I believe.

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17 minutes ago, 2005Explorer said:

They might offer one depending on how things go for the first year or two. They probably just wanted to focus on the most popular configurations to start with and if the model proves to be successful more configurations will likely be offered.

Doubt it. Even the ROW Ranger that's been on sale since 2011 only has one frame length across the board.

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