Many people don't understand how CAFE regulatons effect what products auto manufacturers produce. It is currently a convoluted set of rules that favor larger vehicles. It is what led to the demise of the station wagon, short wheel base pickup trucks, and recently sedans in the North American...
Wonder why they are in Port Huron. That area is not known much for off roading except for maybe some bombing through the farm fields. Or maybe they were on their back from wheeling in Canada.
The newly developed Ineos Grenadier has a sfa. If you watch their development videos of the undercarriage and suspension you will see that they modeled them after the Jeep Wrangler. They even used the Dana axles and mopar steel wheels on their prototypes.
I dont' have photoshop skills but I can sketch. Regular cab Bronco Pickup with bench seat and a 6 foot divorced bed. I wouldn't even care if they called it a Ranger.
Oh ya, I forgot about the Chevy Luv truck. I had regular cab short bed S10's. An '86, '88, and still have my '94 ZR2.
I did the sketch this morning based off a sketch of the 4 door Bronco. It's the same premise that the Mopar designers came up with for the J6. Build a versatile small...
If Ford is considering building a Bronco pickup they should consider building it as a regular cab or extended cab reminiscent of the 80's and 90's Ranger. They already have many offerings in a crew cab with tiny bed configuration and perhaps some buyers would value more useable bed space over...