As is the case with many other vehicles that are now decades old, we’re starting to see more and more nice, low-mile, compact Ford Ranger pickups surface for sale at collector car auctions as of late. For those that didn’t bother to rack up a ton of miles on their pickups or use them as pure work trucks and then dispose of them accordingly, there is a bit of financial reward waiting in that market, as we’ve seen quite a bit of lately. Now, this very nice 1999 Ford Ranger XLT regular cab pickup is set to test that market yet another time.
This 1999 Ford Ranger is slated to cross the block at Mecum’s Indianapolis, Indiana auction later this week, and it looks to be in fantastic shape with a reasonable 52k miles showing on the odometer. Its red paint and chrome alloy wheels certainly look no worse for wear, and it’s equipped with a bed cover and chrome bumpers, to boot. Inside, one will find more of the same via a clean tan cloth interior with amenities including power steering and air conditioning, too.
Power for this particular Ranger comes from the naturally-aspirated Ford 2.5L I-4 engine, which is mated to an automatic transmission driving the rear wheels only. Ultimately, this is a rather nice example of the basic compact pickup that the Ranger used to be, before it grew to become a much larger mid-sizer that’s now sold with a boatload of options, features, and in some cases, even luxuries.
That helps explain why a lot of folks covet these older Ford Ranger models in today’s world, since there aren’t many things like it for sale now. We’ve seen plenty of them surface for sale as of late, including a 1999 Ranger XLT with 37k miles on the clock, as well as a 2004 XLT with 52k miles.
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“ Ultimately, this is a rather nice example of the basic compact pickup that the Ranger used to be, before it grew to become a much larger mid-sizer that’s now sold with a boatload of options, features, and in some cases, even luxuries.”
The Edmunds review of a 2011 Ranger?
“Cons
Dated interior design
ridiculously cramped jump seats in SuperCab models
choppy ride, subpar handling and braking
many desirable features not even offered.”
So everything you listed as a plus is what killed these trucks.
Make it make sense to me.
You can’t.
There are, believe it or not, a lot of people that don’t just blindly agree with a review from one singular media source – many of whom have actually owned these vehicles.