Only you, the purchaser, can identify the weight of your decision making criteria.
This is one thing that makes this truck so cool, it has polar opposite offerings which attract polar opposite buyers with polar opposite criteria.
Affordable hybrid, or turbo AWD luxury.
But your question and...
Wow, very bold direction and looks great.
I live in a very rainy city so the roof doesn’t work for me, but I wish it did.
The air ride kit looks very cool, and while it is optimized to drop it, has (or does) anyone make one one to give a lift when you need it?
Double edge sword there…
Open so dirt can get in there but I assume it isn’t trapped so what doesn’t fall out can be washed out.
Seal it up and I can guarantee dirt will still collect there but make it harder to drain out or clean.
Hardest I ever laughed was watching a buddy deal with broken cables on his partially deployed tent trailer in the pouring rain…in their defence it was an old unit.
I live in a very wet climate and draw backs for me have always been the limited ability to air them out before storage and the lack...
What do you intend to run (load) and where do you intend to need it?
moderate load (no A/C) and a good deep cycle battery with a solar panel will do fine.
If you want A/C, microwave, etc… I would suggest to pony up for a site with power.
going off grid, either sweat or a generator is your ticket.
Overkill?
Not to me.
Back in the day I had an early 80’s rabbit 1.7 with the Bosch CV injection.
Good car, nothing I’d call fun though, it felt more like a farm tractor than anything else. Decent economy and a solid car but unless it was a GTI it was a slug by any measure. And emissions wise it...
Stability, yes, but that can be fixed with correct hitch selection and suspension tuning.
Backing up and general manoeuvrability the shorter platform wins hands down.
The tow capacity (or lack of it) really turned me off both Bronco’s. 3500 pounds on the full size is a joke, the Sport is useless...
Nice truck, looks to be an improvement over the existing Ranger.
would it change my purchasing decision, no.
If it would have I’d already be driving one of the available competitors in that segment.
My thoughts were and still are that one of these are not worth the considerable added expense and...
I think the Maverick has a fair shot at it.
Everyone is having production delays so I don’t think they will award based off of that.
The Maverick’s base hybrid drive, affordability and high sales are its strong points.
The R1T is a strong contender as well, so much there.
But it’s not here and I...
Buy the colour you want.
The interior colour choices (to me) are not great for any trim level.
I was surprised they never used a neutral colour pallet (Greys and blacks go with everything).
But the interior trim for the most part can be painted or covered and with a set of Katskin’s seat covers...
The definition of “off-road” is dependent on the expectations, capabilities and experience of the person who is asking much more than that of the vehicle itself.
Will it’s capability surprise some drivers, you bet.
Will some drivers be disappointed, yup.
If you are just starting out and the...