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Source: WOLFF ON THE LOOSE Max Wolff, the Ranger’s lead designer, was given a lot of room to make design alterations. This tough front end is one of the results.

BLACK OR ASH The ebony interior color scheme, shown at right, is one of two options Ford says will be available at launch. Medium ash is the other.

It’s been seven years since the last Ford Ranger rolled off the line at the Twin Cities plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. Seven years of Ford insisting there was no market for a compact pickup in the U.S. when there was an F-150 full-size truck for every need and pocketbook. Seven years of Ranger fans clamoring for its

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