Back From Abroad
It’s around 9 a.m. at an upscale country grocery store in Ramona, California, a bit outside of San Diego. My drive partner and I are walking through the parking lot about to set off on the second leg of our drive of the 2019 Ford Ranger when a man pulls up in a 1990s-vintage edition.
“That the new one?” he asks. “When are they going to bring back a basic model? Single cab, manual, crank windows? I don’t need all this fancy stuff.”
I delivered auto parts in a fleet-special Ranger for a previous job, so I lament the loss of the no-frills small pickup as much as my inquisitor. Unfortunately, the truck he wants no longer exists. Sure, you can get the 2019 Ranger in a base XL trim with halogen
