I saw the Chevy at the SF auto show last month and was shocked. It's almost half ton sized. What's the point? Maybe they just want to use it upsell buyers into a 1500. Look at what you can have for only a few thousand more (starting price of course)

And with that the Jalopnik commentariat resoundingly replies: WRX

This shouldn't be a surprise but theres no money in it and the market is shrinking. They have the Transit Connect for fleet customers. I have a Ranger and and a TC and the TC is a vastly better vehicle for a fleet user. The Ranger will be traded when the new TC comes out in a couple months. All you Ranger complainers…

Super Rec. Now that they have the engine for the Transit, the excuses are running thin for not putting it in the f150. Hopefully the Dodge diesel does well so Ford won't have a choice.

Two words: weight and cost. Extra weight takes away from payload and the incremental cost for the hybrid hardware is huge over a lightweight vehicle like the Prius. Trucks are already expensive. Fleets would be the primary buyer of hybrids and many of them, municipal especially, don't do the amount of mileage it takes…

I know everyone likes to freak out about rules being broken, but most long haul trucks have computerized ignition interlocks that monitor your driving hours to the second and won't even let you start the engine if you're over hours.

I have a V6 3.0 Ranger and that thing is gutless as all hell. No low end torque. I also have a 2.0 L Transit Connect which vastly outperforms the ranger. The ranger drivetrain was designed in the 80s and it's only redeeming quality is that it's reliable.