The 2024 Ford Ranger Brings the Raptor Stateside

• The 2024 Ford Ranger will start at $34,160 when it goes on sale this summer.

• The new Ranger expands powertrain options and adds the 2.7-liter turbocharged V6 and the 3.0-liter turbocharged V6.

• Ford's Ranger Raptor finally makes its debut in the United States and will set you back $56,960.

The Ford Ranger left the US market in 2011, but like a phoenix, the Ranger rose from those ashes in 2018 for the 2019 model year. This reborn Ranger rode on the global T6 platform and shared a lot of its hardware with Rangers from other markets like Australia. Despite sharing a platform with the Aussie Ranger, Ford kept the Ranger Raptor away from the United States. At least, until now. The 2024 Ranger will launch alongside the new Ranger Raptor and gives the Ranger another generation.

If you’re familiar with the Ford Bronco or the global Ford Ranger, this next-gen Ranger’s spec sheet won’t be a surprise. Base model Rangers get the 2.3-liter EcoBoost I4 under their hoods, which also powers the base-model Bronco. In Ranger trim, the 2.3-liter sends 270 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque through a 10-speed automatic transmission.

If that’s not enough oomph, Ford will offer the 2.7-liter turbocharged V6 in the fall, which sends 315 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque through the same transmission. Topping the powertrain range is the Ranger Raptor’s 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 that advertises 405 hp and 430 lb-ft of torque, also using a 10-speed automatic. While base model Rangers are available as two-wheel and four-wheel drive trucks, the Ranger Raptor is only available as a four-by-four.

Encasing this engine, and everything else, is new sheetmetal. The Ranger is somehow shorter than the outgoing model, and now only spans 210.6 inches in length, with the outgoing model besting it by 0.2 inches. Despite being slightly shorter, the new Ranger has a 128.7-inch wheelbase, which is 1.9 inches longer than the current Ranger.

The new Ranger is wider, too, with the total width now spanning 86.7 inches and 79.0 inches with the mirrors folded. That width hides a wider suspension track, which now spans 63.8 inches front and rear, with a 2.4-inch bump. Though, moving up to the Ranger Raptor nets you an even wider, 67.3-inch track width, which is only 0.6 inches narrower than the front track width of a 2021 Ford F-150.