Ford Ranger - wikipedia Ford Ranger Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ford Ranger. The Ford Ranger is a nameplate that has been used on three distinct model lines of cars sold by Ford. Originally, the name was used by the short - lived Edsel Ranger car, then it later referred to a version of the Ford F - Series pickup truck sold in North America between model year 1965 and 1981 that denoted a styling package. Ford repurposed the name `` Ranger '' in 1982 for the 1983 model year for a compact pickup truck sold in North America and, later, parts of South America. Since 1998, Ford has offered a separate model of Ranger sold internationally. This is the only Ford Ranger that is still in production. Americas ( 1983 -- 2011 model years ) Main article : Ford Ranger ( North America ) For the 1983 model year, Ford introduced the Ford Ranger for the United States and Canada. Replacing the 1971 - 1982 Ford Courier ( a rebadged Mazda B - Series ), the Ranger was the first compact pickup truck designed by Ford Motor Company. In 1995, exports of the Ford Ranger began in select Latin and South American countries. To accommodate the demand for the vehicle, in 1998, Ford Argentina commenced local production of the Ranger, introducing a four - door cab not sold in North America. Over its 29 - year production, the Ford Ranger was produced over the same chassis architecture. Alongside a major redesign in 1993, the model saw mid-cycle updates for 1989, and 1998, with smaller updates in 2001 and 2004. In South America, for 2010, the Ranger saw all - new exterior sheetmetal not given to its North American counterpart. The Ford Ranger served as the basis for several models, including the Ford Bronco II compact SUV, the first two generations of the Ford Explorer mid-size SUV ( alongside the Mazda Navajo and Mercury Mountaineer ), and the first - generation Ford Explorer Sport Trac mid-size pickup truck. In 1994, Mazda began sales of the B - Series in the United States and Canada by rebadging the Ford Ranger, the reverse of the Mazda - sourced Ford Courier. On December 22, 2011, the final Ford Ranger produced for North America rolled off the assembly line, becoming the final vehicle assembled at Twin Cities Assembly. For the 2012 model year, Ford Argentina began assembly of the Ford Ranger T6. In 2017, Ford announced that a redesigned version of the Ranger T6 would be sold in North America as a 2019 model ; the Ranger would form the basis for a Ford Bronco SUV as a potential 2020 model. 1983 -- 1988 model years 1989 -- 1992 model years 1993 -- 1997 model years 1998 -- 2000 model years 2001 -- 2012 model years 2010 -- 2012 model years ( South America ) International ( 1998 -- present ) Main articles : Mazda B - Series, Mazda BT - 50, and Ford Ranger ( T6 ) For markets outside of North America, Ford badge engineered the Japanese - built Mazda B - Series as the Courier starting in 1971, renaming it the Ranger in 1998 ( with the exception of Australasia where the Courier nameplate was retained until 2006 ; incidentally the Courier was also sold in North America prior to the 1983 model year ). Second - generation Ranger models from 2006 to 2011 were also designed by Mazda, being rebadged versions of the successor to the B - Series, the first generation BT - 50. Third - generation models, as produced since 2011, were designed and engineered by Ford Australia, with this time the Mazda badged variant being the derivative version of the Ford, offered as the second generation BT - 50. This third generation is also the basis for the Ford Everest SUV and therefore, the Ranger and the Everest share a number of features. Third generation Ford Ranger and particularly its most expensive flagship version ( the Ranger `` Wildtrack '' ), has vastly increased its presence on the European market, making the Ranger the best selling pickup truck in Europe by 2015. 1998 -- 2002 Main article : Mazda B - Series 2002 -- 2006 Main article : Mazda B - Series 2006 -- 2009 Main article : Mazda BT - 50 2009 -- 2011 Main article : Mazda BT - 50 2011 -- 2015 Main article : Ford Ranger ( T6 ) 2015 -- present Main article : Ford Ranger ( T6 ) References Jump up ^ Max, Josh ( 19 December 2011 ). `` Ford Ranger, other cars, cease production in 2012 ''. New York Daily News. Retrieved 26 December 2014. Jump up ^ Ford NAIAS 2017 : Official Press Conference Livestream This article includes a list of related items that share the same name ( or similar names ). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. 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Question: when was the last year ford ranger was made
Answer: 2011