2006 Ford Ranger XLT 3.0 V6

Interior

The base Ranger XL has 15-inch steel wheels, black front and rear bumpers, black bar-style grille and grille surround, interval wipers, rally gauge cluster, AM/FM stereo with clock, black vinyl flooring and 60/40 vinyl split bench seat (cloth on SuperCab). Our test XLT was a substantial step above that with chromed grille and grille surround, styled side mirrors, 15-inch seven-spoke steel wheels (16-inch cast aluminum on 4x4 models), interior carpeting and floor mats and a standard CD player.


SPORT models add a body-color grille surround, bumpers and wheel-lip moldings, textured vinyl flooring, white-faced rally gauges, MP3/CD player and cassette, air conditioning, a cloth-covered split-bench seat, four available wheel variations and (on 4x4s) tow hooks. The off-road-intent FX4 adds a limited-slip rear axle, black wheel-lip moldings, skid plates, premium shocks, step bars, 16-inch 5-spoke aluminum wheels, all-terrain tires, rear jump seats, leather-wrapped tilt steering wheel with speed control, power windows, mirrors and door locks with remote keyless entry.


If that's not rugged, tough and loaded enough, FX4 Level II adds a Torsen limited-slip rear axle, bright front tow hooks, rear tow hook, 15-inch Alcoa forged aluminum wheels with 31x10.5-inch BF Goodrich All-Terrain "KO" T/A tires, skid plates front, mid and rear, Bilstein shocks, unique two-tone bucket seats, center console and a chromed shifter with the manual trans.

Options

Ranger's long list of available options includes aluminum wheels, sport bucket seats, leather trimmed seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel, 4WD, Class III towing, payload package #2, limited slip rear axle, Bright trim package, power equipment group, privacy glass, 6- or 7-foot box, bed extender, bed liner and sliding rear window.


For serious sound aficionados, a youthful "hot wheels and cool tunes" TREMOR package offers a combination of 5-spoke, 16-inch machined aluminum wheels and a Pioneer AM/FM MP3/6CD player with 510-watt multi-channel amplifier, 10-inch bass subwoofer and four 6x8-inch coaxial speakers in each corner. An optional sound-system-only 290-watt Pioneer MP3 package teams the same multi-media radio with an enclosed 6.5-inch subwoofer, 5.25-inch polypropylene front mid-range speakers and 6x8-inch polypropylene dual cone rear "full range" speakers is available on STX, XLT and Sport SuperCab models.