2007 Ford Ranger SPORT

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). The XLT is a substantial step above that with chrome nostril bar grille, styled side mirrors, 15-inch seven-spoke steel wheels (16-inch cast aluminum on 4x4 models), air conditioning, interior carpeting and floor mats and a standard CD player.


Our test SPORT model boasted a body-color grille surround, bumpers, door handles and wheel-lip moldings, textured vinyl flooring, white-faced rally gauges, CD player with MP3 capability, air conditioning, a cloth-covered 60/40 split-bench seat, four available wheel variations, fog lamps and (on 4x4s) tow hooks. The off-road-intent FX4 adds a limited-slip rear axle, dark shadow grey wheel-lip moldings, skid plates, step bars (4x4), 16-inch aluminum wheels, all-terrain tires, rear jump seats (4 door), leather-wrapped tilt steering wheel with cruise control and Power Equipment Group, which includes 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, stainless steel 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 chrome 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 group, power equipment group, privacy glass, 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 16-inch machined aluminum wheels, a Pioneer 510-watt audiophile sound system with 6-disc "in-dash" CD changer and MP3 capability, multi-channel amplifier, 10-inch bass subwoofer and four 6x8-inch coaxial speakers in each corner. An optional Pioneer 290-watt MP3 sound-system, which teams a multi-6-disc media in-dash changer head unit with MP3 capability, an enclosed 6.5-inch subwoofer with amplifier, 5.25-inch polypropylene front mid-range speakers with 3/4-inch tweeters and 6x8-inch dual cone rear "full range" speakers is available on STX, XLT, SPORT and FX4 Super Cab models with automatic transmission.