Ford T6 Ranger spy shots – Click above for high-res image gallery
The fate of small pickup trucks in America is rather shaky. There haven't been any major new entries into the segment as of late (save the Suzuki Equator, of course, even though it's not much more than a rebadged Nissan Frontier). And though we've spied Ford Ranger prototypes testing abroad, it doesn't necessarily mean that a new model is slated for U.S. consumption. Small trucks do well in other markets, and the trucklets seem to be a dying trend here in the States.
Today, though, our spies have not only caught a new
Ranger mule (above), but a small
GM pickup (right) – the replacement for the aging
Chevrolet Colorado and
GMC Canyon twins. Both mules look a bit larger than the models currently on the road, though still more manageable than the top-dog
F-150 and
Silverado.
Still, though, it's unclear what the future has in store for these new trucks. The fact that Ford and GM are testing these new mini-pickups in and around their respective headquarters in southeast Michigan leads us to believe that there may, in fact, be U.S.-spec replacements in the works. Ford has often spoke of a smaller F-100-style F-150 to replace the Ranger, and reports have shown that GM is working on a new truck to hopefully rekindle the success that the original Chevy S10 and GMC Sonoma had.
