The Ford Ranger is a classic favorite of the midsize truck category, but it’s hard to beat the 2011 Ford Ranger when it comes to its popularity and the sheer power of its available V6 engine upgrades.
Ford is known for providing fantastic engine upgrade options for most of its trucks, and while the newest lineups of Ford Rangers no longer offer V6 engines, the ones that came before, which ended production in what may have been the truck’s best year, offered a fantastic array of V6 options.
Starting price: $29,000 (original MSRP)
Horsepower: 207 hp @ 5250 rpm
Torque: 238 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm
The last Ford Rangers with V6 engines were produced in 2011, and they delivered with flying colors. What was already a tough midsize truck with a regular inline-4 engine could be elevated to new levels of power and excitement.
Other standout features of the 2011 Ford Ranger Sport include:
The 2011 Rangers were also available with shift-on-the-fly electronic four-wheel drive and upgraded 16-inch alloy wheels.
One drawback of a more powerful V6 engine compared to the 2011 Ranger’s standard inline-4 is the sacrifice of fuel efficiency. Compared to the inline-4 engine, the manual transmission Ranger loses about 7 mpg of fuel efficiency, and the automatic loses about 3 mpg. You’ll lose an extra 2 or 3 mpg if you also select the 4WD option.
Which 2011 Ford Ranger models have the V6?
The V6 engines were available specifically for the 2011 Ford Ranger Sport.
How fast is the 2011 Ford Ranger V6?
Even with the V6 engine, no 2011 Ford Ranger is going to be breaking speed records any time soon. It can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds.
Still, that puts it around where it should be compared to its competition. Let’s take a look at the 0-to-60 times for the sportiest incarnations of a few other midsize trucks from the same era:
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