Oh the small truck market is out there. The Ranger is still the best selling small truck, and I think it's because (so far) Ford has resisted upsizing it. The body is basically the same since 1993!!! A year ago when my buddy Skip went to replace his 98 S10 he looked at the Colorado. The thing is freakin' huge next to the S10, so he swallowed his Chevy pride and bought a Ranger. He had to wait a couple of days while it was brought to the dealer, because there were no 2wd standard cab 4 cyl/5 spd within 100 miles.
The dealer said there is no demand for stripper rangers.
I doubt that is still true.