nickw
Adventurer
Bollocks.
Dampened tailgate is not an offroad feature. Everytime I hear people complain about that I LOL, is that what we've become? The tailgate is aluminum and weighs nothing, I can throw it up with one arm very easily. I always think about what old old timer in an old Powerwagon or FJ45 pickup would say about some of us.....jiminy xmas.
If offroad is what your after, and you want the holy grail FJ7X pickup like all Toyota fans (I used to be one), it's won't have any of that nanny stuff you speak of. Like you say, it's stuff a lot of midsized owners want (who never go offroad), not what makes it a better truck.
Part of the reason the Toyota has better articulation is due to it's softer suspension. A FJ7X and Gwagon both have horrible articulation, guess why.
For what it's worth (not much), the ranger has multi terrain mode, "crawl control" (Ford calls is trail control or something), manual shift mode and all that fancy stuff I don't care about. It has 4h/4l and a selectable locker.
The Ranger has a lower crawl ratio, you conveniently left that out, pretty significant, 47.X vs 36:X. It also has better sight lines, which was a determining factor for me.
Neither pickup was "designed" for offroad in the same way a Patrol, 70 series or Gwagon are. They have offroad features are both robust platforms, but designed primarily for road use. Tacoma and Ranger are much closer related than say a Tacoma is to a 70 series ute.
**Edit - sorry got a late start to this thread, looks like I was repeating much of what folks already said....
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