However, the major American automakers certainly had several decades worth of success with these kinds of vehicles, specifically with the Chevrolet El Camino and the Ford Ranchero. Both of these ...

In 1960, Ford downsized and built its Ranchero on the compact Falcon platform. Later, both the Ranchero and the El Camino were based on midsize cars, and while they sold solidly, they never again ...

If Ford had a plan to market the original Ranchero of '57-and if Chevrolet had one for the El Camino that came along two model years later-it's hard to determine what they were. Reflecting back ...

Thanks and any other info on the El Camino line is appreciated. - Ernie W., Danville, Pennsylvania A: Ernie, I’m happy to help. And I’m going to include a little bit of Ford Ranchero ...

Q: Greg, I know you race Chevy cars and also own a nice MOPAR, too. But I feel you will be 100-percent fair when I ask if you feel the Ford Ranchero had it all over the Chevy El Camino? I’m a lifelong ...

The El Camino story started in 1959 when Chevy transformed the Brookwood two-door wagon into a competitor for the Australian ute-inspired Ford Ranchero launched in the US two years earlier.

Unfortunately, Ford had too much of a stranglehold on the market, since it had been out for two years already. The El Camino's first generation only lasted until 1960 and didn't return until 1964 ...

Despite being the first "coupe-utility" on the market, the Ford Ranchero exists in the long shadow of the Chevrolet El Camino. That can lead to us overlooking gems like this 1971 Ranchero Squire ...