Recently, the Ford’s best-selling brand of truck lost its spot at the top of the sales charts. That prompted the Ford Motor Company to start working on something that’s more efficient without losing the appeal of a pickup truck. The most recent plans include two smaller pickup truck models including a smaller replacement for the popular Ford Ranger.

The new version of the pickup truck is probably going to be called the F100. The automaker is working on the project under the codename of P525 and the new models are likely going to resemble the Ford trucks from the 1950s with curvy fenders and other classic features.

Until now, the Ranger has been produced in Australia. Ford didn’t have plans to bring it back to the United States, but recent developments in demand and gas prices have forced the company to reconsider.

The F100 and the smaller version of the Ranger are likely going to hit dealer lots in 2010, just in time to meet the federal government’s new standards. Ford is going to produce them together instead of making them compete against each other. Neither truck is going to have a V8 engine, but they will have either a V4 or an EcoBoost V6 with turbocharging or direct injection for better fuel efficiency.