At this point the color Bronco needs most for upcoming years is "pineapple" 🍍.
I say this as someone who doesn't even like yellow as a car color.
Embrace it Ford Icons group, this is the kind of community engagement that can earn you a few points back.
If I log in I am blocked from the Bronco Engine Sound thread posted yesterday. I can only access it if I'm not logged in. That's a pretty lame way of getting the response you want.
Some more details on the upcoming 7-speed manual with an optional "crawler" low gear.
https://getrag-ford.com/en/products.html
https://getrag-ford.com/files/theme/downloads/6MTI550_Storyboard_20191010_wo_contact.pdf
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600Nm is 442ftlb of torque, more than we were expecting...
While discussing the virtues of SFA over on BOF some insiders felt it necessary to stamp out any hope that off road prowess was a major consideration in Bronco design ...
No SFA option, and no disconnecting sway bar. ... Take it from someone who has seen the Bronco and its design /...
Presuming the Bronco meets whatever criteria you're looking for and you purchase one, what kind of duties will it be used for, not tomorrow or the year after you buy it, but in ten years?
There are a few reasons I'm asking what it would be up to after so much time. First is that I personally...
More internal rumblings with Ford as major leadership changes.
Ford Names New Chief Operating Officer in Leadership Shake-Up
Joe Hinrichs, longtime manufacturing executive and Ford’s president of automotive, to retire
This following a very poor launch of one of Ford's most iconic nameplates...
We're just a few days from King of the Hammers. I have to wonder if the recent spattering of Bronco media is meant to pump up adherents to this faith right before they're challenged by an absence of the demonstration of their deities powers?
Bronco was a DNF at the Baja 1000, and you can...
On a scale from A to HH, how big are the tires you like to see on a Bronco?
Some visual aides ...
If we assume the first prototype has 31" tires ...
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Then a little bit of photo trickery gives us some 33s ...
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I'm sure someone could do a...
Please tell me there is an option hidden somewhere that will remove the requirement for unchecking the box every time I respond to a thread. I'm getting really tired of the torrent of spam generated by the "watched" threads.
Great forum metaphor for Electric Stop Start as an annoying feature...
A little bit more from one of the insider sources on what kind of removable tops a Bronco could have:
The way it was explained, one roof would be nonremovable, one totally removable, and one, the area above the front two seats would be stationery, and the rear removable. I may have it confused...
It doesn't seem like Ford is abandoning the V8 like some would claim. There are new high performance versions out for the Mustang, and now an iron block Coyote ... if, y'know, you need 1500hp in your Bronco to do somersaults, or build a rock bouncer or dragster.
While an iron Coyote is an...
According to a recent union agreement document, the bodies of "all new Broncos" are going to be stamped at the same facility that does aluminum truck bodies.
eta: additionally, yes the Navigator and Expedition also have aluminum bodies.
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I think most of us saw something like this coming.
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FORD PERFORMANCE AND ARB TO CO-DEVELOP OFF-ROAD PARTS STARTING WITH WINCH-READY BUMPER FOR FORD RANGER...
Towing and recovery services are a testament to what the average driver or auto customer thinks is "off road worthy", or what they will in fact try to do with such a vehicle when out for a lark.
The Winder's for example seem like very nice people, and deal with their customers very...
How do you feel about Ford's tour-de-force in keeping the Bronco and any meaningful details about it a secret?
It started out rough, with the union forcing Ford's hand to even reveal that the Bronco was in the works, but it has been a very tight ship since then. It says a lot when this picture...
Ford gobbled up "Black Diamond" for vehicle naming. Following the concept of rating the difficulty of recreational trails and venues with colors and shapes, black diamond being rather difficult.
I'd say about 18% might actually use it, 82% cheap Bronco marketing through the patents and...
If you want to hear lots of screetching metal as some Jeep Gladiators get dragged over the rocks of the Rubicon ...
TBH I haven't even finished watching it, but my ears are bleeding so I had to take a break.
As many fine qualities as the Gladiator may have, that kind of breakover and...
A convoy of Ford's "yet to be named rugged off road small utility" were spotted in Moab Utah. The town unfortunately, not the fun off-roady parts. Maybe someone else got those pics ...
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