Jalopnik: I Was Wrong to Doubt the Ford Bronco

[Simmy]

Jalopnik writer changes his mind about the Bronco after spending two weeks in a four-door Wildtrack with the Sasquatch package.

https://jalopnik.com/i-was-wrong-to-doubt-the-ford-bronco-1849159140

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[BulldogBear]

Too true:

 

[RoLyMa27]

Jalopnik writer changes his mind about the Bronco after spending two weeks in a four-door Wildtrack with the Sasquatch package.

https://jalopnik.com/i-was-wrong-to-doubt-the-ford-bronco-1849159140

An automotive writer that gets it! My favorite paragraph!

The Bronco’s real strength is that it doesn’t try to excel at everything. The great folly of modern automotive journalism is the belief that every vehicle on the road should be Countach quick, church quiet, and couch soft. That’s a lie, and it’s how we’ve wound up in a world with increasingly homogenous vehicles, all more or less interchangeable in design and specification. The Bronco is comfortable, but it makes no attempt to hide the fact that it’s a body-on-frame SUV available from the factory on 35-inch tires. There’s wind noise, tire noise, squeaks and rattles. But it also tends towards civility in a way that even the reasonably well-sorted JL-generation Jeep Wrangler can’t match.

 

[5280Bronco]

An automotive writer that gets it! My favorite paragraph!

The Bronco’s real strength is that it doesn’t try to excel at everything. The great folly of modern automotive journalism is the belief that every vehicle on the road should be Countach quick, church quiet, and couch soft. That’s a lie, and it’s how we’ve wound up in a world with increasingly homogenous vehicles, all more or less interchangeable in design and specification. The Bronco is comfortable, but it makes no attempt to hide the fact that it’s a body-on-frame SUV available from the factory on 35-inch tires. There’s wind noise, tire noise, squeaks and rattles. But it also tends towards civility in a way that even the reasonably well-sorted JL-generation Jeep Wrangler can’t match.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[Austin Bronco]

Great article, and though I don’t have previous jeep experience, you can tell you’re driving a beast. Feels like it will go over/thru anything. Especially after doing the off rodeo, probably a little too confident

 

[tn3sport]

Excellent article. Being a mere two hours from Windrock, sadly, I've never been.
He's right about these mountains being a rainforest, at least, at this time of year.
I'll take the Badlands there in the dryer winter months.

 

[Jroub21]

As opposed to the elusive Wildtrak without Sasquatch package…

 

[Natai]

Too true:

Easily my favorite line as well.

Extremely well-written, honest about why he was turned off the Bronco originally (with some views I share), and doesn't present what he likes about it like a salesman or a paid reviewer.

One of the better things I've read this month.

 

[R11]

As opposed to the elusive Wildtrak without Sasquatch package…

Every time lol

 

[BuckYeah]

Jalopnik writer changes his mind about the Bronco after spending two weeks in a four-door Wildtrack with the Sasquatch package.

https://jalopnik.com/i-was-wrong-to-doubt-the-ford-bronco-1849159140

What a beautifully written article! Thank you for finding and sharing it here.

 

[Deleted member 3063]

good article though it left me wondering, ranch or italian

 

[Oisinirish]

An automotive writer that gets it! My favorite paragraph!

The Bronco’s real strength is that it doesn’t try to excel at everything. The great folly of modern automotive journalism is the belief that every vehicle on the road should be Countach quick, church quiet, and couch soft. That’s a lie, and it’s how we’ve wound up in a world with increasingly homogenous vehicles, all more or less interchangeable in design and specification. The Bronco is comfortable, but it makes no attempt to hide the fact that it’s a body-on-frame SUV available from the factory on 35-inch tires. There’s wind noise, tire noise, squeaks and rattles. But it also tends towards civility in a way that even the reasonably well-sorted JL-generation Jeep Wrangler can’t match.

And this.
But that’s the thing about a good off-roader. It sits on your shoulder and whispers in your ear. Says, “fuck it. Give it a shot.”

 

[Planet_Express_IV]

As opposed to the elusive Wildtrak without Sasquatch package…

Every time lol

Wasn't it possible based on those reporting on receiving such a vehicle in the middle east and north african markets that their Wildtrak didn't get the Sasquatch package? Though no one in North America apart from Ford corporate employees have probably experienced that here. Though I do remember reading about it on b6g from some of those rare middle east customers.

 

[SaudiBronco]

Wasn't it possible based on those reporting on receiving such a vehicle in the middle east and north african markets that their Wildtrak didn't get the Sasquatch package? Though no one in North America apart from Ford corporate employees have probably experienced that here. Though I do remember reading about it on b6g from some of those rare middle east customers.

 

[CashOfLegend]

Jalopnik has long been the National Enquirer of the automotive scene. Glad to see they at least gained some integrity.

EDIT: OMG I couldn't get through the first two paragraphs of that trash article. What a clown.

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