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Looks like these guys are learning what thousands of Europeans have already found out - that plugin hybrids are a neither fish nor fowl dead end in automotive design concepts. They’re supposed to marry the convenience of ICE with the environmental friendliness of EV. But aside from a very...

Very cool but not sure about the marketing angle on this. There are thousands of week 1 reservation holders without builds, dealer markups out the ass, and the raptor just came out. It’s not like this special edition is gonna raise interest any higher or drum up extra sales. Is this really as...

Damn, nicely done. The big takeaway for everyone wanting upfitter switches: just check the $200 option box when you order and then you won’t have to do all this after the fact.

Catch cans stop a bunch of oil mist from going back to the intake system, where it gunks up intake valves in GDI engines since they doesn’t get washed with fuel. Each of the 30 or so GDI engines I’ve looked in had bad intake valve deposits, even in as little as 30,000 miles. This is mainly a...

Watch 1:30-3:30 of this video. That’s what it looks like when strong wind blows fine powder snow through window and door seals at deep subzero temps. It falls on everything like volcanic ash.

Thats a much better question and one I happen to agree with. I guess it would be cool to roll around the arctic under the northern lights with the top down during shoulder season, but it certainly wouldn’t cross my mind to bring a soft top up there in winter. Besides the snow and cold you...

Friends, before you all rip this guy a new one thinking he left something open and is BS’ing, please consider a few things: First: maybe 1 out of every 1000 forum members live in or regularly visit north of the arctic circle. I’ve only been once in my entire life. But North Dakota and Alberta...

So literally cardboard honeycomb encased in foam and a thin layer of blow molded polypropylene. Basically the same thing as an Igloo cooler but they added the paperboard for better dimensional stability. Not sure why this was so hard for Webasto, maybe they should’ve hired Igloo or Yeti for...

Totally get where ur coming from. When this thing was announced I was all Bronco all the time for about 9 months. But I refused to put any money on the table for a car without at least seeing it first. Then at long last in March I finally saw one in person at a local dealership viewing and...

Exactly.

That wrangler 4xe burning 17 kWh in ~3 miles makes you wonder how quick the new GMC Hummer is going to suck down its 200 kWh of juice at a 9000 lb curb weight. If anyone tries to do real off-roading in that thing it better be less than 50-60 miles round trip from the nearest charger.

Move to Pennsylvania lol

They’re probably derated for break-in. Apparently mustangs do that, wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case here.

I don’t think there will be either, with the hybrid and warthog they’ll already have 4 powertrain choices. The hybrid will be the mileage leader and I don’t think any of the Bronco engines are hurting for more torque. Plus with diesel you have to deal with the exhaust particulate filter, SCR...

Wow I thought these kinds of things were $3k max. $7500 (plus maybe more with options) is way too damn expensive for what it offers.

They should be prepping every single Bronco for a hardtop regardless, but if this becomes a thing it better be free of charge for all these bullshit delays. Especially if they’re telling folks to order a soft top to *maybe* get their $40k plus truck faster. Seriously, why is this even an extra...

Good point...would be nice to hear from someone who designed this stuff. I have to believe that with all the effort building ridiculous capability into the Bronco they would’ve accounted for this too. The bracket has to flex at least a little if someone puts a ton of lateral load on the hook...

Nice! That gets to the bottom of it then - the intercooler is mounted direct to the frame, and the recovery hook brackets just hold locating pegs to keep movement under control. Still, if you have the regular plastic bumper, it would be suicidal to do real off-roading without a beefy skid...

I just noticed this: if you zoom in on the right side of the intercooler mount, you’ll see the hole on the bracket is round. Zoom in on the left and you’ll see it’s oval shaped. This provides the intercooler with a bit of left-right slack in case either recovery bracket flexes under torque...

Hope so! Also, zoom in on the left side: the hole looks almost oval shaped to give some play in case one side or the other moves. That might be the out.