We will see but right now its looking like.
Ford Marketing: We should bring back the Bronco
Ford Executive: Great idea
Ford Marketing: And we can go head to head with the Jeep
Ford Engineering: FYI Toyota just fired the head designer of the FJ
Ford Executive: We should hire that guy he has...
The Toyota guys say the same thing all the time. And they drop thousands of dollars on suspension upgrades. Only to get passed on the trail buy a thousand dollar jeep cherokee, while they are broke down trying to figure out how to reattach an A-arm.
The bummer part is for us East coast guys, it kinda makes the bronco a road only vehicle. We don't have places to run high speed or deserts, just tight trails that love rip pieces of of trucks were you need clearance and articulation. So in my opinion it will not be a "jeep killer" which is...
This makes sense on prototypes by winter. Today I was told we are suppose to start running some small production parts for this program and a few other new programs,
I'm looking for a rugged 2 door SUV with
Solid front Axle
Manual Trans with granny gear
Removable Top
Removable Doors
The ability to get a low tech version.
I really want a modern classic bronco.