2021 Bronco delivery now "targeted to begin June 2021" and possibly into 2022

[TripleB]

Those in the back are hell.

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[Nickp]

In their launch videos, they said that these Broncos were already extensively tested and abused in the harshest of environments. If that is the case, they should be good to go. As far as longevity and reliability testing, that's something that can be done on a dyno over a couple of days span. I'm just getting impatient now lol. I have and I'm sure the rest of you have waited such a long time for this moment. Buying and driving this Bronco will be my way of giving an expletive-laden hand gesture to the year 2020, because this has literally been the only good thing to come out of this year.

Durability testing is only part of it. They durability tested the explorer too. When you’re assembling 1000’s of individual parts together that all rely on one another, and your expected failure rate needs to be basically zero, it’s gonna take some time. Especially with such a different product vs anything else they sell or have sold in decades.

See: Tesla. They build a car within two years of starting to design it and they come out with all sorts of problems that the 1st owners just beta test. Ford doesn’t have the luxury of using us as beta testers, and they want us to be confident in their product.

 

[Cooknn]

My Focus Titanium Sedan will be paid off in April ‘21. This Bronco will be the last new vehicle I plan on buying. No problem waiting. No choice! More time to save for the down payment. And get my credit score well above 800 so I can get the best rate.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I noticed on reveal day all the language at ford.Com hinted at "mid-2021".
Not surprised.
Wondering if it just means it will take that long for people without reservations?

 

[kairo]

I agree. If the 6th gen 4runner can have identical turbo powertrains as the Bronco, I'll go for that instead.

I have a 2005 with almost 200,000 miles and it's still going strong

It's very hard to beat Toyota's reputation on reliability (I drive a Tacoma right now)

If they brought the Taco or the new 4Runner out with front and rear lockers and a swaybar disconnect and set the whole thing on 33" tires, it'd be a no brainer.

As much as I loved taking the doors and roof off of my jeeps in the past, doing it in the Bronco is not something I'd likely do more than a few times a year realistically. Having removable components is not a deal-breaker for me.

 

[TripleB]

Pull a mustang and call it a 2021.5 model.

I would never buy a .5 model anything just because. I refused to by a 2018 Jeep Wrangler because they produced both the JK and LJ in the same year. By the time 2019 rolled around they lost me.

 

[Felix808]

I have no problems with a wait into 2022, gives them time to work through any production problems that will arise as production begins.

Yep, I'll wait hoping they get it right instead of rushing it & sorting it out later.

 

[Mchong75]

It's very hard to beat Toyota's reputation on reliability (I drive a Tacoma right now)

If they brought the Taco or the new 4Runner out with front and rear lockers and a swaybar disconnect and set the whole thing on 33" tires, it'd be a no brainer.

As much as I loved taking the doors and roof off of my jeeps in the past, doing it in the Bronco is not something I'd likely do more than a few times a year realistically. Having removable components is not a deal-breaker for me.

same here. If a new 4Runner is announced, I’d buy that over the Bronco.

 

[Broncolli]

If its a first come first serve, I'm banking on still getting the truck April/May of 2021 if we reserved within the first couple of days.

would be good to get official confirmation of that - and or at least what number we are in line and how many they can make per month

 

[Zero_chance]

F150 is made in 2 Factories
Dearborn with 10m ft2 and 4500 employees
Kansas City with 4.7m ft2 and 7000 employee (kc almost makes the Transit so half that then)

so a total of roughly 13 million ft2 and 7000 employees for JUST the f150 vs

5 million ft2 And 3200 employees to build the ranger AND bronco.

So assume even one tenth the production, still 100k capability, which is probably underestimating. Could be strategic marketing, make more people want to rush out and put a deposit down. The more they get the more they’ll convert to orders. I still think Ford is assuming there will be closures / slow down from COVID and is trying to put the worst case scenario out there to be ahead of the game. Guess we’ll see.

 

[Zero_chance]

same here. If a new 4Runner is announced, I’d buy that over the Bronco.

By all means, please do. More inventory for real enthusiasts. You fair weather band wagon fear of missing out folks sure are a riot.

 

[BBB]

Would this be for reservations put today onwards, or for everyone?

 

[Zero_chance]

would be good to get official confirmation of that - and or at least what number we are in line and how many they can make per month

It won’t be first come first serve, trust me. It’s going to be whoever gets their actual order in first. Reservations do absolutely nothing except show Ford the desire for the product and give dealers a list of people to coax into the dealership to try and place an order. Those placed orders will determine what place in line you are, nothing else.

 

[DeltaBravo]

hmmm.... I might wanna drag my feet... first model years are usually buggy

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