Lmao you have no idea..... First off the pros were in those models to showcase those options. Real rock crawlers don't need a goat mode or auto sway disconnect, they have manually disconnecting forever. If you watched any of the videos you would repeatedly hear that its really for the novice offroader.
Or even Basequatch which is what im getting. A mall crawler would be taking a Bronco and just throwing an aftermarket lift and big tires on without upgrading the axles, gearing, and not adding lockers.
Wildtrak actually makes the most logical sense. If any bronco is a “mall crawler” it’s the outerbanks. The wildtrak is the desert runner, the badlands is the rock crawler.
SAS is SAS, but this this thread goes into the differences between Badlands and SAS suspension, highlights below.
Well, Ford was the first to do this. And here it is, the Overland concept revealed last October. I was there and spoke to the driver and he said it’s fine most of the time but rubs slightly at full turn and probably off road ing at full flex. You can also see how the tires look stuffed in there as it needs bit more lift.
I heard lots of things, including how much they loved the sway bar disconnect and how nice it was that it activated on the roll, off camber and auto reconnected. Many of the comments around “novice” needs were centered around the GOAT modes and one pedal driving, trail control in my recollection. Even then, several commented that the modes worked really well and they would enjoy being able to have those functions work to make the driving experience better, more relaxed and enjoyable when not “competing”. I am fairly experienced, but love the idea of a smoother ride with the sway bar disconnect, trail control for running trails at a regulated pace and one pedal seems awesome both for me and to get my wife into driving off road. None of it is required, but all of it is interesting to me.
