Bronco Sport

[DustyD]

Guess I gotta disagree. Ford shouldn't plaster the bronco name on this. And it's very unfortunate for Ford that everyone will see this before the real deal. People will see this Forester lookalike with the "bronco" name on it and think "that's it? That's what all the hype is about?".
Customer confusion is never a good thing, they should haveb called this something else, it Waters down the bronco name.

I'm in the same camp, wish they would have gone with Maverick or "insert one of the possible names here".

My wife will be teasing me when she reads the news articles on this. I can hear her now- "You've been making a bid deal waiting for this... "

She's automotive ignorant and has also talked crap about the test mule being the real Bronco. BUT, she's a sampling of most of the population. If we're shopping for a new family SUV, she'd be interested in the looks/function/performance of the Bronco Sport (BS?) regardless of the name, so I think it cheapens the Bronco stamp when the audience for this will not be after the real thing.

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[Nickp]

Hmmm... Seems that anyone who was holding out hope that this list was for the Bronco Sport and not the Bronco are out of luck.

https://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch-up-paint/ford/2021/bronco/

Unless this is "Area 51", then we are looking at an unlisted color. Or it's possible the website doesn't have ANY of the Bronco Sport colors listed.

It has been repeatedly stated that color list is bullshit

 

[Cobra Jet]

Sorry... the thing looks ugly... looks like a direct copy off of the Range Rover product line... side profile and all... wtf.

God help us all that the Full Size is not hideous....

 

[Enessy]

Yeah how dare we leak something, lets show some respect to the company who pushed out shitty transmissions to everyone who bought a Ford Focus.

And the 5.4L V8. ‍

 

[Dirty Bronco]

It has been repeatedly stated that color list is bullshit

I missed that. I saw all the initial reactions to the lack of Blues etc, but never saw any hard confirmation that the list was inaccurate.

 

[Enessy]

Agreed. For an SUV that will appeal to a lot of folks outside the more hardcore 4x4 community, I think this Sport model will sell well. And for more of a road SUV I think it looks good.

Even though I don't particularly like Ford using the Bronco name on several different vehicles, I think it's a smart move by Ford to have this Sport model under the Bronco halo.

It’s supposed to be leaning into the off-road capability category too though. It’s not supposed to be pavement centric, but not a hardcore off-roader. I could see the wife getting one and it being our mountain cruiser. Then when the Bronco pick up comes out (R version?) I’d get that to replace my F150.

 

[Sherminiator]

My wife loves it-she had a 2010 Escape and now has a 2017 Escape she doesn't like as much style wise. She said it reminds her of a Range Rover a bit.

One thing to remember-this is will be plan B for people who don't want to spend say $45-50K on regular Bronco. I'm going also say that this will most likely outsell or take a decent size chunk out of Escape sales too.

 

[jimbo92]

Already got a snitch

 

[SeventyOne]

Saw the pics this am and almost spit out coffee saying "oh sh%t" before realizing it was the sport. Thank God. Showed it to my girlfriend who said "it's cute". I agree, for what it is it looks good. Has some land rover elements which isn't a bad thing.

 

[Southern Girl]

It's cute, but probably won't make it down my road.

 

[CSSM]

Those of you calling the Sport the "female" companion to the Bronco seem to have forgotten about this:

The Bronco Sport is the burly brother of the Escape and fits a nice niche between something like a Crosstrek and the Bronco/Wrangler. The Sport is a fantastic choice for an off-roady medium-size SUV for the 95% of people who don't need something as capable as the Bronco/Wrangler. It's plenty capable and not "feminine." Lets give it credit.

 

[kbexperience]

So, the pictures look like some sort of reveal happening soon based on the curtains that look like a stage of some sort, which would indicate unveiling VERY soon. Since we’ve heard the Big Bronco will be revealed first, does that mean we will be getting our reveal VERY soon too??

 

[Toyhoarder]

And the 5.4L V8. ‍

While I’m not a huge fan of the power output of my ‘09 5.4, it does have over 190k miles on the odo. (More like 209k miles when correcting for the 35” tires it has had its whole life). Only engine issues I’ve really had are exhaust manifolds ($150ish), one coil pack, and VCT solenoids that I need to change ($150ish). Definitely better than some other Ford engines I’ve owned. 289, 302, and 6.0 PS.

 

[BroncoJeremie]

And the 5.4L V8. ‍

I own a triton 5.4 it's not that bad and lot of its over hyped on the problems as long as the spark plugs gets changed and at this point majority have been it's easy to own

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Looks a lot like medium Wedgewood Blue.

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