CNET Bronco Review : Legit Jeep Slayer & a warning to Ford

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Hold up, say whaaaaatttt?? I don’t recall this.

 

[Bronc-Itus]

Ford actually did apologize in their March 25th "March Order Update" email:

" Add on a global pandemic, and this vehicle launch quickly escalated to one of the biggest challenges we've faced in years. These challenges have resulted in product changes for your Bronco order, which we want to share with you today. We know this news will be frustrating, and for this we sincerely apologize. "

No apologizes from Ford since then. Even as their commodity constraints shit show has gone from bad to worse. Instead, all we get are repeated emails letting us know that if we want a Bronco sooner rather than later all we have to do is change our order to something many of us don't want.

Maybe the ghost of Henry Ford is back with a new motto: "You can have any Bronco you want as long as it is a 4 door Big Bend with a soft top, 2.3 liter engine, mid package and incapable of towing anything."

 

[Bronc-Itus]

Hold up, say whaaaaatttt?? I don’t recall this.

Doesn’t Sasquatch come with full skid plates?

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

Doesn’t Sasquatch come with full skid plates?

That’s what I’m asking lol. I wasn’t aware of this.

 

[Wolfie272]

That’s what I’m asking lol. I wasn’t aware of this.

I was able to see a real life Badlands 4dr the other day, and it does seem to have some impressive skid plates. It was at my dealer, I asked about their dealer demo. He said the demo was “in production” and they expect to see it in 2-3 weeks. So we haven’t even cleared dealer demo builds yet

 

[BroncoKong Jr.]

Doesn’t Sasquatch come with full skid plates?

Nope

 

[Permaxyz]

I won’t lie. There’s been times I’ve been on the cliff ready to jump. But if it wasn’t for heritage and the memories of my dad, I would’ve given up and got a King Ranch.

 

[Bronco4lyfe85]

I was able to see a real life Badlands 4dr the other day, and it does seem to have some impressive skid plates. It was at my dealer, I asked about their dealer demo. He said the demo was “in production” and they expect to see it in 2-3 weeks. So we haven’t even cleared dealer demo builds yet

Yeah, badlands comes with it! But this review insinuated all models with Sasquatch did and I didn’t think that was true.

Nope

That’s what I thought.

 

[FlyingBronco]

I was able to see a real life Badlands 4dr the other day, and it does seem to have some impressive skid plates. It was at my dealer, I asked about their dealer demo. He said the demo was “in production” and they expect to see it in 2-3 weeks. So we haven’t even cleared dealer demo builds yet

I believe the stock Badlands comes with the skidplates as standard, along with steel bumpers. I think Sas comes with full or partial coverage skidplates, can't recall.

 

[Bronc-O]

The most important point.

"Ford may just squelch the considerable momentum this new Bronco has built among the SUV's earliest and most fervent supporters."

The person that wrote that must be a b6g member.

 

[peterh]

Great review by CNET that came out a few days ago: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2021-ford-bronco-review-preview/

Starts out with It's real and it's spectacular but the last paragraph titled "Bronco's Biggest Problem" might be the most interesting: To be an early Bronco reservation holder is to be subjected to an unfunny comedy of errors and a parade of "we're sorry, we got this" apology emails. If it isn't careful, Ford may just squelch the considerable momentum this new Bronco has built among the SUV's earliest and most fervent supporters.

Hopefully the higher ups at Ford have taken this review - and warning - to heart.

you always hurt the ones who love you most. isn't there about 1,000 country songs about this? LOL

 

[MayhemMike]

“ MAY?” We are way past may.

 

[JimL]

I’m pretty sure “ I’m sorry” has not been said by Ford motor company. I’ve told a few friends about how “sorry” they are. But not repeating any kind apology.

Couldn’t resist:

 

[peterh]

"The doors are frameless, which allows them to be stored onboard the vehicle regardless of whether you have a two or four-door model."

I did not know that the 2 doors fit on board, i guess it requires putting the rear seats down, yes? - good stuff either way

 

[motocane]

Hmm, these Ford “apologies” are more like it’s not our fault but “we’re sorry you feel that way” non-apologies…