Do you call your Bronco a car or truck?

[BigBendBW]

I had an '05 explorer for years and would feel weird calling it a truck. My definition of truck centered around a pickup truck with a bed.

Now that I have a bronco I find myself experiencing the same thing although I do feel a little better calling it a truck.

I mostly just say bronco, i.e. "let's take my bronco" instead of "let's take my car/truck"

Definitely NOT a car that’s for sure…

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[TheBear]

I’d call it bronco for sure, just like I’d call a wrangler a Jeep. But to call it a truck, like is often done on 6g, is simply wrong. I’d consider a truck to require at least being a HD pickup. Even an HD pickup is not actually a truck. I was once lectured decades ago that a pickup is a pickup and a truck is a truck. There’s no way a Bronco is a truck. Since I ain’t calling it an SUV, it’s a Bronco.

 

[Tex]

Jessabelle, because that's her name.

It is a body on frame though, and most bodies on frame are considered a truck platform.

Corvette was body on frame up until around 1981, so they're probably trucks too.

 

[stickshifthappy]

Lucille ?

 

[NVCowboy]

I’m in the Bronco camp. Still own my Superduty to tow my wife’s trailer (Grand Design 2970RL) and Lowe’s runs, so that is the truck. My wife called the Bronco a Jeep once or twice when it first came home, but she hasn’t done that since Off-roadeo. Why do I refer to the 2970 as my wife’s trailer? I have a 6x12 cargo conversion specifically built for the Bronco to take on guy trips, that I call my trailer. Car seems way beneath the stature of the Sasquatch, but that slips out now and then. Mostly, Bronco. It’s strangely appropriate.

 

[Cyber-Base-Bronco117]

I had an '05 explorer for years and would feel weird calling it a truck. My definition of truck centered around a pickup truck with a bed.

Now that I have a bronco I find myself experiencing the same thing although I do feel a little better calling it a truck.

I mostly just say bronco, i.e. "let's take my bronco" instead of "let's take my car/truck"

I call it a car, although I know it’s more akin to a truck. Whenever people refer to it as a truck I don’t correct themI guess technically it’s an suv though so idk

 

[Texas Sunshine]

I call mine a vehicle. I’ve booked travel for years for professors and always called whatever I rented a vehicle so it’s a habit.

 

[EpicExplorer]

I call mine a vehicle. I’ve booked travel for years for professors and always called whatever I rented a vehicle so it’s a habit.

 

[Roadhusky]

I love this thread because I think about this too. In my heart, "truck" is the answer (BOF af!!), but I feel self-conscious calling it that because I know some will think I'm being a tryhard poser. "Car" just feels wrong though! Clearly "SUV" is the most technically correct category bucket, but people don't use that as a generic kind of term the way we do "car" or "truck." Like nobody ever said "I'm running ten minutes late, forgot I had to put gas in the SUV."

I do try to dodge the question by saying "the Bronco" to people who know me & know that's what I drive, but to me that level of specificity feels just off in casual contexts. Like, if a stranger making small talk says "that storm earlier came out of nowhere, huh?" then it's fine if I say "sure did, I was finishing up a hike with my dog and we had to run to make it back to the car/truck when the sky opened up" but if you swap "Bronco" in there, then you just come off as a sweaty f'in weirdo who's practically begging to be praised for driving a cool set of wheels. I'm A-OK being a weirdo, mind you, but I'm not gonna be seen begging anyone for anything.

re "Jeep"—a parking attendant at the airport garage a couple weeks ago was trying to get my attention from several entrance lanes over, and when I tuned in he was yelling "LADY IN THE GREEN JEEP!!!!" at me... I'd love to claim that the reason I wasn't responding was that I wouldn't deign to turn my head for such a slur, but the actual reason is it was 4:45 in the morning.

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