Ford Bronco Badlands 2-Door Review by Autotrader

[Broncodave]

Those tops really are the Achilles heel in an otherwise great truck. Glad he didn't mince words and simply said it's not good.

As excited as I am for my Bronco to be built in December, I would feel almost a sense of relief if Ford announced another pause while they worked on MIC 2.5 or 3.0.

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[TX_Bronco77]

Ford needs to allow the BesTop fastbacks on 2 &4 doors from the factory - no other junk Ford tops to clutter garage. Aftermarket will come up with insulation for soft top for out of top-down season.

Agreed. If they offered the soft top I'd jump on it and get a hard top later from someone besides Ford. Ford has proven they can't make these tops and it sucks to be stuck with it since I won't budge on the 2DR.

 

[climb2descend]

Looks like a 315/70/17 KO2 Load C All-terrain weighs 65lbs while the Mud-terrain comes in at 75lbs. Goodyear Territory (sasquatch) tire is listed at 52lbs according to Tire Rack. That's quite a bit of savings in rotational mass

The Territory weight is crazy to me for a Load C. Maybe I will look into getting this tire in 285/70/17 since its only 45 lbs, that's 2 lbs lighter then a Toyo Open Country AT3 SL wtf!

 

[Parker]

Looks like a 315/70/17 KO2 Load C All-terrain weighs 65lbs while the Mud-terrain comes in at 75lbs. Goodyear Territory (sasquatch) tire is listed at 52lbs according to Tire Rack. That's quite a bit of savings in rotational mass

The 285/70-17 KO2's are 51 lbs. - mystery solved - caution, that is probably the max weight for factory bearings etc. - do not forget to put OEM's back on before going in for for warranty work.

 

[wetdog]

Rev counter? Is that a tach? Was this an old world English review?

He said its a good piece of kit too

 

[Roll Sound]

Looks like a 315/70/17 KO2 Load C All-terrain weighs 65lbs while the Mud-terrain comes in at 75lbs. Goodyear Territory (sasquatch) tire is listed at 52lbs according to Tire Rack. That's quite a bit of savings in rotational mass

Interesting...

 

[WuNgUn]

If I have to listen to another moron call the auxiliary switches "ox switches", someone is surely going to die.
They might as well refer to the Sasquatch options as "SAS" too

 

[bigtexyahoocom]

I wish they would switch the 2 door top to a soft top. You see them at the Bronco Off-Roadeo. The price of a true off road capable Bronco starts at $38,180 (base 2 door, sas), lets see Jeep, Toyota, Land Cruiser...meet that!

4 door Wrangler Willys with Extreme Recon package should be 40,930 according to Car and Driver, placing the 2 door about where you’re describing. They did lol

 

[Davebear13]

4 door Wrangler Willys with Extreme Recon package should be 40,930 according to Car and Driver, placing the 2 door about where you’re describing. They did lol

Right now you cannot build it on the Jeep site. The 4 door Willies without lockers, without

4 door Wrangler Willys with Extreme Recon package should be 40,930 according to Car and Driver, placing the 2 door about where you’re describing. They did lol

Right now you cannot build it on the Jeep site. The one you can build - 4 door Willies without lockers, without LED, white paint is $41,215 (without the extreme recon and still without lockers). I doubt that they are going to lower prices on Wranglers

 

[CWO4]

Anyone know the weight of the wrangler territory 35” tires? Could it be the KO2 weighs more and maxes out the gvwr?

35” ko2’s look to be about 65lbs.

Wheel and tire 87.5 lbs, that is an FE rim.

 

[FourHorses]

Wheel and tire 87.5 lbs, that is an FE rim.

Yeah, I saw that in the video earlier today. I was wondering on tire weight only.

 

[indio22]

That Rapid Red color looks good on the review model, considering ordering that color.

 

[markregel]

Great review on YouTube by Autotrader on the 2-door Badlands non-sasquatch.



Pros

• Great Looks, nice cabin, and cool options
• Good on-road presence. Better than Wrangler
• Amazing crawling ability
• Good cabin space and storage. Better than Defender and Wrangler

Cons

• Top is not good. Too loud/squeaky
• Rev counter could be improved. Prefer analog over digital
• Pricing is expensive (before ADM's)

Other comments

• Badlands non-sasquatch comes with 33” KO2’s. Why didn’t ford equip Sasquatch model with 35” versions? Comments at 3:29 in video
• "This is a very very good machine"

I think some are expecting a removable top itself made of removable panels to be as quiet and refined as a fixed roof stamped as part of the body structure. Not going to happen. Its not that way on Jeeps and its not going to be that way on Bronco.

 

[PDiddy]

If I have to listen to another moron call the auxiliary switches "ox switches", someone is surely going to die.
They might as well refer to the Sasquatch options as "SAS" too

Your being a little Sus.

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