I get what you are saying. These vehicles are going to be pretty raw in areas for the first couple model years, as the focus was elsewhere. I assume they will pay more attention to the finer details on the interior, over the subsequent years of the 6G.
What upsets me isn't the hard plastic. It's that it's thin and poorly put together. There are a lot of hard plastics in the new F150 too, but they feel substantial and durable, the Broncos feel flimsy and fragile.
Oh stop. Did I say I was cancelling my order? Did I say it was a dealbreaker for me? No. And who said anything about a Range Rover?? Hereās my outback thatās 25k less than my bronco
Dude, you are like a fucking cat. Scratching and tapping all over. Your opinion matters, but I can say, I own several vehicles from a 2002 Mustang GT to a 2020 Lincoln Navigator and have never done any of this clawing, scratching, tapping, pulling on any of the interior parts/panels (until now..). For fun, I just depressed my finger into the dash in my 2002 Mustang and my 2020 Navigator, and guess what? The Mustang wins the depression test, itās way more soft!! Guess what else? The Mustang interior panels still look cheaper than any vehicle Iāve owned.
Haha!
No thanks, Iām perfectly fine with my own personal preferences. I donāt need to watch some random guy on YouTube scratching and clawing on a vehicle interior.
Videos below.
I'll start by linking a ton of interior dimensions here - https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/lots-of-tape-measured-dimensions-4-door-bronco-chapman.15880/
Presence:
As many have said, this thing looks the business. I included a video of it next to the Bronco Sport, and it looks like a Mini Cooper next to the big Bronco sasquatch. Overall, very pleased. This seems to be uncontested, so I will move on
Materials/Build Quality:
My biggest negative/takeway - lack of a soft touch upper dash. It is hollow, knocks hollow, and the graining is obviously fake. I think I care more since I am getting roast, and to have this piece colored seems to draw attention to something that is really subpar. There are a lot of scratchy materials. The build quality is also not the best, but I am going to give Ford a partial waiver since this is a pre-production, however, presumably the materials are here to stay. I wasnt expecting super high end quality materials, but I would definitely put this at two steps below my Subaru Outback. If they offered some type of trim level that swapped out the hard plastics for soft touch, I would easily be on board, and would happily pay a pretty penny for it.
Interior Space:
See my dimensions link above. Overall, better than I thought. The interior feels like youre sitting in a mini tank, and I absolutely love it. The window sills are low enough that you could easily rest your arm. And the windows are huge perfectly veritcal slabs that really make the cabin unique, boxy, and roomier than the numbers imply. The doors are thin, and you definitely pick up some knee room up front. The rear seats are very upright, but okay when reclined. One thing I will note is that in the back, since you sit high, at 6 ft the side of my head felt stuck in the coffers, i.e. the side of my skull was inline with the rollbar and only a couple inches away. This is not a problem in the front since you sit lower. I dont care much, given kids will be in the back, but something to note....Comparing the dimensions to my outback, it looks like I lose about 2-3" of rear seat room. For example, with my Outback driver seat in its position, i have 13" of clearance to the seat cushion, and 31" of overall depth from seatback to seatback. In the Bronco, it was 10.5" and 28", respectively. I think I'd pick back up an inch on the OBX without the molle grid (and that actually factored into my decision to stay away from MGV). The rear seat is narrow, but there is extra clearance between the seat cushions and the door.
As for the front, at 6-0", 210, with a 32" inseam, it felt fairly roomier than I was thinking. I went into it with major doubts, but this does NOT feel like a Wrangler upfront.
Cargo Space:
Definitely ample for a road trip for a family of 4. I was pretty meticulous here with dimensions. I will absolutely be stacking up 25" to the rear seatback (4" above the beltline/windows), given the spare tire chews into the rearward visibility anyway. There is also 18" of rear floor space from the back of the front seat to the hinges beneath the rear seats. Optimal floor storage when you have young kids in car seats like I do. Theres a ton of space to put luggage, toy bags, snack bads, etc on the floor in the rear.
Random Takeaways:
-MGV looks cheap. There, I said it. Especially in the lighter BD grays where the heathered pattern is more obvious. It just looks gimmicky and overly manufactured, and a major step down from leather. While most vehicles dont have real leather, you know when the 'pleather' quality is really subpar and it's visibly cheap? Its like that, but one notch below. Glad I am getting leather (or in this case, pleather).
-Again, upper dash is not soft touch. My biggest gripe.
-The aluminum rimmed sasquatch wheels look SUPERB. This was a major factor in my OBX sas vs Wildtrak. I am so happy I decided to not get the blacked out version. This paired with AMB really pops in the sun. It's upscale and looks great.
-Antimatter Blue. It's a show stopper. Everyone was talking about it, and reps kept saying that people were changing their order. Antimatter blue, to me, is equally important in the looks department as the sasquatch package. In other words, I would be as equally upset if I had to switch away from AMB as if I had to switch away from the sasquatch package. And the pairing of the two is ungodly.
-The B&O system is incredible. I will leave it at that.
Overall, I am in love with the Bronco. But a lot of that is because the things that I really liked in person were part of my build, and the things I did not like in person were excluded from my build. It just confirmed everything, I guess. If there was one thing I ordered differently, I would have been upset. AMB paint, roast leather, silver dash, no MGV, no molle grids, no blacked out sasquatch wheels, (wildtrak) just everything came together and got me so excited. Of course, that's totally specific to my likings, and everyone has their own flavor.
OMG! AMB is insane! So nice!!!
This is what I like to hear. Base color is gray but can have strong green hues in certain lighting, or even a slight blue.
