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Is the Bronco magic real and will it last?
We enthusiasts have a different perspective of the Bronco. It is an SUV but the thing is we know it’s not just another SUV; there is more.
The proportions, the stance, the way you feel when you look at it....it is almost as if the darn thing looks right back at you and knows that it is special and alive and quite capable of reminding more than a few of us of a different place and time.
No inanimate object has a soul but some, especially cars, in rare cases, at least seem to. The new Bronco is one such rare vehicle.
So when we finally get to bring one of these beauties home, it will be a special day, a special occasion.
However, even for manufacturers it is not always easy to know what they may have created. The original 90’s HONDA/Acura NSX, the Toyota Supra TT of the same era were very special but both manufacturers stopped production instead of continuing their development and refinement.
When they finally realized their folly and tried to recapture the magic with the new NSX and more recently the new Supra they failed. The magic was gone.
Porsche on the other hand ignored some naysayers who felt the 911 would never succeed as a sports car, what with the engine hanging behind the rear axle! The 911 magic survived while many other sports cars came and went.
What Ford has been able to do is truly very rare in bringing an icon back with all the magic and the soul of the original intact and if it is possible, perhaps even more pure at least in its form and function. It is no wonder the Bronco has charmed the automotive world as it has.
Is it possible that Ford may try too hard to “improve” upon the Bronco in the coming years and so ruin it? It’s possible. It happened to the original lovely Datsun 240z. At least Ford was able to resurrect the Mustang in the last generation after mutilating the superb original design. So perhaps Ford knows a thing or two about resurrecting greatness and so will refrain from destroying the lovely and lovable Bronco.
Do you think Ford knows and understands what they have created?
Do you think the new sixth generation 2021 Bronco is the best it will ever be only to deteriorate into mediocrity just like the original Miata, the original NSX and the first generation Z?
What do you think?
We enthusiasts have a different perspective of the Bronco. It is an SUV but the thing is we know it’s not just another SUV; there is more.
The proportions, the stance, the way you feel when you look at it....it is almost as if the darn thing looks right back at you and knows that it is special and alive and quite capable of reminding more than a few of us of a different place and time.
No inanimate object has a soul but some, especially cars, in rare cases, at least seem to. The new Bronco is one such rare vehicle.
So when we finally get to bring one of these beauties home, it will be a special day, a special occasion.
However, even for manufacturers it is not always easy to know what they may have created. The original 90’s HONDA/Acura NSX, the Toyota Supra TT of the same era were very special but both manufacturers stopped production instead of continuing their development and refinement.
When they finally realized their folly and tried to recapture the magic with the new NSX and more recently the new Supra they failed. The magic was gone.
Porsche on the other hand ignored some naysayers who felt the 911 would never succeed as a sports car, what with the engine hanging behind the rear axle! The 911 magic survived while many other sports cars came and went.
What Ford has been able to do is truly very rare in bringing an icon back with all the magic and the soul of the original intact and if it is possible, perhaps even more pure at least in its form and function. It is no wonder the Bronco has charmed the automotive world as it has.
Is it possible that Ford may try too hard to “improve” upon the Bronco in the coming years and so ruin it? It’s possible. It happened to the original lovely Datsun 240z. At least Ford was able to resurrect the Mustang in the last generation after mutilating the superb original design. So perhaps Ford knows a thing or two about resurrecting greatness and so will refrain from destroying the lovely and lovable Bronco.
Do you think Ford knows and understands what they have created?
Do you think the new sixth generation 2021 Bronco is the best it will ever be only to deteriorate into mediocrity just like the original Miata, the original NSX and the first generation Z?
What do you think?
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