My day meeting the new Bronco in Orlando -- hands-on impression

[Rigsurly]

I ordered my Bronco in July and then probably read about 1,000 posts since., maybe 2,000? Today my wife and I drove 3.5 hours to Orlando to finally see the new Bronco in person. It was better than I could have imagined (and bigger). They only had this one (Badlands SAS) on a display stand with a barrier and the doors shut.

I went to what looked like the guy in charge and told him I was a deposit holder and had just driven up several hours to see it. "Can you please open the doors?" He went through the barrier and my wife and I followed him in. It had the MGV interior and I wanted to touch it. It felt wonderful (much better than I thought it would, almost indistinguishable from leather ) and it looked even better; nicely bolstered and stitched.

My wife had wanted a four door and I wanted the two door. After seeing it in person my wife said "the two door is plenty large enough, I would be afraid to drive anything bigger" So I am a happy camper.

Outside the hall there was a Ford ride and drive with the Bronco Sport. In order to drive the Bronco Sport we were required to drive an Escape first? The Bronco Sport Badlands had a nice tactile feel to the wheel but the power seemed a little sluggish when I got on it (2.0L). But it definitely was not an Escape as the two felt completely different.

The ride and drive people were Ford Corporate employees (the Bronco Sport guy that rode with us has a deposit on the full size OB and was the person that filmed the video of the Orlando Bronco https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/thre...nds-sasquatch-inside-outside-underbody.10131/) and they were very knowledgable and friendly. One employee said he was excited because he was about to go on a cross county trip with several Broncos in a few weeks with a bunch of employees.

And for driving them we were given two Starbucks gift cards (so I got that going for me).
This was a really fun day!

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[Apples]

This seems to be the trend. We bitch and moan on this forum about this and that. There are definitely things I'm not happy about.

But I saw it in person and am completely sold on buying one. It's fantastic. The 4 door really isn't all that much bigger. If you look at a Wrangler Unlimited, you can get a good feel for how big the 4 door Bronco is.

But you don't have to tell your wife that ...

 

[tyrobronco]

Congrats. I am curious how the experience will be tomorrow for me. Hopefully similar.

 

[Java9]

I'm sure this was asked and answered elsewhere, but I don't want to dig through thousands of posts of people bitching....are the orange grab handles and stitching actually orange? Or is iit the "cyber orange" aka school bus yellow?

 

[Rigsurly]

I'm sorry, my time inside was about 20 seconds so I'm not sure about the grab handle being CO but the stitching is actually orange. By the way, the MIC top looked good with the Orange!

 

[Java9]

I'm sorry, my time inside was about 20 seconds so I'm not sure about the grab handle being CO but the stitching is actually orange. By the way, the MIC top looked good with the Orange!

Thank you!

 

[Apples]

I'm sure this was asked and answered elsewhere, but I don't want to dig through thousands of posts of people bitching....are the orange grab handles and stitching actually orange? Or is iit the "cyber orange" aka school bus yellow?

I'm sorry, my time inside was about 20 seconds so I'm not sure about the grab handle being CO but the stitching is actually orange. By the way, the MIC top looked good with the Orange!

They match the badge, which isn't quite Cyber Orange but close.

 

[618TRVLWILD]

Awesome sauce!! Thank you for this! Great info and great pictures. I'm excited even more!!

What I can't wait to hear more about is this cross country trip. Now we know what some of these factory broncos may be for!!

Not gunna lie totes jelly of that trip!

 

[Rigsurly]

Congrats. I am curious how the experience will be tomorrow for me. Hopefully similar.

See if you can find the guy in charge to get the doors open

 

[earmentrout]

The trip was worth it for me. Wanted to make sure my 2 door, SAS, bronco order wasn't going to look weird..For me, the 2 door and 35in. tires looked great. I'm also a happy camper.

 

[Hey19]

Cool pics! Thank you! Unsolicited opinion follows...

I think I've convinced myself I prefer the non-signature headlights and Base or BD grill the best.Like many have said, they seem to look more classic.

 

[Raptor.Tremor.Bronco]

I'm going tomorrow morning. Yall got me excited ?

 

[Jeffwomack]

I dig the signature headlights. I am however getting the base. Got to keep the cost down. I want the letters on the grill white. Have to figure out how to do that. I thought about going up in trim die the headlights. I have enough time to talk myself into it.

 

[AcesandEights]

Disappointed you'd take photos after being asked to refrain.

 

[Apples]

Disappointed you'd take photos after being asked to refrain.

It was sitting at an auto show. That's the entire point of auto shows; to showcase the vehicle. No idea what the dude was talking about. If Ford doesn't want the vehicle photographed, they can tuck it away at MAP until deliveries start.

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