I have had a 2000 and 2003 Lightnings. Two vehicles that I very much regret selling.
I’ll miss it for sure, but was given strict orders from the boss that something had to go. I drove that the least and getting parts was getting scary. Will never buy a limited production vehicle again.
Maybe not buying another vehicle period after this. Depends on when they take my license from me!
I'm going to set the over/under for "full-sized" 2-door bronco sales at 5,000 units. And all the persepctive buyers are in this forum. They would be bigger, worse on gas, worse on trails, without the utility of 4 doors, smooth suspensions, and excessive cargo room that leads to the sales for the full-sized SUV market. A new "full-sized" Bronco would be a 1 year wonder. The size of these new broncos is almost perfect in my opinion. (just teetering on too-big) and I'm sure Ford as excessive amounts of expensive market research to back up what they did.
she’s a bit happy I think.Nice birthday gift! The white on white looks pretty good. Not a fan of the black roofs. Saw a cactus green
Frankly I find the upcoming Bronco adequate falling on the small size, it would be one of the smallest vehicles I’ve ever purchased. Also I’m not sure why a full-size would have to be two door only?
So I'm confused, if those are your needs. You just said a Silverado already has it covered. Or an F-150 or a superduty, or an Expedition. I'm struggling to see how making a larger version of the 4 door bronco filling those needs would be any different than slapping a new facade on the Expedition and calling it a "full-sized" bronco?
A full-size pickup won’t have the breakover angles needed for off-roading, it would be too long. An expedition is IRS and would be about as capable as a Honda Civic. Further all the full-size pickups are kinda crap as far as fitting 35s/37s, which require laughable amounts of lift that shouldn’t be necessary.
Full size trucks are cartoonishly large these days, let alone the Super Duty/HD monstrosities. They all look frumpy to me, and drive like they look. The last full size truck design I liked/owned was the 2004-2015 Nissan Titan. It was a big truck, but didn't need a front grill the size of a billboard to get the job done. A full size F150 based Bronco would have been a failure.
I’m 90% sure you can’t fix the expedition, it’s about as far removed from off-road capable as they get. They market the expedition to soccer moms and would be better off with a clean sheet design based on the F150 frame. I’d like to see prices and specs in line with the F-series.
The Expy is still based on the F150 chassis. The F150 frames are a three piece modular design. The Expy gets an IRS rear section. Ford has the right parts to make it happen but do they have the balls to do it?
