My 2012 flex has 200k miles on it. Don't knock the flex
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Renegade, is it really a Jeep or a Fiat? Or slapping the Blazer name on that city thing. A 4dr electric called a Mustang, seriously?I don't understand why but Ford doesn't seem to value the name Bronco. Look if they want to make a Bronco sport that's great but they should have giving it a completely different name and left Bronco out of it. instead they just start making different vehicles and badging it with the name Bronco, seems to devalue it.
Fair enough. It is adequate for those in teh market for a Bronco Sport.Maybe my bar is lower, but I don't see how the 2.0L sport could be much underpowered when it has 250 hp. I have '98 Expedition, 5.4L, that is 235 hp. That was the big engine in the Expedition and the F-150. I'll likely opt for the 2.7L in my Bronco but only because I want it, not because I really think I need it.
I call the Bronco Sport "Escape1G"I tend to agree. Looks like an old body style Escape to me.
You probably have the 2.7 too!My 2012 flex has 200k miles on it. Don't knock the flex
And I love that style, reminds me of an old skool SUV before the sea of generic crossoversI tend to agree. Looks like an old body style Escape to me.
I've always thought this, the bronco sport is the ford outbackBronco sport looks like an outback
I've never read anyone say anything bad about the flex, just that it's not what they want from a Bronco branded vehicle, which I believe it reasonable.I kept hearing people say the Flex looks like a knockoff Range Rover. Like, have none of you seen an Explorer? That's way closer of a body shape. The only thing the Flex copies is the lettering on the hood, which the Explorer also did.
I love my Flex. Fight me, internet.
Problem with that, is it's not a Bronco 2. The Bronco 2 rocked a truck frame that it shared with the Ranger.Saw one today. It is a great little car. Doug D scored just below the wrangler but ABOVE the 4Runner! I haven't test drove one, but I definitely like what I saw.
My son said if he were in the market for a DD he would buy one... except he would remove the "Sport" from the back and add a "II" after it. He is adamant that Ford's only two mistakes is the notsogreat gas mileage, and it should have been called "BRONCO II".
When I finish paying off my big Bronco, I definitely will test drive a Sport to consider it to replace my daily driver.
The Baby Bronco is designed to compete with the Compass (and the Patriot if they still make those). It's an all wheel drive Escape. It's a town car you can drive on Forrest Service roads, well, maintained ones.Saw a big bend sport today. I was disappointed. Very small.
The cherokee is by far a more substantial vehicle.