Size / height of Bronco Wildtrak 4-door compared to Jeep Grand Cherokee

[Diydner]

Thank you for sharing. Where was this at if you don’t mind me asking?

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[BruckinFonco]

I finally saw the Bronco in-person for the first time about a week ago and until then I found these side-by-sides useful and fun. Until I was able to see one in-person, I rented a Wrangler, compared known dimensions against other vehicles I'm very familiar with (Wrangler, Toyota FJ, etc.), and I scaled silhouettes and created overlays to get a sense of relative height, ground clearance, wheelbase and shape.

Somewhat unrelated, but I've always prioritized lightweight and handling over everything, so the Bronco will be the first vehicle I've owned with a roof height over 58" and a curb weight well over 3000 lbs. In other words I've only ever owned smaller cars. This is part of the reason I had a hard time truly understanding its size and mass.

I've also never owned a vehicle with all wheel drive or considerable ground clearance. I'm very excited about the Bronco for these reasons. It will sit pretty much at the opposite end of the spectrum from our little Mk7 GTI. I love how light (relatively) and toss-able the GTI is, it handles great, and it's plenty fast enough. I will always own a small-ish fun car as I thoroughly enjoy the sensations they provide, but to own a Bronco too is going to be a very fun contrast. My wife has a similar car history and she's 5'-3", so for her to be able to look down on those around her from a Sasquatch should be an exciting improvement.

We are buying a house in upstate New York and we took our GTI onto a logging road nearby a couple of weeks ago that is actually very well-maintained. We were doing alright until we got to a steep portion with deep ruts. We had to give up and turn around. That was just one more example of why we need something like the Bronco. We really want to explore the area. Not to mention it snows like crazy up there and the driveway is gravel with an average incline of about 10 degrees. There's no way we'll be able to make it from the road up to the house all winter with our little VW.

 

[MyATV]

PERSPECTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS EVERYTHING:

 

[Ksjrb03]

PERSPECTIVE IN PHOTOGRAPHY IS EVERYTHING:

It blows my mind people have yet to figure this out.

 

[NCOBX]

I finally saw the Bronco in-person for the first time about a week ago and until then I found these side-by-sides useful and fun. Until I was able to see one in-person, I rented a Wrangler, compared known dimensions against other vehicles I'm very familiar with (Wrangler, Toyota FJ, etc.), and I scaled silhouettes and created overlays to get a sense of relative height, ground clearance, wheelbase and shape.

Somewhat unrelated, but I've always prioritized lightweight and handling over everything, so the Bronco will be the first vehicle I've owned with a roof height over 58" and a curb weight well over 3000 lbs. In other words I've only ever owned smaller cars. This is part of the reason I had a hard time truly understanding its size and mass.

I've also never owned a vehicle with all wheel drive or considerable ground clearance. I'm very excited about the Bronco for these reasons. It will sit pretty much at the opposite end of the spectrum from our little Mk7 GTI. I love how light (relatively) and toss-able the GTI is, it handles great, and it's plenty fast enough. I will always own a small-ish fun car as I thoroughly enjoy the sensations they provide, but to own a Bronco too is going to be a very fun contrast. My wife has a similar car history and she's 5'-3", so for her to be able to look down on those around her from a Sasquatch should be an exciting improvement.

We are buying a house in upstate New York and we took our GTI onto a logging road nearby a couple of weeks ago that is actually very well-maintained. We were doing alright until we got to a steep portion with deep ruts. We had to give up and turn around. That was just one more example of why we need something like the Bronco. We really want to explore the area. Not to mention it snows like crazy up there and the driveway is gravel with an average incline of about 10 degrees. There's no way we'll be able to make it from the road up to the house all winter with our little VW.

Point of note the Bronco does not have all wheel drive and you will blow something up if you try to leave 4x4 engaged in the wrong conditions.

 

[L8apex]

It blows my mind people have yet to figure this out.

This is my direwolf - forced perspective can be fun too. Dog is actually a typical 55lb size.

 

[2Jeeps&PatriotX1]

I’m just pointing out the obvious, a unibody vehicle is not an off-road vehicle. What difference does it make how the Bronco, an off-road SUV, compares to a tall car based vehicle.

My wife in her GC Trailhawk wheels harder and more difficult trails than 98% of the future Bronco owners ever will. Ouray/Telluride, Moab, Arizona areas.

 

[BruckinFonco]

Point of note the Bronco does not have all wheel drive and you will blow something up if you try to leave 4x4 engaged in the wrong conditions.

I bet you're a blast at parties.

 

[NCOBX]

I bet you're a blast at parties.

Again just pointing out facts. Not really a point of contention.

 

[BruckinFonco]

Again just pointing out facts. Not really a point of contention.

 

[BruckinFonco]

The greatest feature on bronco6g:

 

[Altitude]

Point of note the Bronco does not have all wheel drive and you will blow something up if you try to leave 4x4 engaged in the wrong conditions.

But the Advanced 4 wheel drive models have 4 auto, which should behave similarly to other clutch based transfer case 'AWD' vehicles.

 

[Bad Apple]

So this is what we got. We couldn’t get into the powder coated yet so decided the plasti-dip in brass monkey and then the caliper paint in red.

Thanks Ashley, though I was mostly hoping to learn ides about painting the trim rings (rather than calipers) and their bolts.

 

[618TRVLWILD]

Thanks Ashley, though I was mostly hoping to learn ides about painting the trim rings (rather than calipers) and their bolts.

I plan on trying that plasti-dip on my rings. Doesnt work out. I’ll take them to the powder coating guy in my town.

 

[CA.BRONC]

Nice to see a Wildtrak without the Graphics package

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