The upright windshield is one of the things I most look forward to

[mneblett]

... I am MOST looking forward to with the Bronco.

The A-pillars of cars have been moving farther back as windshields have been laid down for aerodynamic and styling reasons. Way too many vehicles now have the A-pillar blocking a significant amount of the view in the forward left quadrant, seriously impairing the line of sight to the side. It's got to the point that I literally cannot get into my mother's Cadillac XT4 without hitting my head on the roof line at the top of the laid-back A-pillar.

SO looking forward to not having an A-pillar that hovers over the left side of my forehead!

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[MacHudson]

Same problem on an Edge. That A pillar blocks a ton of your field of view.

 

[dejones64]

My Mitsu Lancer too, especially with the side mirror. I wondered if the side mirror on the Bronco, hanging way out there, will be any better.

 

[Headsong]

Many near misses in my Tundra. It's freakin' huge....

 

[steverollin]

Great for visibility. Sucks for rock chips. I have three nasty ones on my wrangler and I’m under 10k miles. Can’t have it all I guess.

 

[Headsong]

Great for visibility. Sucks for rock chips. I have three nasty ones on my wrangler and I’m under 10k miles. Can’t have it all I guess.

Not that straight up, tho', so hopefully no rock chip problems.

 

[Blksn955.o]

All cars are getting that style morphed into them...it can be nice visually but a wreck from a usability standpoint.

 

[NC_Pinz]

Yep, upright windshield comes with rock chip damage. My FJCruiser had two windshield changes. I tried to drag my feet on them so that one change would handle a couple of dings or cracks. So you got used to looking through chips or cracks. I can't say that I look forward to living with that again. Maybe the Bronco won't be as bad.

 

[Headsong]

Anyone use a deflector? And does that work?

 

[Daktari]

yes, much nicer than the sloped ones, some rentals that A pillar was massive and very much in the way. Plus you end up with these deep dashboards if the window is so raked back, a pain to clean.
I hope we won't have that many problems with the glass breaking and chips, and hopefully none that just crack all by themselves like some Wranglers seem to do.
I think it'll be not much different from my 04 Tacoma, I have one tiny chip in there in almost 18 years and 130k miles. And the A pillar is hardly ever in the way.
Can't wait to sit in mine!

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