Ugly Test Mule

[78CreamBrownie]

Is this the BroncoBronco or the Baby Bronco?

Two door this time, out of Australia:

https://www.tflcar.com/2019/10/excl...-bronco-prototype-caught-testing-in-the-wild/
.

.
Plenty of people passing info to TFL, and they crank 'em out fast.

eta: I really wish they'd stop posting the Bronco articles on the Car channel though. The only people calling a body on frame SUV a 'car' are the same ones that use the word synonymously with 'automobile' and call pickups 'car' too.

Sponsored

 

[Stampede.Offroad]

Is this the BroncoBronco or the Baby Bronco?

BroncoBronco

It's one of the FrankenRanger mules, but a 2-door we've seen very little of so far. Given how close the photographer got to it I'm a bit surprised only one picture showed up.

I don't think the "yet to be named rugged off road small utility" is expected to be available as a 2-door.

 

[Jalisurr]

I actually am starting to kinda dig the frankenranger if only because it reminds me of the Dakar/rally raid racing Ranger from a few years ago, similar looking shortened T6 chassis.

If Ford draws on its Dakar experience to set up the Bronco...I'll be one very happy guy.

Oh, and the racing one above had a 5.0!

 

[TeocaliMG]

I actually am starting to kinda dig the frankenranger if only because it reminds me of the Dakar/rally raid racing Ranger from a few years ago, similar looking shortened T6 chassis.

If Ford draws on its Dakar experience to set up the Bronco...I'll be one very happy guy.

Oh, and the racing one above had a 5.0!

Curios why that racing rig dropped to a 5 bolt pattern from 6 if its T6 based? No doubt they gutted the whole driveline but still...

 

[Nanook]

Curios why that racing rig dropped to a 5 bolt pattern from 6 if its T6 based? No doubt they gutted the whole driveline but still...

It looks like a race car/rally car with the ranger body grafted on. The front end is way out there but the driver sits right in the middle. Does it share as much in common with the ranger as the NASCAR Mustang does with the mustang?

 

[Jalisurr]

It looks like a race car/rally car with the ranger body grafted on. The front end is way out there but the driver sits right in the middle. Does it share as much in common with the ranger as the NASCAR Mustang does with the mustang?

Probably slightly more but not by much. It's independent front and rear suspension, full carbon fiber body, sequential trans with the 5.0, front and rear LSD, and Brembo brakes (water cooled in the rear). The 'base vehicle' is a T6 ranger but there won't be much left - some of the frame, windscreen, lights, maybe doorhandles

Realistically it's just a cool off road racing rig that looks similar to the frankenranger mules to me.

 

[phillyfx4]

Is this the BroncoBronco or the Baby Bronco?

hope it's neither …..that is one UGLY..... whatever

 

[PNW_Bronco94]

hope it's neither …..that is one UGLY..... whatever

How are there still people on this forum that don't understand that the fugly frankenrangers are just mules that share *zero* exterior design resemblance to the actual BroncoBronco?

 

[BroncoMike]

 

[phillyfx4]

How are there still people on this forum that don't understand that the fugly frankenrangers are just mules that share *zero* exterior design resemblance to the actual BroncoBronco?

hey.....I'm bored with the "wait" and felt like venting.....you got a problem with dat ?

go to your safe place …..I'm going online and putting together a beautiful Jeep Unlimited with a 3"/4" lift and the economical diesel engine, so there

 

[BroncoMike]

hey.....I'm bored with the "wait" and felt like venting.....you got a problem with dat ?

go to your safe place …..I'm going online and putting together a beautiful Jeep Unlimited with a 3"/4" lift and the economical diesel engine, so there

They've got the Diesel option on the online "build" now? I haven't checked for a while.

 

[Nickp]

Interesting that we haven’t seen one of these bad bois rolling around recently. IIRC someone said the real prototypes would be rolling around by now but we have still yet to see one in daylight? What gives ford! Any guesses when we might see the first “real” prototype? I’m guessing it has to be sooner rather than later, but they’ve been pretty darn good at keeping these things away from the cameras. Impressively so.

 

[frinesi2]

Interesting that we haven’t seen one of these bad bois rolling around recently. IIRC someone said the real prototypes would be rolling around by now but we have still yet to see one in daylight? What gives ford! Any guesses when we might see the first “real” prototype? I’m guessing it has to be sooner rather than later, but they’ve been pretty darn good at keeping these things away from the cameras. Impressively so.

I guess everybody is off for the holidays. Maybe in a couple weeks they'll start popping up.

 

[Stampede.Offroad]

Interesting that we haven’t seen one of these bad bois rolling around recently. ...

It is reaching a point of being disturbing that a proper prototype hasn't been seen. Simulation might work for preliminary phases of testing, but there is no substitute for the real product in the real world environment for a verification or validation study.

 

[SpursFan]

Not surprising at all, it won't be seen till they want it to be seen and when you do you'll still not know which render you're looking at.

Sponsored