Nah, sweet spot is the STX. You don't ever get rear A/C vents on the XLT unless you add the FX4. Wife's STX even came with a rear locker.
We made two changes due to reading about delays for the tow package and also switched to the 2.3 from the 2.7 as we plan to flat tow behind our class A motor home and have read that the electric brake boost on the 2.7 is not conducive for flat towing.Curiosity got the best of me while looking at the data from the Consolidated Build Week Sheet maintained by @66Fan and looking at all that information I wanted a narrowed down view of how different models were being spec'd out. I don't think anything below is too surprising or unexpected, but some results are at least interesting.
Some highlights:
- 33% (1/3) of all 2 door orders go with a manual transmission (not shown above)
- 7% of 4 door orders go with the manual transmission (not shown above)
- 67-80% of BB, BL, WT, OBX, and BD orders go are 4 door, however...
- only 31% of base models are built as 4 door models
- 0% of BASE Bronco orders reported here selected the 4 door with a manual *Edit: and for good reason, it's not even offered!
- 39% of Base model Broncos are manual, other models with the manual option top out around 17-20%
I think the most interesting result is the switch in base model preference towards two door vs. four door on all other models. This probably speaks to 1) ordering the cheapest vehicle possible 2) wanting more creature comforts in larger "family" vehicles that come on the high trims levels.
Obviously, this data is probably skewed to the population of folks interested in discussing their vehicles on online forums, but interesting nonetheless. Also, I pulled the data last night, so this only represent orders entered from early August to September 5th.
I agree to an extent, probably because this is exactly how I specād my bronco, my intentions are to wheel this thing and doing that in anything over 40k hurts my heart, (heck 40k hurts a bit) hence base trim but w/ SAS for lockers, etc. That said, I think a 2 door manual badlands is the same type of person, they just hopefully plan to off-road in a 55k vehicle, and they donāt really need SAS for full capability.
I really thought there would be more of these, I mean ford added SAS to the manual because enthusiasts freaked out when that was not offed. (I was one) Then to find out 2 Door manual SAS optioned BASE, BL, BB, OBX are really rare kinda surprised me. Some ford executive is having a āI told you so moment.ā
Remember, it only loses value if you sell it. I planned from Day 1 to keep my Bronco forever. It will be the very first new vehicle that I've ever bought (I'm 54), as thoughts of major depreciation have always kept me from buying new.
Ford definitely made your decision for you if you wanted a 4dr w/ manual. I may be the odd one out that opted for BB vs BL to get a 4dr manual.
Iām letting my kids in 16-20 years drive mine for their first car and they can have it when I canāt work on it anymore. Also my first new vehicle for the same reason, depreciation kept me away from buying anything remotely new that would be worth half in 5 years
What was the MSRP? I know that yours was definitely less than mine (and looks fantastic).2 door, 2.3 , 4.27 , mid BB , W/ OBX Wheels, Cooper tires
this ain't low take , if it is some one missed the boat
honestly this is the best bargain out there
BUT that's just one persons opinion / ME
Ya, but the 2.3 isn't conducive to breaking on the freeway under its own power. It wasn't exactly a hard vehicle to flat tow with the 2.7, even without using the brakes on the Bronco.
I think you just reverse engineered the marketing plan.Curiosity got the best of me while looking at the data from the Consolidated Build Week Sheet maintained by @66Fan and looking at all that information I wanted a narrowed down view of how different models were being spec'd out. I don't think anything below is too surprising or unexpected, but some results are at least interesting.
Some highlights:
- 33% (1/3) of all 2 door orders go with a manual transmission (not shown above)
- 7% of 4 door orders go with the manual transmission (not shown above)
- 67-80% of BB, BL, WT, OBX, and BD orders go are 4 door, however...
- only 31% of base models are built as 4 door models
- 0% of BASE Bronco orders reported here selected the 4 door with a manual *Edit: and for good reason, it's not even offered!
- 39% of Base model Broncos are manual, other models with the manual option top out around 17-20%
I think the most interesting result is the switch in base model preference towards two door vs. four door on all other models. This probably speaks to 1) ordering the cheapest vehicle possible 2) wanting more creature comforts in larger "family" vehicles that come on the high trims levels.
Obviously, this data is probably skewed to the population of folks interested in discussing their vehicles on online forums, but interesting nonetheless. Also, I pulled the data last night, so this only represent orders entered from early August to September 5th.
Ford must have planned some for the number of BLās but clearly not enough and thatās why weāre seeing a lot of BLās getting built now.
Looks like I finally am a member of the 1%! Not THAT 1%, but my 4 Dr BD MT (w/build week of 9/26), represents only .93% of all Broncos; wonder how many are Eruption Green, w/MIC, tow, roof rails, Xbars, and PPF (was hoping the MIC, tow, and PPF would knock me into the '23, but I just missed out, although I'm pretty excited to get my Bronco built sooner rather than later).Curiosity got the best of me while looking at the data from the Consolidated Build Week Sheet maintained by @66Fan and looking at all that information I wanted a narrowed down view of how different models were being spec'd out. I don't think anything below is too surprising or unexpected, but some results are at least interesting.
Some highlights:
- 33% (1/3) of all 2 door orders go with a manual transmission (not shown above)
- 7% of 4 door orders go with the manual transmission (not shown above)
- 67-80% of BB, BL, WT, OBX, and BD orders go are 4 door, however...
- only 31% of base models are built as 4 door models
- 0% of BASE Bronco orders reported here selected the 4 door with a manual *Edit: and for good reason, it's not even offered!
- 39% of Base model Broncos are manual, other models with the manual option top out around 17-20%
I think the most interesting result is the switch in base model preference towards two door vs. four door on all other models. This probably speaks to 1) ordering the cheapest vehicle possible 2) wanting more creature comforts in larger "family" vehicles that come on the high trims levels.
Obviously, this data is probably skewed to the population of folks interested in discussing their vehicles on online forums, but interesting nonetheless. Also, I pulled the data last night, so this only represent orders entered from early August to September 5th.
