What if 2-door Bronco is longer than it looks?

[Carolina Jim]

its surprising to me that Ford seems oblivious to discussions where one guy says, "this sucks", and the next guy says, "this sucks even more", and the next guy says, "this is the suckiest of ALL time"

if the image isn't representative, they should have been quicker to correct (mis)perceptions

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[Toyhoarder]

Keep in mind as well that someone said this is t even full size, it’s like 2/3 scale. So that alone messes with everything too.

The BroncoKong pics were not clay or 2/3 scale. They also show the door and bed to be nearly the same length.

 

[Toyhoarder]

Yes you are, because the basic proportions are not affected in any significant way by the padding.

Really? Look again. The camo padding completely covers the taillights that protrude from the body and covers the bumper. The padding gives the illusion that the rear of the body extends to the rear of the bumper, which it does not.

 

[BuckWildOffRoad]

I think it's going to look stellar. But I gotta leave thud here...

 

[DMG 123]

Looking at the images, it is clear that the 2-door and 4-door have different doors. However, it looks like the 2-door might have a longer door. If that’s the case, then combined with the larger wheels, it might not be as stubby as it looks? 100in wheelbase?

 

[DMG 123]

Looking at the images, it is clear that the 2-door and 4-door have different doors. However, it looks like the 2-door might have a longer door. If that’s the case, then combined with the larger wheels, it might not be as stubby as it looks? 100in wheelbase?

The real question is, what will be the Doug score ?

 

[indio22]

Really? Look again. The camo padding completely covers the taillights that protrude from the body and covers the bumper. The padding gives the illusion that the rear of the body extends to the rear of the bumper, which it does not.

Yeah, that is why when I did the original camo front/back length comparison in the other thread, I purposely did not extend the red line out to the rear of the camo covering. See below, where I added just now two vertical orange lines to my original comparison image. You can see the red line on rear section, does not go all the way to the edge of the hidden rear tail light.

Same as before - the two red lines are equal distance. And you can see the front/back sections are around the same length. Based on this side view with less distorting lens, the back section is not as small as it appears in that other odd angled photo of the clay model.

 

[TopRecon]

I've said it a few times before, but I think the main problem per se isn't that the 2-Door Bronco is short, it's just that the hood is far too long, coupled with the lack of rear overhang gives it a bit of a disproportionate, clownshoe look, at least from what we've seen. Hopefully the tiny rear end is just a result of the weird camera angle from this spy shot and it fills out a bit more once we get better pictures, but still, I think they lost an opportunity to get a leg up on the Wrangler by making the cabin space so small.

 

[BroncoBuyer]

Originally was set on 2 door but now I think I will cave in to peer pressure (Wife and kid) and go with the one they like better.

 

[Jook13]

The real question is, what will be the Doug score ?

He will give it a fun factor score of 3/10 because it doesn't corner like a sports car...

 

[TopRecon]

He will give it a fun factor score of 3/10 because it doesn't corner like a sports car...

He didn't even take the top off his last Bronco review, I was disappointed, that's half the fun.

 

[Adk_st]

He will give it a fun factor score of 3/10 because it doesn't corner like a sports car...

We don't know that yet....brappppp

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

The BroncoKong pics were not clay or 2/3 scale. They also show the door and bed to be nearly the same length.

Was going to say there is a lot of perspective angle in the original picture so what is 17” on the front wheel is more on the back ....

That BK photo was taken at an angle and the back is further away from the door. Therefore since they are both the “same length” in the photo, the back is longer than the door.

 

[Dads_bronze_bronco]

And after going back and looking at the camo photos, not sure how they can both be same wheel base (R vs 2 dr)

I think the R has an extra 9 or so inches in front of the rear wheel arch. Kind of an extended cab version of the 2 dr.

[Edit:] OK, so after looking at the pictures that shall not be, and pacing my son's TJ (Sunny Joe style), here is some food for thought:

The TJ is about 4 ft behind the door, 3 ft door, and 5 to 5-1/2 in front of the door. (An LJ is 10 in longer.)

To fit 35's, the wheel well on the Bronco must be at least 39-40". There is probably 6" on either side. That means the back is at least 51".

The rear of the 4dr suggests more like 10" behind the wheel well, and the side of the bomber suggest a little more in front of it.

I think were looking at upwards of 5 feet behind the door. Regardless, 51" is longer than the door.

 

[BroncoJeremie]

I remember reading a quote somewhere from a Ford executive that the Bronco R was based on the 2-door version of the ‘21 Bronco. Sooo...

They also said it's based on the T6 so when it's a f-150 frame... They need to get there facts straight with the R

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