I keep seeing posters trashing the outer banks trim. Why? I’m not trying to hide that I’m a poser, it’s going to be a daily driver that I take camping in Florida a few times a year. What am I missing?
Doesn't look manly enough I guess. I rather like it, aside from the wheels, which I don't care for.
Hell, we are all posers. I'm buying a 10 year old's dream, now that I'm almost 60.
I think with the painted fenders, it looks a bit flat in the 4dr version, but that's just my opinion. I think a contrasting fender color would look cool on them. I like the interiors of the OB really well actually.
Style: I feel like most either love or hate the body color fenders, no inbetween
Value: No positives here. Ford basically gives the auto trans free with the V6, so coming with auto/mid no longer justifies it's price. Essentially the only reason to get one is to have access to High/Lux packages - but at the final build price it's more or less within a couple grand of a Badlands or WT without the perks. My 2cents anyway.
Only use case I can think of is if you are dead set on High/Lux pack but otherwise just want a non sasquatch 4cyl auto base.
My personal take - because it will be expensive without being hardened.
A well appointed OBX will cost nearly as much as a Badlands, but without any of the ruggedness. Plastic bumpers, city wheels, no armor underneath, they’re even trying to stick you with cloth and charging a big premium for the leather seats.
In the end you’ll spend as much money as a Badlands and not be able to take it off road.
Seems like a silly choice. Might as well spend about the same money for a luxe SUV from someone else that’s totally designed to never leave the suburbs and valet parking lot downtown.
I rather liked it, and that's what I reserved. I just prefer the Marine vinyl interior so I moved to the Black Diamond instead. But that's really the only reason. And I think some of the options on the Outer Banks open up a wide range of possibilities if your wallet can handle it all.
Fenders. Painted messes with the overall look somehow. Can’t put my finger on it. As for it not being capable? Who cares. If you want it for daily highway driving. More power to ya.
Its the same as every other Bronco, nothing wrong with it. Most don't like the painted fenders, probably the easiest thing to fix on it. Others don't like the tires and rims, again easy fix. Don't listen to them. Let them drive around in the mall parking lot in their boring black interior BL or their glossy mirrored WT.
I think the OBX looks good in AMB and carbonized gray. Other than those two colors, I'm not a fan, b/c of the matching fenders, door handles, and mirror caps. However, if you build them the same, it still comes out 3k or so less than the Badlands (in 4-door trim) and includes the "sport" mode that the Badlands doesn't.
I reserved an OBX, so I've played with the builds a lot. At the end of the day, I like the profile and look of the Badlands enough to pay a little extra, so that's what I plan to get. But I think the OBX is perfectly fine and capable. It even looks good with the right colors.
One thing I like about the contrasting colors with the fenders, door handles, and mirror caps is that it makes the Bronco look less like a standard SUV. They give it a little more pop, IMO. The body colored stuff looks more like a "normal" SUV.
Some folks just refuse to acknowledge that a vehicle like the Bronco has a pretty varied audience. The vast majority of people who buy one will not do intense rock crawling or mudding, and that's ok. This is one of the only vehicles you can drive around town with the top and doors off. That's a great thing, too.
Find the model that works best for you, and go for it. They're all going to be pretty fun.
No it's cool but some people have a stick up for thier butts about things being the way they think is right rather than understand that not everyones needs/wants are the same.