With some design elements now known... Are you buying the Bronco?

[Carolina Jim]

The features it will offer will age quite well with the car IMO

You're absolutely right if someone thinks of Bronco in the context of a disposable daily-driver, 3-5 year & out vehicle. But you may be off the mark if you're buying it as more of a toy, or a 'possession' you intend to wear out in 20 years - and then rebuild.

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[jamanrr]

My STI is paid for, I would love to buy the Bronco and get 20 years and 300 thousand miles out of it. Not sure if that is feasible though but should be obtainable as long as Ford's design is modern. The only draw back I would have is the 2.3 liter 4 banger as Ford always have had and continue to have problems with that motor. The twin turbo 3.5 liter would be fine though.

 

[Paint]

I'd be okay with the 2.7 TBH

 

[BroncoBoy22]

You're absolutely right if someone thinks of Bronco in the context of a disposable daily-driver, 3-5 year & out vehicle. But you may be off the mark if you're buying it as more of a toy, or a 'possession' you intend to wear out in 20 years - and then rebuild.

Any vehicle will have obsolete features in 20 years. It’s not made of magic y’all sheesh lol

that will be part of the charm at that point

but so far almost 10 years strong in my stang and the infotainment is not sluggish at all and I use most of the features daily

 

[BroncoMike]

Any vehicle will have obsolete features in 20 years. It’s not made of magic y’all sheesh lol

that will be part of the charm at that point

but so far almost 10 years strong in my stang and the infotainment is not sluggish at all and I use most of the features daily

Well, if that's your experience, I can't argue. I don't think I'll have a choice on a high-option Bronco, so I'll live with it, whether I hate it or love it.

 

[Carolina Jim]

Any vehicle will have obsolete features in 20 years. It’s not made of magic y’all

I'm not sure where 'laker land' is, but if that's Los Angeles CA, I think even using the term "y'all" should be considered cultural appropriation

Seriously, I think the jury is still out...it's only been a dozen years or so that auto makers are installing tech that literally reinvents itself every 3 years or so...and, oh-by-the-way is also sitting in your shirt pocket. Time will tell.

Though we parted ways in 2015 because I lost confidence in reliability, the S10 I'd owned since 1986 was as simple and lovely as a rose...without even AC or radio.

 

[BroncoBoy22]

I'm not sure where 'laker land' is, but if that's Los Angeles CA, I think even using the term "y'all" should be considered cultural appropriation

Seriously, I think the jury is still out...it's only been a dozen years or so that auto makers are installing tech that literally reinvents itself every 3 years or so...and, oh-by-the-way is also sitting in your shirt pocket. Time will tell.

Though we parted ways in 2015 because I lost confidence in reliability, the S10 I'd owned since 1986 was as simple and lovely as a rose...without even AC or radio.

Bahahah you bastard Jim!
Cali is a melting pot so we got people from all over

 

[BroncoBoy22]

Well, if that's your experience, I can't argue. I don't think I'll have a choice on a high-option Bronco, so I'll live with it, whether I hate it or love it.

Agreed because they’ll likely bundle it with other stuff haha.

I have to admit the modular approach could be very interesting if you were able to upgrade components as time goes on

 

[BroncoMike]

Agreed because they’ll likely bundle it with other stuff haha.

I have to admit the modular approach could be very interesting if you were able to upgrade components as time goes on

And possibly a downside of being hardware-upgradable is the introduction of a profit incentive to entice/force you into doing so every 3 years or so.

 

[BroncoMike]

I'm not positing a criticism, just making an observation that in an alternative hardware model, that could be a potential downside for the consumer. Make it open source, even better.

 

[BroncoBoy22]

In the Mach E that Sync uses HTML5 which is promising news

 

[BroncoBuyer]

Any vehicle will have obsolete features in 20 years. It’s not made of magic y’all sheesh lol

that will be part of the charm at that point

My concern isn’t really the “features” or the software or the capabilities of the screen itself.. It’s that it’s a 15” screen! It’s just too huge. It’s also non removable so your stuck with it in your face forever.
The size of the screen itself is what I think will be the cause of smaller screens in the future.
People will soon come to the realization that as drivers we don’t “need” or “want” a NASA control center in our face searing our retinas while driving a car. Or as in the Mach e”s case, multiple screens.
It’s funny how all these laws are gong into effect to put your phones down and to stop texting and driving and no electronics allowed. Meanwhile car manufacturers think we need more screens in our cars and bigger ones to display even more useless information to boot.

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