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The safety of the people there is one one thing, but I bet ford is also thinking that it’s pretty hard to compete for attention with Coronavirus dominating all the headlines. I was actually really looking forward to the reveal so I could escape all of the Coronavirus news for a day.

I thought this exact same thing and it makes me dislike the 2020 escape even more because now I have to pay more for a product that should have been the new escape all along.

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I think everyone is right. It does resemble a flex with its painted roof and it also looks like the old escape. Everyone wins! ???

If done right, the split lights can look pretty cool. Not many have done it right though so far lol.

Yeah. I think people buy cuvs because they like the look of suvs but want the ride of a car. Once you make the cuv look too car like, you’ve taken away the look that they wanted and made the vehicle less appealing.

It’s a tricky situation for sure. Separate events means more publicity. But it also means you have to pick which one goes first. You don’t want to lead with the bronco sport since that would confuse people. If you lead with the bronco, you avoid any confusion, but then the bronco sport reveal would seem a bit anticlimactic and almost like an after thought. an event together would showcase the new bronco family while clearly differentiating the two different models.

I think once we get some pics of the sport with its hood down, it will appear more aggressive and rugged. It has those two “power bulges” running down the hood that you don’t see when the hood is up. I bet that makes a big difference in the look. Also the wheel and tire combo in the pic above will help too.

Since we now know when the bronco will be revealed and that nyias has been cancelled, will we see both the bronco sport and bronco at the same event?

just to add to this, on another forum a user was saying the led DRLs were not going to be standard on all models. The lower models had some plastic trim in place of the leds. I hope that’s not the case as it seems the DRLs really add to the vehicle in my opinion.

I hope your right, but I also really liked the look of the bronco R body where it was all one piece. There are so many panel lines all over the removable roof that make my OCD go a little crazy ?.

I’d actually like to see a version that doesn’t have a removable roof. While it’s a cool feature, I’d never take the top and I’d rather have a quieter cabin. It won’t happen which is why I’d like to see the Everest come to the USA too. The bronco would be the wrangler competitor and the Everest would be a 4Runner competitor.

It looks like the roof comes off in 3 pieces, first row, second row, and cargo area. The cargo area windows also appear to come off in 3 pieces. The rear glass folds out so it doesn’t look like there’s a power window on the swing gate. I was kinda hoping they would have “FORD” stamped in the tailgate like the original bronco did but I guess that’s not happening. this version is definitely more subdued than the white one. I’m guessing this is a base version or xlt version. does Jeep charge extra for the hard top or is it included in the price? I’m curious as to how ford will approach this. also notice the two door in the background. It looks much longer than the clay model.

That was in his area, my area and all of Texas is straight up $2000 customer cash + $500 select inventory (vehicle must be on the lot for more than 61 days, won’t be hard to find on an escape lol) + $500 bonus cash + $1000 customer loyalty. If you dont qualify for the customer loyalty then it drops down to $750 for conquest. All of these are easy rebates to get.

I agree with you. I think it works out well if the escape sells at a few thousand less than it’s current msrp and then the bronco sport sells right around the msrp of the current escape. The sport would still be more expensive than the escape, but it wouldn’t be out of line with the rest of the compact cuv market.

$2000 customer cash + $500 select inventory + $500 bonus cash + $1000 owner loyalty. I checked every major city in Texas and they were all the same.

Nope, 2020 escape se straight from ford.com. Also I live in a big city in Texas. It’s not like I’m in some tiny market.

Escape is already priced the same or higher than other compact cuvs (before rebates). If the bronco sport is just a re-skin of the escape and you want to charge even more then the escape, then customers will have a hard time justifying the price difference. If however the sport comes with additional features that the escape doesn’t have that offset that price, then I could see people paying more. Those additional features and price could also limit the pool of customers though. i think ford got the escape and bronco sport reversed here. The bronco sport should have been the mass market vehicle. It should have bare bones base models and come standard in 4x2 with options and trims that make it off-road capable. The escape should be the lower volume model only offered in sel and titanium to cover the more luxurious end of the compact cuv market.

$3000 cash back plus $1000 for owner loyalty on ford’s website

Considering the escape has $4000 in rebates, I’d say it’s priced too high. If the bronco sport costs a significant amount more than the escape, it will be a failure. When people look at it, they see what the new escape should have been. They will expect it to be priced similarly. Edit: if the sport comes standard with 4wd, it would justify a higher price over the escape, however I’m not sure it would be a good idea to only offer it in 4x4.

I have no clue, but I’d say the escape needs to drop in price by a few thousand and then this should slot in where the escape is priced now.

Do you mean the grille from the old leaked pics that says FORD instead of bronco? I actually liked that one better so that’s good news.

If the two door didn’t have the little uptick right behind the door, it would look a bit better. I think that mixed in with the plastic trim on the door and the colored pillar is making it look weird.

Two door looks a bit strange but the 4 door looks awesome.