silvrsvt Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 https://www.autoblog.com/2019/07/12/2020-ford-bronco-everest-suspension-spy-shots/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader 10 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 https://www.autoblog.com/2019/07/12/2020-ford-bronco-everest-suspension-spy-shots/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) So its settled, they are using the Colorado platform. ? Edited July 12, 2019 by Anthony 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Creating the top hats for these mules has to be a fun job. Hey Joe, whattaya say we slap a Colorado on it? Ha ha, let's do it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Maybe it’s a poke at GM, showing them what could be done with their own underpinnings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I often wonder why more companies don’t do this if they really want to keep a mule secret. i suspect they usually don’t really want to keep them secret. They want the publicity. Hey Joe let Brenda Priddy know where we’re going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, akirby said: I often wonder why more companies don’t do this if they really want to keep a mule secret. i suspect they usually don’t really want to keep them secret. They want the publicity. Hey Joe let Brenda Priddy know where we’re going! That had to be what happened here. You wouldn't see that driving down the road and say "Hey, that's the Bronco with a Colorado on the top!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Should have reached for the ultimate insult...mullet heads would be explodin if they grafted a camero body on the bronc frame....prolly would have increased camero sales cause its way mo better than is what chebby currently builds...could have gotten out of the trailer park without scrapping the floorboardz too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) This is Ford taking the piss out of GM, maybe they decided to do this because GM used the Blazer name on a a large unitary Utility and they knew that chopping up a Colorado would get under the skin of GM and its fans...... or maybe this Bronco version is a bit wider than Ranger... Edited July 13, 2019 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Although this isn't the picture, I remember a Chevy truck mule with disguise cladding on it and the grille "bowtie" was hidden with a oval shape to emulate a Ford oval.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Year's back, when Nissan was working on some model in the Infiniti line, they used a mocked-up Taurus as a mule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 (edited) This is actually pretty smart. It didn't work,but good effort! Edited July 13, 2019 by probowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave91gt Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Funny how many forums that mule has reached. Ford got their moneys worth with that abomination. The Jeep JL forum is talking about it in their “Looks like Ford is serious with the Bronco” thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Don't all of the T6 variants and the Colorado use six lug wheels? This thing only has five.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, blksn8k2 said: Don't all of the T6 variants and the Colorado use six lug wheels? This thing only has five.... Good point and your correct-maybe this is actually the upcoming Trailblazer competition for the Bronco? Then again how hard is it just to swap out spindles to just have 5 lugs and fit chevy wheels on it? Anyone have any idea what that is on the front and rear bumpers of it? What they are used for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, silvrsvt said: Anyone have any idea what that is on the front and rear bumpers of it? What they are used for? I'm gonna guess they're just there to be bumpers to make it street legal. A friend of mine knew a guy back who bought a Ferret (a British armored (armoured?) car) in the '80s and went to get plates so he could drive it on the streets in Houston. The bureaucrats said, "no, no, no, it can't have plates because it doesn't have bumpers, so it's not street legal." He tried arguing that it was an, ahem, armored car, and, as such, really had no need for bumpers, but they insisted, so he went and bought some mahogany planks, stained and finished them quite beautifully, and then bolted them to the front and rear of his vehicle, then went and got his plates. Edit: oh, you mean those things sticking up? I somehow missed them. Never mind; I gots no idy. Edited July 15, 2019 by SoonerLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 11 hours ago, silvrsvt said: Anyone have any idea what that is on the front and rear bumpers of it? What they are used for? Handling mule. Those things fold down and keep the truck from rolling over in extreme turns/evasive-type maneuvers during testing. That's my guess anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) It's actually a GM mule, nothing to do with Bronco or T6. And of course, that vehicle has five wheel nuts = not T6, Ranger, Bronco, Everest Bronco now has its own body, the prototypes are on Detroit roads at night Edited July 15, 2019 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, SoonerLS said: I'm gonna guess they're just there to be bumpers to make it street legal. A friend of mine knew a guy back who bought a Ferret (a British armored (armoured?) car) in the '80s and went to get plates so he could drive it on the streets in Houston. The bureaucrats said, "no, no, no, it can't have plates because it doesn't have bumpers, so it's not street legal." He tried arguing that it was an, ahem, armored car, and, as such, really had no need for bumpers, but they insisted, so he went and bought some mahogany planks, stained and finished them quite beautifully, and then bolted them to the front and rear of his vehicle, then went and got his plates. People like that are so stupid. It's ridiculous how people are unable to escape the governments mind control and think outside their programming. Edited July 15, 2019 by probowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I finally saw "Rampage" with The Rock over the weekend. It featured the Bronco concept in it. That thing still looks great, IMO. I hope the new one looks similar to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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