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Bronco and Bronco Sport World Premier July 13th!!


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13 minutes ago, probowler said:

Just found out on BN that fords stupid little slide-out tailgate isn't available on the 2-door....  :(

Yeah that sucks considering the folded seats don’t create a flat load floor in either model without it.  I would like to think that the slide-out tailgate will eventually be available for the 2-door.  

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And so much for the folks dismissing Bronco as just another mall cruiser.........

You could always tell the contrarians/ Jeep stooges weren't listening to the hints being put out,

look at how the four-door negotiates that rock crawling, man that's danned impressive.

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1 hour ago, jpd80 said:

And so much for the folks dismissing Bronco as just another mall cruiser.........

You could always tell the contrarians/ Jeep stooges weren't listening to the hints being put out,

look at how the four-door negotiates that rock crawling, man that's danned impressive.

Are those the same drivers from before? It seems like Ford brought in their A-team this time... That or they learned a few lessons from Rubicon.

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18 minutes ago, probowler said:

Are those the same drivers from before? It seems like Ford brought in their A-team this time... That or they learned a few lessons from Rubicon.

Gotta show it properly so that people can see what it does at extreme situations,

plenty were skeptical that IFS just couldn't do what Wrangler SFA could.

 

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1 hour ago, ice-capades said:

 

Hadn't seen or noticed this photo before but it puts the difference between the two models in much better perspective.

Will be nice to see both on dealers lots along with square lines of Maverick pickups.

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2 hours ago, probowler said:

Are those the same drivers from before? It seems like Ford brought in their A-team this time... That or they learned a few lessons from Rubicon.


Yes, I saw those videos at Rubicon and those drivers did not do the Bronco any favors. 

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Still love the new Bronco, but the Moab video of the Bronco climbing up the rock actually supports the SFA argument.  SFA would have allowed the drivers front tire to drop down and be on the rock giving both front tires traction, while the Bronco did it with only the passenger front tire having traction.  The front locker made it work.

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3 hours ago, fabfordeb said:

Still love the new Bronco, but the Moab video of the Bronco climbing up the rock actually supports the SFA argument.  SFA would have allowed the drivers front tire to drop down and be on the rock giving both front tires traction, while the Bronco did it with only the passenger front tire having traction.  The front locker made it work.


The fact that it still worked bone stock says it all.  Whether something else would have worked better is somewhat irrelevant.  They didn’t even air down the tires.  

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2 hours ago, akirby said:


The fact that it still worked bone stock says it all.  Whether something else would have worked better is somewhat irrelevant.  They didn’t even air down the tires.  

 

I'll take a far better ride on the 99% of the normal day-to-day driving over the wheel being able to touch the ground 1% of the time on a massive rock.

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12 hours ago, fabfordeb said:

Still love the new Bronco, but the Moab video of the Bronco climbing up the rock actually supports the SFA argument.  SFA would have allowed the drivers front tire to drop down and be on the rock giving both front tires traction, while the Bronco did it with only the passenger front tire having traction.  The front locker made it work.

But equally, that’s at the absolute extreme end for the Bronco 

and kudos to Ford for still showing the footage when it could

have easily edited out the bits where Bronco really had to 

work where the Wrangler may have had an extra inch or so.

 

Its a great effort but as I’ve been saying for the past few years,

the skill set of the Bronco is slightly different and while the 

 IFS will almost March SFA on slow rock crawling,  it’s in higher speed or more

open running that Bronco will really show its chops over SFA.

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