For what it’s worth, I found information on previous Bolt stating that the 200 HP motor’s maximum rated speed was 8810 RPM (think of it as redline), which when geared at 7.05:1 and with fairly small diameter tires limited maximum vehicle speed to 93 MPH.  It should also be interesting to see if new 2027 Bolt has such a low maximum top speed.

The Bronco NE or Basecamp or whatever they are calling it is a LARGE vehicle, its actually bigger then the T6 Bronco in OL. 

No.  The 11.59 to 1 versus 7.05 to 1 difference in gear ratio applies at 0 RPM also.  Think about it, if it didn’t and car was limited to motor torque only at 0 RPM and thus 0 speed the car would never be able to get moving up an incline, not even a minor road grade.

Jeep’s Wagoneer Is Dead. Long Live The Facelifted 2026 Grand Wagoneer | Carscoops     Jeep barely mentioned interior changes, but there’s a new heads-up display on higher-end variants. It features a “significantly larger field of view and a virtual image distance twice that of previous versions.”   Under the hood, there’s a familiar twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six producing 420 hp (313 kW / 426 PS) and 468 lb-ft (635 Nm) of torque. Unfortunately, Jeep has apparently dropped the high-output variant that developed 540 hp (402 kW / 548 PS) and 521 lb-ft (706 Nm). The big news is an all-new range-extender variant known as the Grand Wagoneer REEV. It borrows heavily from the Ram 1500 REV, which used to be known as the Ramcharger, and features a 92 kWh battery pack as well as a 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 that acts as a generator. It’s slated to be the quickest and most powerful Grand Wagoneer ever created as the company is estimating a combined output of 647 hp (482 kW / 656 PS) and 620 lb-ft (840 Nm) of torque. This should enable the SUV to rocket from 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) in five seconds flat and have a range in excess of 500 miles (805 km).  

That is exactly how it works when you’re going from a stop.  Gearing doesn’t create torque, it multiplies it and you need a lot of torque to get a heavy vehicle moving.   Once it gets moving then the gearing should compensate but at 0 rpm it’s going to be slower.

What is your assessment on the chances of getting the Bronco N.E. exported from China to international markets already covered by the Territory/Equator Sport?

That’s not how it works.  Motor torque alone is meaningless.

Significantly less torque will make it slower at launch.  Torque is what you measure.  HP is a math calculation based on torque.  Should be fine once it gets going.   

Oh, like a skytop.  1) I thought you were meaning like a full convertible type thing, and 2) I didn't realize Defender had that option......I feel like I'd rather just have a glass opening sunroof than that.     Yeah, I don't disagree there.  On paper it'd be easy to differentiate.  How to integrate the roll cage in a way that Lincoln buyers would accept is the biggest hurdle.

I don't think that would be that hard to do since the Bronco is slab sided and the way it is broken down body wise would make having new sheet metal fairly easy to do vs what Unibody car would have to go through.    The biggest issue is with the removeable roof-how do you go about addressing that, is the biggest question.