That seems to be the general story with BMW as of late.

Yep lol, and it looks a lot better than the other bronco truck renderings I've seen on the internet that look like shit lol. The scout pickup imo is pretty close to being perfect in terms of proportions for a boxy pickup, can't really beat it. 

Lol, so you took the Scout truck and slapped a Bronco grille on it?

unless you have to tow or haul something more then 50 miles 😛  

I feel like side turn signals (whether mirror or body mounted) should be required, as they're useful when someone starts turning into you in a blind spot.

Man that is a mismash of different design concepts/Languages   The greenhouse looks like same greenhouse that BMW has been using since 1990   Front/back ends are ok-the details for the grill/headlights is a bit "busy" to my eye   The angled infotainment screen is just freaking annoying to look at with those angles on it.     Overall its not bad, but the some of the details just rub me the wrong way. 

Wouldn't the goal be to have it perform better than the Explorer ST, as a smaller, more nimble vehicle, especially if they're attaching the Mustang name to it?

I think they're talking about rperez, not Borg.

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That's been the name of Ford's entire future product portfolio for years now lol