2021 Bronco
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Yup, the article even says it's the Baby Bronco. The hood and window lines are identical, so it looks like they have the body for this one nailed down firmer than the bigger Bronco, or at least they're hiding the bigger Bronco better... I can see the little one hitting the Jeep Compass and Renegade spot in the market pretty directly--young people who want a rugged appearance and vibe for sporting activity. Wheels look like they're from the Transit Connect or Escape(?), which are based on the Focus/Escape chassis--the base for this little Bronco. Guessing a 1.5 Ecoboost in this one, maybe the 3-cylinder one(?)
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For Bronco to be in production by December 2020, design would have had to have been finalized some time ago. Machines to make the sheetmetal have to be designed, built, and tested, and the sheetmetal they stamp has to go through a rather extensive process of quality analysis.
Ford should be giving counterintelligence/information security instruction to DoD, DOJ, Congress, and most of the rest of FedGovCo. Their opsec has been very good up to this point.
Ford should be giving counterintelligence/information security instruction to DoD, DOJ, Congress, and most of the rest of FedGovCo. Their opsec has been very good up to this point.
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I hope this is actually a genuine Wrangler competitor. Jeep has had that segment all to itself for so long, it would be neat to see another player there.
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For Bronco to be in production by December 2020, design would have had to have been finalized some time ago. Machines to make the sheetmetal have to be designed, built, and tested, and the sheetmetal they stamp has to go through a rather extensive process of quality analysis.
Ford should be giving counterintelligence/information security instruction to DoD, DOJ, Congress, and most of the rest of FedGovCo. Their opsec has been very good up to this point.
Ford should be giving counterintelligence/information security instruction to DoD, DOJ, Congress, and most of the rest of FedGovCo. Their opsec has been very good up to this point.
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Originally Posted by bluovl
Also if there is a "Baby Bronco" wouldn't there be a "Big Bronco"? What about those strange "mules" running around?
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The question is not whether or not there will be, but what platform will the "Bronco" be built on. Yeah I know the Ranger and all that, but the notion of a "Baby Bronco" (Bronco II) confuses all that. Historically the Ranger and Bronco II (Baby Bronco?) came off the same line. Historically the "Bronco" f150 were built on the same line.
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The question is not whether or not there will be, but what platform will the "Bronco" be built on. Yeah I know the Ranger and all that, but the notion of a "Baby Bronco" (Bronco II) confuses all that. Historically the Ranger and Bronco II (Baby Bronco?) came off the same line. Historically the "Bronco" f150 were built on the same line.
The name "baby Bronco" is not a name used by Ford, it is what the public and "journalists" have been calling Ford's "small off road utility" that was spoken of with similar marketing language as the Bronco. It is only confusing because "journalists" have done a sloppy job talking about them with clickbait articles desperately vying for advertising dollars -- Ford has been very clear.
Ford's small off road utility (that is what Ford calls it because they have not told us what model name it will have) will share the unibody platform with the new Escape. Personally, I really hate the idea that they would associate the Bronco name with that vehicle at all, and I hope Ford picks something else like Maverick as the official model name -- and it would be nice if they would start using that name sooner rather than later so people stop calling it the "baby Bronco".
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Alrighty then, but what do you make of this? https://www.motor1.com/news/353403/w...r-bronco-mule/ Someone spent a lot money making a really short f150.
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Alrighty then, but what do you make of this? https://www.motor1.com/news/353403/w...r-bronco-mule/ Someone spent a lot money making a really short f150.
And it worked. They got ****loads of clicks.
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This is heresay but pretty sure I read an article where FORD employees confirmed the baby bronco will actually be called the Bronco Scout.
Here's an article for them filing for the trademarks for the names
https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford...-trademark-u-s
Here's the article where their FORD source claimed it
https://www.cjponyparts.com/resource...rd-baby-bronco
Honestly I don't care what they call the smaller SUV. I'm just sitting here waiting for the Bronco to be officially released. Because until FORD reveals the 2021 Bronco and the 2021 Bronco Scout (Baby Bronco or "smaller suv") everything is gossip and there's no point in getting worked up over anything.
Edit* I too am tired of the click bait articles and that vehicle was one of the worst clickbaits the last month or two
Here's an article for them filing for the trademarks for the names
https://www.motortrend.com/news/ford...-trademark-u-s
Here's the article where their FORD source claimed it
https://www.cjponyparts.com/resource...rd-baby-bronco
Honestly I don't care what they call the smaller SUV. I'm just sitting here waiting for the Bronco to be officially released. Because until FORD reveals the 2021 Bronco and the 2021 Bronco Scout (Baby Bronco or "smaller suv") everything is gossip and there's no point in getting worked up over anything.
Edit* I too am tired of the click bait articles and that vehicle was one of the worst clickbaits the last month or two