Ford teases the new Bronco

BlackBII · Mar 15, 2018

https://twitter.com/Ford/status/974360694727565314

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 15, 2018

Well that ain't a redecorated Everest...

blksn8k · Mar 15, 2018

Almost looks like they just threw a blanket over the 2004 concept. Promising...

rangerenthiusiast · Mar 15, 2018

I bet there’s a Hyundai hiding under there...

rusty ol ranger · Mar 15, 2018

rangerenthiusiast said:
I bet there’s a Hyundai hiding under there...

Or a wrangler.

Either way, it looks square, and trucky. So thats promising.

wildbill23c · Mar 15, 2018

By the looks of it, you would have to be under 5 feet tall to ride in that ride, looks like absolutely no room for adults...must be the Fisher Price kids pedal car from Toys R Us...better hurry and get one they're going out of business LOL.

Bet its at least IFS, if not front and rear independent suspension, front wheel drive, with a little plastic knob for terrain management in the AWD models, a 10 speed automatic and a lawnmower engine in it. Yep, Ford screwed up the Bronco just like they did the Ranger.

Oh, and a $50k+ price tag. $55k if you want the bucking bronco emblems.

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 15, 2018

wildbill23c said:
By the looks of it, you would have to be under 5 feet tall to ride in that ride, looks like absolutely no room for adults...must be the Fisher Price kids pedal car from Toys R Us...better hurry and get one they're going out of business LOL.

Bet its at least IFS, if not front and rear independent suspension, front wheel drive, with a little plastic knob for terrain management in the AWD models, a 10 speed automatic and a lawnmower engine in it. Yep, Ford screwed up the Bronco just like they did the Ranger.

Oh, and a $50k+ price tag. $55k if you want the bucking bronco emblems.

Yeah, who would want a little SUV with a problematic gutless engine, IFS and electronic 4wd?

Jim Oaks · Mar 15, 2018

wildbill23c said:
By the looks of it, you would have to be under 5 feet tall to ride in that ride, looks like absolutely no room for adults...must be the Fisher Price kids pedal car from Toys R Us.

You could always use it for Extreme Barbie Jeep Racing:

adsm08 · Mar 15, 2018

Eh, Ford has teased me enough over the last 12 years.

wildbill23c said:
Bet its at least IFS, if not front and rear independent suspension, front wheel drive, with a little plastic knob for terrain management in the AWD models, a 10 speed automatic and a lawnmower engine in it. Yep, Ford screwed up the Bronco just like they did the Ranger.

Well there were rumors of a factory solid front axle and manual transmission, as it is supposed to be trying to directly compete with the Wrangler.

Although, as far as automatics go, a 10 speed isn't really that bad of an idea. The more gears you have with close ratios the better performance you can get by not constantly revving the engine past it's usable power band and then dropping it back to the bottom of that band on the shift.

Plus you can get 10 speeds out of most common current automatics without adding a bunch of extra parts. Just a few more solenoids in the valve body and some extra fluid passages.

bobbywalter · Mar 15, 2018

there was something on the hill at the dpg when i was going down southfield today that looked like it had straight axles on it....and it wasnt a fawking excursion. could have actually been a jeep though.

:thefinger:

bobbywalter · Mar 16, 2018

they make the trollers down south...

adsm08 · Mar 16, 2018

bobbywalter said:
there was something on the hill at the dpg when i was going down southfield today that looked like it had straight axles on it....and it wasnt a fawking excursion. could have actually been a jeep though.

I think the article I saw about that was in Jalopnik. There had been a leak from Dana that parts were being sourced for the front of the new Bronco (Ford using a Dana front, big surprise there) and it was possibly going to be sharing front end parts with the Wrangler. So we may be looking at a solid D44, like the Grands Cherokee.

85_Ranger4x4 · Mar 16, 2018

adsm08 said:
I think the article I saw about that was in Jalopnik. There had been a leak from Dana that parts were being sourced for the front of the new Bronco (Ford using a Dana front, big surprise there) and it was possibly going to be sharing front end parts with the Wrangler. So we may be looking at a solid D44, like the Grands Cherokee.

Or a SLA Dana 35 like the last Ranger. Could be mixed with the theory of the TTB D35 that shared parts with the Jeep D35.

Dana makes a bunch of different things, I wouldn't hold my breath for a solid axle just because Dana is making it.

adsm08 · Mar 16, 2018

85_Ranger4x4 said:
Or a SLA Dana 35 like the last Ranger. Could be mixed with the theory of the TTB D35 that shared parts with the Jeep D35.

Dana makes a bunch of different things, I wouldn't hold my breath for a solid axle just because Dana is making it.

I know that Dana makes a lot of stuff. I can't actually think of any 4x4 front axle Ford used since the Shoe Box Broncos that wasn't supplied by Dana, except for the Expedition/F-150s with the front 8.8.

And it was mostly rumor and conjecture. The bigger reason for that idea was that the new Bronco is allegedly supposed to compete more directly with the Wrangler than with the 4Runner. I did find the article, it was on Road and Track.

BlackBII · Mar 16, 2018

Why not go full 80's and use the TTB? C'mon Ford!

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