Posted on 02/22/2022 6:16:31 PM PST by dynachrome
Bronco fever hasn't abated; buyers are still clamoring for the world's most recent hardcore off-roader. We'd normally consider this a good problem for Ford to have, but these aren't normal times and the Bronco isn't a normal vehicle. Two years of industry disruptions have dropped continuous bombs on delivery times, on top of Bronco-specific ailments like the defective tops that led to huge backups last summer — and all this for a rig that some buyers first signed up to buy in 2020. Automotive News reports that the chip shortage is biting especially hard into Bronco deliveries at the moment, with trucks stacking up in a lot outside the Michigan Assembly Plant that online watchers dubbed "Dirt Mountain," the coming of a snowy Michigan winter changing the name to "Ice Mountain."
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LOL. My first thought was OJ’s hardest hit.
Play it safe.
Drive a Ford.
“Drive a Ford.”
If you can get one.
And the dealership probably turned around and sold it for more.
Perhaps the Ford Corporation integrated some of the design specs from the Pinto into the Bronco. They’re both named after horses after all.
They just took the Ford Escape and called it a Bronco. Ford’s “big reveal” has been an utter disappointment. There is nothing iconic or legendary with the new bronco. It’s a weak little grocery getter. What they should have done is drop an v8 in like Jeep now offers.
Really? There are 300 hp and 330 hp Escapes with 8+ inches ground clearance?
Cut out the middleman, just send the junk to the wrecking yard.
Save the drama. You and thousands of PTA moms approve.
I was thinking, didn’t we have a President about 15 months ago who, during his presidency, talked about why the US is dependent on foreign chip manufacturers and that someone should start making them here in thE US.
No mean tweets. Orange Man Bad.
It doesn’t look at all like the cute Escape. And it’s bigger.
I have a 77. Get followed around town sometimes.
But, talking to folks I shake my wonder why they couldn’t just rebuild it the way they looked from ‘66-‘77.
There’s a company that tricks them out and puts those Coyote engines in them….$100k and up. Over $200k for some.
Same with Toyota and the FJ. Make it look like the old ones and they would have been able to make enough of them.
The poster might have meant the 2002 thru 2006 models (bad trans):
https://www.copilotsearch.com/posts/problems-with-ford-explorer/
Not sure I would want to pay big bucks for a vehicle that has been sitting for months in bad weather w/o being started or driven (internal seals not getting any lube, etc.).
I used to wheel with a guy who ran a 76 EB with 38” tires - he ran that Bronc through any trail obstacle! I bet your 77 is a great ride.
I love it.
No top. No doors. Drive when it’s 30deg. Drive when it’s 90deg.
I never drive or park mine in the rain or snow so no problem. Mall has underground garage.
You are confusing the Bronco Sport for the Bronco. Bronco sport is off the Escape chasis. Bronco is body on frame like a truck.
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