Is the Bronco coming back?

[sprdv1]

not likely to buy one. We're not really a new car kinda family. Maybe in 2025 when they are 5 years old.

Here either, but I do like new cars

 

[bronconut73]

not likely to buy one. We're not really a new car kinda family. Maybe in 2025 when they are 5 years old.

I am not either but I always make sure the wife has something relatively new (for safety sake).
2020 or thereabouts Will be when we probably will have to get her another car so why not whatever Ford calls a Bronco by then. She's cool with that. My daughter will be driving by then too....

 

[smokinjoe]

Right here Bud.

And I'm another most likely.

Even w/ IFS Remember only the first 14 yrs of Broncos had a solid axle up front the remaining 16 yrs were all IFS and solid in the rear.

 

[Seventee]

I am not either but I always make sure the wife has something relatively new (for safety sake).
2020 or thereabouts Will be when we probably will have to get her another car so why not whatever Ford calls a Bronco by then.

Same here...will be due up for a replacement vehicle around the same time. We currently have a '12 Focus. I'm willing to consider whatever the Bronco ends up being. I wouldn't mind adding another generation to the two I already have. But I haven't mentioned it to her yet....:-X

 

[okie4570]

^^^^^Don't mention it, just surprise her!

 

[68stang73]

We postponed our vehicle purchase to buy the new Bronco. I'm giving my JK to my daughter at that point and she will be around 16. Figured my frame off resto 66 and a new Bronco would look good in the driveway and off!

 

[Seventee]

^^^^^Don't mention it, just surprise her!

Well there you go! That's why I frequent this board...for great advice like this!

 

[okie4570]

Manual Transmission talk.........
http://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/manual-transmission-bronco/

Let’s fire up the rumor mill and start talking about a vehicle that I know you all are excited about; the return of the Ford Bronco! We’re coming up onto a big auto show, a show where it’d be a good place to show off a new concept. But we need to answer the most important question first; will the new Bronco come with a manual transmission.

My first inclination is no. Why would they? The manual transmission take rate these days is so low that it doesn’t make a lot of fiscal sense to offer it in any vehicle. Heck, they don’t even offer it in the commercial-grade F-650 and F-750 anymore.

But Ford hasn’t forgotten about enthusiasts, either. Despite the trend towards various forms of automatic transmissions, the Focus ST and Focus RS are manual-only affairs, along with the Fiesta ST. Also, the performance Shelby variants of the Mustang also have three pedals.

So it’s possible that Ford would include a manual transmission option on an enthusiast vehicle like the Bronco. But would all trims of the Bronco be enthusiast trims? I don’t know.

Assuming they do a SVT, extreme performance version of the Bronco, I could see them doing a manual transmission. The only thing that gives me pause is the new Raptor, like the old Raptor, was an automatic only deal. The new Raptor will have a 10-speed automatic gearbox.

The other potential saving grace for the manual transmission in the Bronco lies with the Toyota Tacoma. The new Tacoma’s product mix includes a large number of manual transmissions, and every trim level can be ordered with a manual transmission.

If Ford’s goal is to go after an off-roader like that, they might put a manual transmission in it.

If they target a more serious off-road vehicle like the Jeep Wrangler, again, it’d make sense to include a manual transmission since the Wrangler can be had with a row-your-own gearbox at all trim levels.

What will be interesting is whether or not the next Jeep Wrangler comes with a manual transmission. While again, it seems to make sense that it’d be offered, the Trailhawk versions of both the Cherokee and Renegade are automatic-only. There would certainly be some internal pressure to drop that transmission with the new Wrangler, even if it would create backlash.

I know I’m beating a dead horse here with the manual transmission talk, but it’s still an interesting thought experiment. I know that manual transmissions are going away. Heck, self-driving cars are the way of the future. But, I’d still like to think that with an enthusiast product like the Bronco, a manual transmission would be a “must have.”

 

[sykanr0ng]

/\/\/\/\ So the 2035 Bronco will probably be self-driving. %)

 

[LoneRanger]

They were ttb front ends NOT ifs. Never were there a arms on the front of any factory bronco.

L.R.

 

[smokinjoe]

^ No A arms, agreed. Honest question. Ford scissor arms IFS, are they not?

 

[lonesouth]

I've always thought TTB is IFS.

 

[Bluebolt]

Ifs

I've always thought TTB is IFS.

It is an IFS, it's a swing axle.

 

[bronconut73]

It is an IFS, it's a swing axle.

Of course it is IFS......

 

[roundhouse]

not likely to buy one. We're not really a new car kinda family. Maybe in 2025 when they are 5 years old.

Same here
I'm 50 this year
Never bought a brand new car and never will
Depreciates way too fast

Much better to let someone else lose 70% of the value in 4 or 5 years
Plus you need to let em get a few years old to see if the engine design is going to be reliable as a 302 or the next 6.0 trash

I think ford really missed the boat not building the "forty nine" in 2001

That was a cool car

 

[Beer and Fish]

Half Cab, get a life dude! It was a joke! (the photo)

 

[half cab]

Half Cab, get a life dude! It was a joke! (the photo)

Sit down boy the grown-ups are talking here.

 

[Teal68]

This just surfaced!!!

I knew you were joking...but it does still look cool. Great proportions for a full size.

 

[bronconut73]

I knew you were joking...but it does still look cool. Great proportions for a full size.

I think the days of full size two door suv's are behind us.

The only suvs I have ever had have always been two doors.....and I have had a lot of them through the years.

But I really look forward to a new eb.
Hopefully it has some oats.

 

[Scoop]

So who here will buy one, no matter what it looks like?

I will seriously consider trading in my Rubicon on a new Bronco IF it has good off road ability AND a removable top! I'm not looking for a crawler from the factory - - my EB trail rig is for that. But I am looking for a daily driver that can drive long distance to an area, do some mild to moderate trails and drive home. This is what I use the Rubicon for and it suits this purpose very well. This summer we drove it to Colorado, spent 3 days on the Alpine Loop and surrounding trails and drove it home - all in relative comfort!