Is the Bronco coming back?

[Scoop]

Saw this over on FullSizeBronco.com. LOL

 

[mlogan24]

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

That was a cool car

Uhhh, they did, badged it as a T-Bird, and it flopped

 

[smokinjoe]

^^ I'll never understand how that T- Bird flopped either, they were ahead of the curve on the retro movement IMO. What engine was in them? Were they underpowered? Or did they handle like crap?

 

[mlogan24]

^^ I'll never understand how that T- Bird flopped either, they were ahead of the curve on the retro movement IMO. What engine was in them? Were they underpowered? Or did they handle like crap?

They had the Jag sourced 3.9 in them. I don't remember why specifically, but seems to me the general consensus was they sucked.

 

[bronconut73]

They had the Jag sourced 3.9 in them. I don't remember why specifically, but seems to me the general consensus was they sucked.

A girl at our office had one.
She wanted me to sit in it.
I had no head room and looked through the very top of the windshield..

I am 6'5"

 

[sykanr0ng]

Add to that they were more than twice as expensive as any previous T-bird (even corrected for inflation).

Twice the cost and less performance than before rarely sells to performance auto buyers.

 

[roundhouse]

Uhhh, they did, badged it as a T-Bird, and it flopped

Nope. The forty nine was a four seater

 

[roundhouse]

^^ I'll never understand how that T- Bird flopped either, they were ahead of the curve on the retro movement IMO. What engine was in them? Were they underpowered? Or did they handle like crap?

It was a two seater
Which makes it a toy
And it cost as much as a two seater BMW or Benz or Vette or Porsche only without the prestige and performance and or status

No one gonna pay BMW prices for a Ford
The neighbors won't be suitably impressed

 

[mlogan24]

Nope. The forty nine was a four seater

Seriously? %) Potato patato. The Forty Nine was the concept precursor to the 2001-2005 Ford Thunderbird. In the world of automotive concept to production, the Ford Thunderbird means they did make the Forty Nine. But if you want to be picky, the Lincoln LS was a four seater on the same platform and it flopped to. So they didn't "miss the boat" by not building the Forty Nine, it would have been a flop too.

 

[roundhouse]

Seriously? %) Potato patato. The Forty Nine was the concept precursor to the 2001-2005 Ford Thunderbird. In the world of automotive concept to production, the Ford Thunderbird means they did make the Forty Nine. But if you want to be picky, the Lincoln LS was a four seater on the same platform and it flopped to. So they didn't "miss the boat" by not building the Forty Nine, it would have been a flop too.

49 looks a lot better than a Lincoln LS.
Plus it's not a geezer Lincoln

Only geezers drive lincolns
Unless you could the overpriced expedition named the navigator
And usually it's a ghetto drug dealer driving it

 

[roundhouse]

We talking about this Lincoln LS ?
That looks like a bland Mitsubishi or something
That's as good looking as the 49?

 

[smokinjoe]

Plus it's not a geezer Lincoln. Only geezers drive lincolns

No way man, alright, alright, alright ;D

 

[mlogan24]

49 looks a lot better than a Lincoln LS.
Plus it's not a geezer Lincoln

Only geezers drive lincolns

You sure about that?

We talking about this Lincoln LS ?
That looks like a bland Mitsubishi or something
That's as good looking as the 49?

I never said it was.

 

[lonesouth]

the latest rendering from a bronco enthusiast

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/is-this-what-the-new-ford-bronco-will-look-like-1761052957

I think it looks like an S10 blazer, and EB, and BII got into some sick threeway conception and this ugly thing came out.

 

[BRONCOchild]

the latest rendering from a bronco enthusiast

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/is-this-what-the-new-ford-bronco-will-look-like-1761052957

I think it looks like an S10 blazer, and EB, and BII got into some sick threeway conception and this ugly thing came out.

I like the front end, but it does look a bit like a small blazer.

 

[KBUCK1]

I kinda like it. Not a fan of the wheels or the ford oval in the grill

 

[clarrance]

I kinda like it. Not a fan of the wheels or the ford oval in the grill

X2 the grill needs to read FORD, and the top needs to be white & removable

 

[okie4570]

I don't see a pumpkin in the front.......

 

[Slowleak]

The drivers window looks really small. I would hate to have to crawl out of it.....

 

[englewoodcowboy]

A little more refining I could see that sitting in my driveway