I posted this about these renders on the Bronco6G forum so I will post it here as well:
So I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out for a few days now. I like the renders y'all have been putting out, but every single one has something... missing. So I think it's because we are skipping a generation of Bronco. Allow me to explain:
Ford has had nameplates that are either continuous or that come back around for a long time now. Specifically; I'm referring to the Ford GT and the Mustang(More importantly the GT). Now, we have had 3 generations of GT; and 6 generations of Mustang. The 1st generations of both are iconic vehicles; definitely in the top few most iconic vehicles ever. But right up there with both is the Bronco 1st generation. Now here's the catch; we only ever got one generation of production "BRONCO". The later Broncos; they're OK. But nobody is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on one with a Coyote in it that's rebuilt from the frame up like the first-gen. Now here's the catch; the other two Ford vehicles that are of similar importance have had multiple generations to "grow up" but the Bronco has not. So I think that the renders we have been getting are a bit slavish to the design. We are seeing renders of a possible Bronco SECOND generation, when in reality the 2nd generation Bronco was the 2004 concept. So we need to be moving on to the 3rd generation, which, for example of the Ford GT is WAY different than the original.
To draw it out per se:
Ford GT40 -> 2005 Ford GT -> 2017 Ford GT
Mustang 1st generation -> Mustang 5th generation -> Mustang 6th Generation
1st Gen Bronco -> 2004 Concept/Renders -> Bronco 6G
The BroncoBronco is going to be the 2017 Ford GT or the 2015 Mustang of the Bronco lineup, which means while it is going to have retro features it will not be overly retro like the renders we've been seeing. If anything, and this is a wild guess, I think it might be even more modern than the GT or Mustang is, and that the Bronco R may have even understated a lot of the design and styling features on it. This may be pure speculation, but to me all the secrecy and the fact that we have not even seen a prototype yet is not adding up if we're getting what these renders represent, Ford has to be hiding a lot more. I know this was probably a bit of a rant, but I have a feeling that we may be looking a bit too much at the past design language and not thinking about Ford's current design language and how to incorporate Bronco elements into that.
