MotorTrend: Bronco vs Wrangler - Which is Best?

[Headbarcode]

Let’s see how quickly the aftermarket steps up

Fun Havers has already got a stage 1 kit in final testing that will add about 2.5-3" of lift and fit 37's. Stages 2 and 3 will mainly focus on new fiberglass fenders and flares to accommodate 40's. There lift includes a new upper a-arm that allows more ball joint movement.

Here it is in action...

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[hoag4147]

Fun Havers has already got a stage 1 kit in final testing that will add about 2.5-3" of lift and fit 37's. Stages 2 and 3 will mainly focus on new fiberglass fenders and flares to accommodate 40's. There lift includes a new upper a-arm that allows more ball joint movement.

Here it is in action...

Seen that. Wonder if they will look at lower arm as well

 

[Sean L]

Finally saw my 1st bronco in the wild, and snapped a couple pics...

A short while later, I finally saw one out in front of a dealer. My wife, who canceled her reservation, has expressed an interest in still seeing one. I picked her up and headed back there. Due to other cancelations, this dealer had 2 available on the lot. Both black, 1 a Base and the other an Outer Banks. They also have a Wildcat demo that they can't sell for 6 months. This dealer is selling the Base and Outer Banks for $10k over msrp and they have yet to allow anyone to test drive them.

Here's a bunch of pics. I took them before we went inside to get a salesman, so my wife could sit in one. They only let her into the Base. To be polite, I asked if I could snap a couple pics of the interior. The salesman politely refused the request, stating that it's policy set by the GM. Also, after parting ways with the salesman, I pulled my Jeep next to the Wildcat for a side by side shot. But before I could hop out with my phone, the GM (I'm assuming, because it had a dealer plate on it) was quick to come out and move it. And damn did he shoot me a dirty look!

So does the GM ever expect to sell anything with that attitude?

 

[KilroyWasHere]

I didn't see this elsewhere. If it's a double post please feel free to remove.

Bronco can't keep all four on the dirt on a little hill like that. LOL

 

[viper88]

Finally saw my 1st bronco in the wild, and snapped a couple pics...

A short while later, I finally saw one out in front of a dealer. My wife, who canceled her reservation, has expressed an interest in still seeing one. I picked her up and headed back there. Due to other cancelations, this dealer had 2 available on the lot. Both black, 1 a Base and the other an Outer Banks. They also have a Wildcat demo that they can't sell for 6 months. This dealer is selling the Base and Outer Banks for $10k over msrp and they have yet to allow anyone to test drive them.

Here's a bunch of pics. I took them before we went inside to get a salesman, so my wife could sit in one. They only let her into the Base. To be polite, I asked if I could snap a couple pics of the interior. The salesman politely refused the request, stating that it's policy set by the GM. Also, after parting ways with the salesman, I pulled my Jeep next to the Wildcat for a side by side shot. But before I could hop out with my phone, the GM (I'm assuming, because it had a dealer plate on it) was quick to come out and move it. And damn did he shoot me a dirty look!

No pics allowed? What the f-ck does that dealer think they have there? A classified next generation Stealth fighter or something? Or maybe they are just embarrassed by the initial quality? I have seen better fitting tops on a chuck wagon. I can only imagine what that top will look like after a season or two?

 

[aldo98229]

No pics allowed? What the f-ck does that dealer think they have there? A classified next generation Stealth fighter or something? Or maybe they are just embarrassed by the initial quality? I have seen better fitting tops on a chuck wagon. I can only imagine what that top will look like after a season or two?

Ford “leaks” a document to “communicate” that it plans to schedule a recall of the soft tops...as soon as it is done recalling the hard tops...

 

[ThirtyOne]

No pics allowed? What the f-ck does that dealer think they have there? A classified next generation Stealth fighter or something? Or maybe they are just embarrassed by the initial quality? I have seen better fitting tops on a chuck wagon. I can only imagine what that top will look like after a season or two?

That's a pretty nice chuck wagon. What size wheels are those?

 

[Notorious]

No pics allowed? What the f-ck does that dealer think they have there? A classified next generation Stealth fighter or something?

Well he did say it was a Ford wildcat, not a wildtrak so possibly.

 

[Outrun]

The components on some sport SXS's are more heavy duty.

 

[WXman]

I'm glad they rightly destroyed the interior quality on the Bronco. I've seen 10 year old UTVs with nicer interior.

 

[Richtor]

I'm glad they rightly destroyed the interior quality on the Bronco. I've seen 10 year old UTVs with nicer interior.

How, the material? I could care less it’s plastic or similar. With top and doors of I want an interior I can hose and wipe off. Show me the 2011 utv with a 12 inch lcd screen.

 

[Outrun]

How, the material? I could care less it’s plastic or similar. With top and doors of I want an interior I can hose and wipe off. Show me the 2011 utv with a 12 inch lcd screen.

How much less could you care?

 

[WXman]

How, the material? I could care less it’s plastic or similar. With top and doors of I want an interior I can hose and wipe off. Show me the 2011 utv with a 12 inch lcd screen.

Design, material, construction, the whole nine yards.

If a guy is buying an off road rig because it's got a 12 inch screen powered by software with a horrendous track record vs. the competitor's 8.4 inch screen with segment-leading software, then maybe we're shopping the wrong vehicle here.

 

[Headbarcode]

So does the GM ever expect to sell anything with that attitude?

My thoughts exactly! But I haven't any interest in the juice, so I opted to save myself the effort of the squeeze.

If I was driving a lifted 4Runner, we probably would've sung koombaya together. But I drive the "evil nemesis", according to the Ford brainwashing, I mean marketing decisions.

The owner that I saw on the highway had that "here comes my mortal enemy according to ford" look about him, but I gave him a thumbs up and a full handed wave as I passed, and he lightened right up and did the same in return followed by a few horn honks.

 

[Headbarcode]

No pics allowed? What the f-ck does that dealer think they have there? A classified next generation Stealth fighter or something? Or maybe they are just embarrassed by the initial quality? I have seen better fitting tops on a chuck wagon. I can only imagine what that top will look like after a season or two?

I was convinced that I would've been more welcome if I either drove anything else, or at least parked out of sight.

If Ford was successful in one aspect, it was putting a big fat dividing line between the Bronco and Wrangler, specifically.

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