Bzinsky
Well-Known Member
It definitely was not marketing. Anybody who knows what that 2.7 can do would naturally assume it was going to be a very quick car.The Bronco was over marketed, plain and simple. Look at the threads from 2020 on here that spanned literally hundreds of pages.
People seriously expected a vehicle that handled like a crossover SUV on pavement, that’s equal or better than the Wrangler off-road, with their base engines 2.3 or 2.7 blowing away the 2.0/3.6, a vehicle that’ll tow like a mid size pick up and tops that are easier to use + leakproof.
People thought they were getting everything and anything in one.
f150 crew cabs with the same 2.7 are running 0-60 in the high 5 second range. Tune only they do high 4’s.
F150 crew cab is a massive vehicle.
Naturally I thought the bronco would be a rocket ship, I knew what the 2.7 could do.
My estimation for a 2 door bronco with awd and a 2.7 would do 0-60 in the 4.8-50 range stock. I figured it would be a convertible off road rocketship with a tune dipping into the low 4’s possibly even 3.9.
But when they started releasing specs it was pathetic.
Can you guys just think about that for the second. The same company puts that same motor in a full size crew cab 1/2 ton land monster, the same size as a suburban!
And somehow they managed to make a little ol wrangler competitor
-heavier
-slower
-less efficient
-less reliable
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