First drive review: The Ford Bronco most likely works better overseas than it does here but is still good fun, reports matty_prior
Given that Ford of Europe doesn’t have enough head room under its legislative CO2 emissions targets to make a new Focus RS, there’s no way it could officially offer a Jeep Wrangler-like SUV.
This ‘real’ Bronco’s chassis is derived from the Ranger pick-up truck, with a beam rear axle and independent front suspension. Jeep sells more than 200,000 Wranglers per year and does a pretty good line in parts, too, so you can see why Ford would fancy dropping a strong name into that class.The Bronco is a car built for adventures in the kind of space that Americans enjoy but of which we don’t have so much.
Inside, our Bronco does looks the authentic rugged part. The driving position is sound, with an imperious view out punctuated by the bonnet grab handles – there for strapping on a roof-mounted kayak or mounting ‘limb risers’ . All the active stuff. The turbocharged four-cylinder engine starts to a refined idle, and brake modulation, creep and initial throttle response are easy. That’s the kind of thing that can really matter off road but makes mooching out of London traffic better, too.
There’s no question as to the utilitarian nature of the car’s base. If you want a super-refined new SUV, think instead of the Land Rover Defender or even the Toyota Land Cruiser. The Bronco is a different sort of 4x4, a fun or adventure wagon with an 850mm wade depth and approach, breakover and departure angles of at least 35.5deg, 20.0deg and 29.7deg. It’s not strictly built for us, basically.
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