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Matthew the Car Guy came across an interesting bit of information in an auto parts store. More to the point, the Ford Bronco returns for the 2021 model year with the body-on-frame architecture of the Ranger and the 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbo. That’s right; look forward to a four-cylinder engine under the hood of a mid-size sport utility vehicle!
Unless Ford operates a few changes to the EcoBoost for this application, then the outcome should be similar to the Ranger. The Blue Oval mentions that the four-cylinder turbo “beats other gas-powered pickups in its class with a torque rating of 310 pound-feet” while also offering “the most fuel-efficient gas-powered mid-size pickup in America.”
270 horsepower doesn’t sound like much, but nevertheless, the gearing of the 10-speed automatic transmission should help the Bronco accelerate rather nicely on the highway. Like the Jeep Wrangler and Land Rover Defender, the Bronco returns as a boxy SUV with a tailgate-mounted spare wheel.
Photographed in the spark plug aisle at a Canadian Tire, the digital table doesn’t list the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 that everyone was expecting from the mid-size SUV with Ranger underpinnings. A different digital table in the wiper blades aisle also lists the Bronco with one engine, the 140-cu.in. EcoBoost mentioned in the previous paragraphs.
Being a 2021 model, there’s no denying the Bronco has to be revealed in the coming months. The Ford Motor Company confirmed production for 2020, and according to various dealerships, the first examples of the breed will arrive in showrooms towards the end of 2020.
A seven-speed manual transmission - the 7MTI550 from Getrag – is expected to join the 10R80 as an alternative to off-road enthusiasts. Production will be handled by Michigan Assembly in Wayne, the plant where Ford also manufactures the Ranger for North America.
The revival of the storied nameplate came to light three years ago during labor negotiations with the UAW in regard to the future of Michigan Assembly. In an interview from January 2017, former chief technical officer Raj Nair confirmed that “this Bronco is completely unique from that Everest” with the exception of the body-on-frame architecture.
270 horsepower doesn’t sound like much, but nevertheless, the gearing of the 10-speed automatic transmission should help the Bronco accelerate rather nicely on the highway. Like the Jeep Wrangler and Land Rover Defender, the Bronco returns as a boxy SUV with a tailgate-mounted spare wheel.
Photographed in the spark plug aisle at a Canadian Tire, the digital table doesn’t list the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 that everyone was expecting from the mid-size SUV with Ranger underpinnings. A different digital table in the wiper blades aisle also lists the Bronco with one engine, the 140-cu.in. EcoBoost mentioned in the previous paragraphs.
Being a 2021 model, there’s no denying the Bronco has to be revealed in the coming months. The Ford Motor Company confirmed production for 2020, and according to various dealerships, the first examples of the breed will arrive in showrooms towards the end of 2020.
A seven-speed manual transmission - the 7MTI550 from Getrag – is expected to join the 10R80 as an alternative to off-road enthusiasts. Production will be handled by Michigan Assembly in Wayne, the plant where Ford also manufactures the Ranger for North America.
The revival of the storied nameplate came to light three years ago during labor negotiations with the UAW in regard to the future of Michigan Assembly. In an interview from January 2017, former chief technical officer Raj Nair confirmed that “this Bronco is completely unique from that Everest” with the exception of the body-on-frame architecture.
Well that’s interesting. #bronco pic.twitter.com/z5gZD5whCx
— Matthew the Car Guy (@DudeDrivesCars) June 22, 2019
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