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According to a product timeline from the Ford Motor Company, the Dearborn-based automaker will launch 2020 Explorer and a new F-Series before the Bronco will arrive in showrooms. In that exact order, what this means is the Bronco could “show up in the 2020 calendar year” for the 2021 model year.
Off-Road.com reports the mystery F-Series is a “significantly revised full-size pickup” scheduled to arrive late in the 2019 calendar year. In its thirteenth generation since 2014, the light-duty lineup debuted the mid-cycle refresh in 2018 for the 2019 model year.
It’s likely that Ford plans to take the veil off the F-150 Hybrid, announced with great pomp and circumstance in January 2017. By 2022, the Blue Oval will introduce 13 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles including the Mustang Hybrid and an e-crossover that used to be known as the Mach 1.
The reasons the F-Series has priority in this product timeline come in the form of General Motors and Ram. Both launched all-new models, be it the light- or heavy-duty segment. Given this pressure and the demand for pickup trucks, Ford is right to leave the Bronco for 2020.
A mid-size SUV sharing the ladder-frame chassis with the 2019 Ranger, the Bronco is understood to feature the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 with Edge ST levels of performance. There’s hearsay regarding the availability of a seven-speed manual transmission, but Ford hasn’t confirmed anything in this regard so far.
Another important product for the Ford Motor Company is the Baby Bronco, expected to share the C2 platform with the Focus Mk IV offered in Europe. Both siblings are rumored to kickstart the Bronco sub-brand, which should spell trouble for Jeep if the Blue Oval gets the design, capability, and marketing right from the get-go.
As for the CD6-based Explorer, the Ford Field in Detroit is the venue where the veil will be taken off on January 9th. A week later at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, the S550 Mustang lineup will be completed with the introduction of the Predator V8-powered Shelby GT500, packing upwards of 700 horsepower.
It’s likely that Ford plans to take the veil off the F-150 Hybrid, announced with great pomp and circumstance in January 2017. By 2022, the Blue Oval will introduce 13 hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles including the Mustang Hybrid and an e-crossover that used to be known as the Mach 1.
The reasons the F-Series has priority in this product timeline come in the form of General Motors and Ram. Both launched all-new models, be it the light- or heavy-duty segment. Given this pressure and the demand for pickup trucks, Ford is right to leave the Bronco for 2020.
A mid-size SUV sharing the ladder-frame chassis with the 2019 Ranger, the Bronco is understood to feature the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 with Edge ST levels of performance. There’s hearsay regarding the availability of a seven-speed manual transmission, but Ford hasn’t confirmed anything in this regard so far.
Another important product for the Ford Motor Company is the Baby Bronco, expected to share the C2 platform with the Focus Mk IV offered in Europe. Both siblings are rumored to kickstart the Bronco sub-brand, which should spell trouble for Jeep if the Blue Oval gets the design, capability, and marketing right from the get-go.
As for the CD6-based Explorer, the Ford Field in Detroit is the venue where the veil will be taken off on January 9th. A week later at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, the S550 Mustang lineup will be completed with the introduction of the Predator V8-powered Shelby GT500, packing upwards of 700 horsepower.
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