Who's Brock?
Bronco was once an off-road vehicle owned by Ford, which was born in 1965. Historically, the Mustang was an early hard-core civilian off-road vehicle. At this time, Jeep? CJ series (the predecessor of Shepherd) and Land Rover series? II (the predecessor of Guardian) has strong military characteristics. However, under the trend that road SUV models gradually replace hard-core off-road, Mustang can only be discontinued at 1996.
Bronco was originally a wild horse variety in North America, so Bronco can be regarded as Ford's wild horse in the field of off-road vehicles. It also enjoys the same exclusive wild horse logo as the wild horse, which shows its position in the field of off-road vehicles at the icon level. Wild horse? The running status of Logo shows its sports car identity, Bronco? Logo horse is more like a fierce horse that can climb mountains and mountains.
Bronco and Ranger pickup trucks will use the frame and use standard hard-core off-road chassis configurations such as front and rear hard axles. At this point, you can basically imagine that it is very similar to herders. Its car body may adopt all-aluminum structure, because its sheet metal panel is expected to come from the same stamping factory as F- 150.
What does the resurrected new wild horse look like?
The square shape is obviously the standard of hard-core cross-country, and the wild horse is no exception. The photos of the test drive leaked from the factory production line say it all-
Bronco's light bar is located in the center of the air intake grille, which is very conspicuous. According to the description, the new car is a five-door model, with a length of about 16 feet (about 4.87 meters). The front and rear suspensions are extremely short, providing huge approach angle and departure angle, and improving vehicle passability.
Besides, there's a mustang? Sports models in product planning are similar to the relationship between Land Rover's discovery and discovery of sports, and will adopt similar design language, but Bronco? Sport will be developed based on Ford Escape, which is Sharp International's passenger car platform. Interestingly, its name may be called maverick (before maverick, we also called it maverick).
As for the three versions of Bronco, most sources think it exists, but only once did they take a more accurate picture.
Detachable is a major feature of Bronco, and the roof, doors and other parts can be quickly disassembled, thus fully enjoying the fun of outdoor exploration. Moreover, Bronco is more "naked" than Jeep herdsman. A patent shows that wild horses? The upper ends of the B-pillar and C-pillar can be disassembled, which seems to restore the original hard-core off-road convertible form (also the original Bronco convertible form).
It is reported that Ford also applied for a patent that when the door is removed, the main beam of the car can be extended and contracted to ensure the safety of the occupants in the car during the collision. However, if the detachable B/C column design is applied to the production vehicle, whether it can meet the requirements of the current safety regulations is still in doubt, and Ford engineers are expected to give corresponding solutions.
Bronco's headlight styling details have been exposed in advance by spare parts suppliers, which basically restored the classic Fiona Fang styling of that year.
What powertrain will Bronco use?
According to the parts supplier, Canadian? The information leaked by the tire website in advance, Mustang is likely to be equipped with Ford 2.3T? EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, matched with 10 automatic gearbox. This is consistent with the 2.3T+ 10AT powertrain of 20 19 Ranger, so it is completely reasonable. The maximum power of this engine is 270 HP and the maximum torque is 420 Nm. ..
Foreign media speculated that the Mustang high-power version may also be equipped with EcoBoost on the F- 150. 2.7T？ V6 twin-turbo engine with maximum power of 325 HP and maximum torque of 542n·m (the maximum torque is higher than the sharp ST known by domestic users). In addition, Ford CEO Han said that Bronco will have a hybrid version (expected to be a hybrid version of Benchmark herdsman). The high-performance Bronco Raptor with V8 engine is also a legend.
As a hard-core off-road, is it possible for Mustang to be equipped with a diesel engine? Logically, Ranger currently has Duratorq family 2.2/3.2T engines and the latest EcoBlue? 2.0T engine, so the possibility of Mustang equipped with diesel engine still exists, but Duratorq family engine close to 10 car age seems not to be the choice of new car.
What's the price of Bronco?
Ford Ranger's T6 platform has a strong Australian R&D background. Ford Everest produced in Australia and Jiangling Ford Roadwalker made in China cost about 40,000 US dollars (about 278,000 RMB).
Mustang will be transferred to Ford's factory in wayne county, Michigan for production. The average selling price of its North American competitors, such as Jeep herdsman and Toyota 4Runner, is around $35,000, so the starting price of Mustang is expected to be only around $30,000 (208,000 RMB).
However, Ford's abacus is still very clever. At the initial stage of listing, Bronco is expected to release more than 65,438+050 accessories, which will not only allow users to customize their own personalized Bronco, but also make huge profits from accessories (yes, this move was learned from Jeep Shepherd).
Mustang has not been made in China, but if we make a rational analysis, it is more likely to be made in China than herdsman or other hard-core off-road vehicles under the background that Jiangling Ford Road Shaker has been made in China. In terms of price, the current price of Broken Road is 265,800-358,800. If Bronco is really made in China, the price in this range is also very reasonable.
postscript
According to the previous news, the five-door version of Bronco may be released in March. Bronco? Sport will be released later. However, at present, COVID-19 has postponed the new york Auto Show to August, and Bronco will be released at this node.
Although hard-core cross-country is declining, the market demand still exists. Ford has a unique position in the field of pickup trucks. From the point of view of cost amortization, it is very reasonable to develop new Mustang based on pickup platform-to seize unique market share by virtue of its own expertise without large-scale additional investment.
In fact, Ford has always had experience in developing SUV products based on pickup platform, and Everest Roadwalker is a very typical case.
However, whether at home or abroad, the popularity of the road-breaker is too low, which seems to be isolated from the existence of Ford SUV product line. Therefore, Ford needs a stronger IP to enhance the overall performance of the Ford SUV family. As a result, the "wild horse" Bronco in the off-road world was naturally recalled.
Ford's thinking is clear: Bronco may not take the quantity, but Bronco? The emergence of Sport may become the real choice for users to pay the bill. In the future, Ford is also very likely to separate Bronco series products from the SUV product line, which will be in the same room as the urbanized models such as Wing Beat, Sharp Edge and Sharp Edge, further improving the user's choice space.
Let's look forward to the official appearance of Mustang in SUV!
The author of this article is the Kicking Car Gang? Tao Tao
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