The little brother
Next year the Ford Bronco will come to the Netherlands for the first time, so cars of earlier generations were always dependent on imports to be able to do the European blubber. A copy that has that pleasure now presents itself in our used car range. It looks neat, especially considering its age.
The Ford Bronco is one of the icons of the American car industry. Between 1965 and 1996, the brand released five generations of the off-roader, but the car we’re touting here is not one of those five. That’s how it is: from 1984 to 1990, Ford found room to – in addition to the regular – a smaller brother of the Bronco on the market. It bore the name Bronco II and one of them shines here today. The II got – at least petrol-fired – only six-cylinder under its hood, where full-fat Broncos were also available with V8s at the time.
The power source is a 2.9-liter V6 that is in principle the same as the six-cylinder engines that were used in the European Ford Sierra, among others. In the Bronco II, the block produces 143 horsepower. This one has a four-speed manual gearbox with an overdrive, which is operated by the oversized poker that protrudes from the Bronco floor next to the four-wheel drive control lever. Combine the power with a car weight of almost 1,600 kg and the offered Bronco II will certainly not appeal to speed demons. The classic is certainly charming.
Bronco-brown
The interior, in surprisingly good condition, fits beautifully with the exterior of the Bronco, which looks great as a whole – including under the hood. The brown tones fly towards you on both the outside and inside, so that you can imagine yourself in the 80s very well in the Ford. You look out from a considerable height over the Dutch road network while you calmly strum along. It seems that you are the first Dutch owner when you purchase this Ford. According to the license plate history, the car, which came to the Netherlands in 2020, had so far only owned car companies.
According to the provider, you do not have to worry about malfunctioning technology as a result of little use. The seller in Made in Brabant indicates that the Ford drives and shifts ‘really well’. In addition, you do not have to worry about excessively high tax rates, because the classic dates from before 1988 and is therefore eligible for the quarter rate. Also nice: the MOT is valid until mid-2024.
What should that cost? The asking price is easily manageable at €13,500. Mainly because of the condition of the car, which matches the relatively virgin mileage: 97,623, or 157,022 kilometers. Are you the one who will add a lot to that?
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl