Ready for second quarter
The American Ford Bronco is coming to the Netherlands. That was known. Now we also know in what form and when. It always has a thick 330 hp six-cylinder here and can be found on Dutch territory since the second quarter.
In the middle of last year, Ford’s European branch announced that it would also bring the Bronco to our part of the world, after which it soon became clear that it would also visit our country. In the United States, the Bronco is available as a three- and five-door. The shorter three-door passes the Dutch consumer’s nose, but the five-door, overloaded with retro design – which, like its shorter brother, has a removable hardtop and removable doors – is coming our way. Fun fact: According to Ford, removing the doors only takes eight minutes.
In the United States, the Bronco is available with a 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder that produces 304 hp, but there are also two V6s on the delivery list. The first is a 2.7 EcoBoost V6 with 335 hp, the second a 3.0 V6 that delivers over 400 hp and is in the Bronco Raptor. The four-cylinder will not come to the Netherlands and the 3.0 V6 will not be available in the Netherlands until Ford decides to bring the Bronco Raptor to our country. This means that the Bronco in the Netherlands will always have a 335 hp and 563 Nm strong 2.7 V6 with two turbos that is linked to a ten-speed automatic transmission. Definitely not nauseous.
Ford Bronco.
The Ford Bronco is only available in a handful of European countries and is also sold in a limited edition. The American comes in two versions: Outer Banks and Badlands. The latter is the variant dressed up for rougher off-road work. For example, the Outer Banks has an electronically operated transfer box with two gears and the Badlands has a limited-slip differential and even the anti-roll bars at the front can be electronically disconnected for maximum wheel angle.
Ford Bronco.
Incidentally, not only the doors and the hardtop are relatively easy to remove. You can also exchange the grille and bumper for other copies. You can also easily remove the wheel arch edges. Handy if you have suffered damage in the field (or just in front of the door). The Bronco Badlands also has special Bilstein mufflers. The Broncos are standard on 17-inch wheels surrounded by off-road rubber and can be ordered at an additional cost with protective plates for, among other things, the engine, transmission, transfer case and fuel tank. The all-wheel drive Bronco has seven drive modes depending on trim, including modes specifically tuned for off-road use including Mud/Ruts, Sand and Baja.
Prices of the Ford Bronco will follow in the run-up to the Dutch market launch, which will take place in the second quarter. The Bronco is certainly not a price packer. After all, the Outer Banks accounts for CO2 emissions of 319 g/km and the Badlands even blows 332 grams of CO2 per kilometer into the air. hello bpm…
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– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl