2022 Ford Bronco

Price as tested: $49,540

Specs: 2.3 EcoBoost Turbo 4

300 HP / 325 TQ

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Guys who did stuff:  Yousef Alvi

This is it…the long awaited Ford Bronco.  This is a vehicle that came with it’s own fair share of pomp, circumstance and excitement.  It is also a vehicle that came with the burden of taking on foundation of SUVdom…the Jeep Wrangler.  It’s an unenviable task to say the least and Ford would have been forgiven if it ‘played it safe’…but they didn’t.

Instead of just throwing a SUV body on top of the Ranger and calling it day, Ford examined everything that makes a Wrangler a Wrangler…and made it better. For example, lets talk about on road performance. The Wrangler has always been a wayward mess on the road and even worst on the highway (see here ), the Bronco, in contrast, rides amazingly well. It’s composed, confident and easy to drive. But that is not even the best part…the best part is the pricing!

The best ‘apples to apples’ build on Jeep’s website, yielded a Wrangler that costs a whopping $9000 more than this Bronco!

Jeep used to be synonymous with ‘cheap’…yeah not anymore.  With the average price of the Wrangler cresting close to $60,000…the ‘everyman’s ute’ has turned into the ‘elitist-mobile’.

Now let’s go ahead and break down this new Bronco: