Once upon a time, Ford Bronco dominated the North American off-road vehicle market and became the label of a generation of classic North American off-road vehicles. However, under the influence of the crossover trend, Ford’s classic off-road vehicle series has also been depressed for a long time. Until now, the era of consumption upgrade is coming—Ford has restarted the Bronco R&D plan, and will also launch a small-sized off-road SUV. Since the name of this small SUV has not yet been announced, we can only use Baby The Bronco code name refers to the new car.
A few days ago, the new Ford Baby Bronco officially exposed road test spy photos and related information.
Judging from the spy photos of the road test of the new car disclosed first, this small SUV of Ford obviously emphasizes the extremely scarce off-road passability in this market. Although it is tightly camouflaged, you can still see the overall posture of the test car with a tough undercarriage image. The distance between the tire and the wheel housing provides enough space for the compression stroke of the suspension, which means that the passability of this car will be relatively good. And the location where the spy photos of the road test were exposed is also very interesting. The test was carried out on a gravel road.
From the perspective of the overall structure of the vehicle, Ford’s new Baby Bronco will still be a product built on a platform architecture with a transverse engine and front-wheel drive, and the body is also a load-bearing body structure. The refinement of off-road performance is more formed by the optimization of the suspension system and the strengthening of the four-wheel drive system. Judging from the current development trend of the entire industry, this type of off-road SUV based on a transverse engine platform is likely to become a weather vane for the differentiation of future SUV products. After all, the phenomenon of homogenization of these SUVs is too serious. The off-road ability has also degraded too much.
According to Ford’s plan, the new Baby Bronco is expected to officially debut in 2020. In addition, the new Ford Bronco is also expected to be unveiled at the same time.
The last sentence is reserved for Changan Ford, who is having a hard time, hold on and don’t break up, at least until the two off-road SUVs are made domestically.
