It's a good start and kudos to Ford for doing this.
Hopefully future year models will address the concerns out of the gate and add more engine options.
Would love to see the 5.0 or 7.3 as an option especially considering the Wrangler 6.4 that was teased.
This.
You can get 3 types of Bronco!
....As long as you don't want a V6 engine larger than 2._ Litres in it.
I personally don't.
I'm glad Ford built it! I'm happy any time consumer demand is met by companies.
BUT, I'm not an Ecoboost fan, the Bronco isn't on my radar. Ford as a company is all in on their small displacement turbocharged engines.
FCA knows they're corning on the market on people who want big V8s - and it's smart to do.
When Ford came out with the Gen2 raptor, they offered that wonderful ecoboost, and only that, because that's all anyone could want right?
On forum after forum, in post after post, the ford faithful that bought in would tell everyone that the V8 is dead because Ford doesn't want to offer a powerful one.
And then the TRX with the hellcat engine is offered.
Now suddenly we hear rumors of a V8 Raptor.
FCA knows there's a desire for the engines Ford has been trying to avoid due to its EPA/CAFE strategy, and it's challenging Ford to offer engines against that branding strategy (The "Ecoobost is all you could ever want" even in a $400,000 Ford GT or a Ford Raptor) to go toe to toe.
I think it's smart to differentiate like that.