What youāre not seeing is that bigger dealers will get much more of their orders for Broncos filled in 2021 than smaller dealers. Small dealers will get Broncos in drips. This removes any reason for Ford dealers to compete with each other as anyone who moves to a smaller, more competitive dealer...
Having done the Jeep two door ones Iām thinking the Bronco doors will be less bulky - so easier - but not so easy youāll pop them off b4 heading to 7-11 for a slurpee.
Ok, so here goes.
Iām getting a Big Bend trim.
Whew, that wasnāt so bad. <and cue the chairs>
Truth: my Bronco will cost ten times more than each of the last three cars Iāve bought. Iāve been a used car buying lifer. Always wrenched on my rides, sometimes before I even got to drive them for...
Dealers buy cars & then try to cram ppl into whatās on their lot which means manuals are mated to ābaseā & stripped down models. Manual buyers are all across the buying spectrum so naturally low rent models donāt āfitā the whole group.
Sigh. Take rate is not real. Take rate is marketing speak...
Wait, what? I thought GOAT modes affected engine programming, traction control/abs/nannies, AND trans shift points. We still have two out of three with the manual.
Oh youāre absolutely right, Iām as geeked as a 4yo who won a years worth of free candy and thankful I can get a Bronco with a manual at all.
It is nice to vent once in a while and call a spade a spade. ?
Hereās where I have heartburn with the ātake rateā argument:
No one seems to want to admit that the Bronco pricing is completely arbitrary and solely based on what people are willing to pay - not what it costs to offer. Let me explain.
The lowest cost Bronco combines two automotive anomalies...
Exactly. If $$ is the problem then charge me more for the 2.7L with a manual just coz Iām one of 50 ppl who order it. Itās fine. Anyone who wants a simple but rarely selected option like a block heater from the factory pays way more than the $3.50 it costs to install one but ppl still do it &...
So much this.
As a manual buyer Iām locked into cloth or vinyl. If I want a lux pkg I canāt get anything other than BL. And I can almost guarantee you that either High or Lux pkg is going to tie me to a 2.7L auto. This is how options are tied together on the Ranger & F-150. Thus creating the...
Thanks for posting.
In case anyone from Ford cares:
Iād jump from a Big Bend to a Wildtrak if I could get a manual with the 2.7L. If you donāt want my money, fine. Doesnāt bother me any ..