Trailer weight doen't put all that much weight on the suspension. Tongue weight is a fraction of the weight of a trailer. Don't think these are going to have soft suspensions either.
What is the cargo measurements on the two door? I'm sure the pull out could be whatever that full length is, as all the mechanism would be underneath the pull out. Still might not be enough to be very functional though.
If there was a market for it, I'm sure someone could jailbreak the goat modes. If I get the manual I'm really only interested being able to adjust the throttle sensitivity (basically between eco and sport/aggressive).
All the pre-sets of 4x4 selection, lockers and disconnect etc... is whatever...
MT anything will do just fine on the used market. They will be harder to find and people will always want them. Also down the road when people want to drop V8s into a Bronco they will be looking for MT.
I'll probably do High/MT -- still considering the V6 though.
What fuel economy? Based on the 2.3 Ranger and 2.7 F-150 there is only 1-2 MPG difference. Anything "off-road" is going to hit the 2.3 harder that the 2.7 when it comes to MPG. With Sasquatch I wouldn't be surprised if the 2.7 get the better MPG of the two.
On a 40k rig 2-3k isn't much of a cost difference, also the MPG and cost of ownership haven't been published yet. Both the 2.3 and the 2.7 are likely to get under 20MPG. Generally the selling point of the 4 cylinder is its cheap to fuel up and drive. I wonder what the insurance cost will be for...
All this has made me miss my '88 Bronco II from high school. A rig I loved to hate, or hated to love. A gutless V6 that got 10 miles to the gallon. Beat the hell out of it. I went online to see if I could pick up an old beater. They are going for like 8K!
Base is for two different buyers, neither of whom is a soccer mom.
One base buyer is scraping together pennies to get into a vehicle they probably can't afford, the other is someone who is going to strip it and put tens of thousands of dollars into customizing, aftermarket parts and Monster...
If there was a pickup of any size that looked as cool as the Bronco I'd buy one over the bronco.
The single cab, short box is dead and gone for ever though. I was even a little excited when I saw the F-150 Tremor package, but then saw it's only available with 4 doors. The upcoming Bronco...
I think these are suppose to be quite a bit smaller than the Ranger and Ridgeline. Compact pickups have grown into midsized pickups, I thought the Mavirick was going to fill the "compact" market. Hard to get a sense of scale from these photo.
Regardless this looks like it will be just as...
When Cali bans the sale of new ICE vehicles in 2035 (more states are likely to jump on this), I think that will actually boost the resale of certain ICE vehicles, particularly off-road vehicles.
ICE vehicles will likely never go away, and much like horses they will become (expensive) hobbies...