They are the same vehicle.
This is a good example of why some of the colors look so different under different lighting conditions taken by different cameras with different settings.
Enhance.
Center and pull back. Stop.
Track 45 right. Stop.
Center and stop.
Enhance 34 to 36.
Pan right and pull back. Stop.
Enhance 34 to 46.
Pull back. Wait a minute. Go right. Stop.
Enhance 57-19.
Track 45 left. Stop.
Enhance 15 to 23.
Give me a hard copy right there.
One has white film and the other has grey film.
I think the grey film is Carbonized Grey and the white film is Iconic Silver?
Edit: They are the same vehicle.
Think of it the other way though. The Base model price has been artificially lowered so Ford can advertise starting at $29K. However they gimped the Base model.
Ford said the Badlands model does not have the active shutters.
I would not worry about the shutters as it seems like a gimmick.
Here is the base model non-signature headlights mixed with the Badlands grill.
The amount of effort Ford has done in trying to minimize the showing of the MIC grey hard top is astounding. In every picture you can just barely catch of glimpse of it.
BUT LOOK HERE IS THE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK HARD TOP RIGHT HERE ON ALL OF THESE OTHER BRONCOS LOOK !
No.
If Ford does add the option it will be a painted gloss white modular.
The grills are interchangeable. Ford will offer the different grills as an accessory.
No they are bigger and heavier than the 4-door windows.
Ford said the Sassy fenders will be unpainted.
The "additional sound deadening materials" is listed in the High Package, which is an option for OB and up. The lower models do not have the High Package Option. Ford may have since changed it but we will not know until B&P comes out sometime next year.