Order placed '26 2dr Badlands

[GoHack]

Email received that it should be available by 1.16.2026

Wound up ordering locally even though Granger would have been less expensive. With my work schedule, it's a challenge to get things done that require travel. Four on/four off nights and 12 to 13 hours most nights...I lose a lot of the first day off sleeping.

2dr with 3 pedals in Velocity Blue
Color-matching top
Leather-trim seats
Lux package
Block heater
Trailer tow pkg
Front stabilizer bar disconnect
Modular bumper
Brush guard
Tube doors
Front row soft-top

They had a dealer order that was set to go this week that they indicate mine will jump. Im hoping the email is corroboration of their claim.

I liked my limited experience with Granger, but the schedule issue made travel on short notice a challenge plus there is something to be said for buying local in a town of fewer than 10K people. They came down to a number close enough to Granger when airfar and hotel were factored in to make it make sense. If I had more time, I would have ordered through Granger...

Ford is offering the Manual Emergency Brake for the 2026 model year vs. the Electric. I don't know if it's an option or standard.
Will yours be coming w/it?

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[michelle227]

Ford is offering the Manual Emergency Brake for the 2026 model year vs. the Electric. I don't know if it's an option or standard.
Will yours be coming w/it?

Not sure...I much prefer a manual e-brake though...doesn't light up the back when you think you're on radar. Downshifting shaves some speed but not always fast enough...allegedly...so umm...a friend told me.

Had electric on the F-Type but everything else is old-fashioned pull-the-lever or push-a-pedal.

 

[Oilbrnr]

Ford is offering the Manual Emergency Brake for the 2026 model year

Calling BS on this. Can you cite that? I highly doubt Ford is going to re-architect the interior to accommodate a cable driven PARKING brake on certain models at this point.

 

[GoHack]

Here you go about the Manual Hand Emergency Brake for all manual transmission models.





Whether it actually happens I don't know. We'll see.

 

[GoHack]

Ford is offering the Manual Emergency Brake for the 2026 model year vs. the Electric. I don't know if it's an option or standard.
Will yours be coming w/it?

I just bought a 2025 Badlands this past summer w/the manual transmission.

 

[michelle227]

Here you go about the Manual Hand Emergency Brake for all manual transmission models.





Whether it actually happens I don't know. We'll see.

Those two sites used the same script but ALSO used photos of something other than a Bronco. Accordingly, I would question it...still would welcome it, but neither of those videos install a lot of faith, especially since other areas of discussion seem to have been dispelled.

 

[Beach_Bum]

I've got the budget base version of your order. In my opinion VB is one of the best looking blues out there. Hopefully you get it quicker than mine - which took something like 1.5 years!

One of the best beaches in the Ancient City and the only one that has a westward shoreline that you can drive on for the perfect sunset.

 

[GoHack]

Look, all I mentioned here is what I read, from more than once source.
Whether it's true or not is not up to me.

Personally, I would prefer the Manual Hand Emergency Brake myself. I don't like the electric brake.
The more bells and whistles, the more problems you are sure to have later on.

 

[michelle227]

Window sticker finally populated this evening. Blend date is next Wednesday, just a touch over two months from the order date.

 

[michelle227]

Body Control modules just populated within the past few hours...a whole shitpot-slew of them! No PCM modules yet, but since blend date isn't until tomorrow, I guess that makes sense...

 

[glashaus]

Body Control modules just populated within the past few hours...a whole shitpot-slew of them! No PCM modules yet, but since blend date isn't until tomorrow, I guess that makes sense...

Awesome! I loved the experience of ordering my 2025 Badlands last year and going through that process. I think that ordering our Broncos to get exactly what we want is the only way to go. I know that I would have had a tough time finding what I wanted if I was just looking on dealers lot inventory

 

[Tolzer]

@michelle227

Congrats on reaching your blend date, which is today! We hd a blend date of 260129, and it shipped two days later. On its way to Granger.

 

[udhoop]

@michelle227

Congrats on reaching your blend date, which is today! We hd a blend date of 260129, and it shipped two days later. On its way to Granger.

Jealous... Congrats!

 

[michelle227]

Pizza tracker has been updated with the BUILT status and yesterday's date...

I am mildly curious whether the body-color hardtop are available on the line or if they are painting and placing those in Body post-production...

 

[udhoop]

Pizza tracker has been updated with the BUILT status and yesterday's date...

I am mildly curious whether the body-color hardtop are available on the line or if they are painting and placing those in Body post-production...

Interesting thought. According to my sales rep and his handy dandy computer my is "produced" but that is all it tells him

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