I would be surprised if any of the Off Roadeo Broncos, at any of the sites have manual transmissions.
Somebody please prove me wrong.
Originally they had a few manuals, but they had so many problems with them they don't anymore. I remember reading about issues with the clutches and flywheels. I would imagine due to unexperienced operators.
One of the reasons I went early, before I bought my Bronco. Remember, in the early days you could go to the Off-Roadeo before you had a Bronco if you had a confirmed (by your dealer) order AND paid a refundable deposit (in case you didn't end up buying your Bronco). I thought the manual was great, no issues. Combination of crawler gear and 4L when needed made it easy. I would have hated to go to the Off-Roadeo and not had a chance to try the Bronco I wanted.
So they DO have manuals?
I don't know if they DO. But they DID. That was when they only had the Austin site, none of the others. In general, I wasn't sure if Ford was going to follow through and keep offering the Off-Roadeos long term or if they would keep doing them as well, no matter what they said. So I just took the bird in hand. Turns out that they have kept offering them, and expanded the program--from the first one, to the next planned three, and now a fifth site. Still high quality from what I hear. But if the manuals are gone, I glad I went when I did.
attended TN Offrodeo today. No manuals...
Which is consistent with every other report, thanks for confirming.
