- Hey, what's going on guys?
Josh from Trailbuilt, here with.
- Zach from Trailbuilt.
- And we have just watched the launch
of the brand new 2021 Ford Bronco
and we're gonna give you guys
some of our feedback, some of the things
that we thought about it.
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So, starting right off the bat,
we have heard all of these rumors
about what it's gonna look like.
We've seen these leaked pictures.
- Yep.
- We weren't sure if that's what the rendition was gonna be
and then all of a sudden they revealed it and bam!
It's what we thought it was gonna be.
- [Zach] Yeah, Ford has been teasing us,
their marketing team is just amazing,
experts at what they do and they've been teasing us
for months and months with their little Instagram feed.
- [Josh] They premiered their YouTube video
on Friday already.
- [Zach] For days they've been just--
- [Josh] And I think Zach's been watching it all weekend.
- [Zach] Oh, yeah, I am.
Yes, I'm a big video guy, obviously
I edit all the videos and stuff like that,
but they just were pulling me right along,
dragging me through the mud,
I've been waiting days and days.
I've been watching every single Instagram post,
just trying to get more news and stuff on this
and thankfully today's the day where
we've seen the final product hopefully,
hopefully they don't make any really huge changes
before they release this, but--
- Yeah, because it's really not gonna be available
to the public until, what?
Mid '21, it's not gonna hit the road until mid '21.
- Yeah, they said in their videos
they kind of estimated finished production in mid 2021.
I think the Sport's are coming out end of this year,
but you got the two door and the four door mid 2021.
- So, it should be what we saw in the video.
- Yeah. - Hopefully.
- Yeah, I'm assuming all of these photos
we see on their website and in the video
are gonna be you know, 90% to the finished product.
There might be a few little tweaks in production,
but I'm assuming this is gonna be
what they're gonna look like.
- [Josh] Yeah, and on first glance,
my first impression was, dang!
- [Zach] Yeah. - [Josh] Like, they nailed it.
- At the end of every video they say, "You need a Bronco."
and I need a Bronco.
- Well, they got the convertible,
they brought back the convertible.
Obviously a competition with Jeep.
I was trying to think of other suv's
or those sort of type vehicles that you know,
you can take the top off, take the doors off--
- [Zach] Yeah.
- [Josh] And besides Jeep's and now the new Bronco's
I can't really think of any.
- [Zach] Yeah, I think--
- [Josh] Except for the older models obviously.
- Yeah I think other than like, old school models,
as far as the newer one's go, I think they're yeah,
this is obviously direct competition
with the Jeep Wrangler's
and obviously with their Sport model,
it's kinda geared towards more of the,
I don't know, I want to say like the weekend warrior
that kinda just likes to go out and...
Their big thing was like, mountain biking
and rock climbing and stuff like that,
so kinda like weekend activities and stuff like that,
where, yeah the two and the four door I think
were just direct shots at the Wrangler.
I mean there hasn't been anyone
in forever that's been doing this, so--
- Of course, Jeep was firing back, Jeep was firing back
with some of their commercials that they launched
with the 6.4 liter, 392 Hemi
and that they were scaring the horses
on this one little infomercial as we saw--
- So if you guys didn't see on Jeep's Instagram
this morning or I should say yesterday morning,
the time you guys were watching this video,
Jeep announced their newest model of the Wrangler
that's gonna be coming out,
I don't know if it's gonna be late this year,
if it's gonna be in 2020.
But yeah, kinda taking shots at the Ford marketing team
and kinda firing back at all their stuff.
- [Josh] Which rightfully so, right?
- [Zach] Yeah, I mean they gotta say something.
- And Jeep did have their vehicles out
long before even the Ford Bronco's came out.
So, it's gonna be some friendly competition there,
we definitely looking forward to it.
But, there is a few things that really stood out
that I really liked what Ford did with their Bronco.
They have the locking, locking axles, both front and rear
on their, what would you call it?
The non-Sport edition?
Or if it's the two door or the four door?
- [Zach] I don't know what they're gonna be
specifically calling it, if it's just gonna be called,
if this is the Bronco--
- [Josh] Like, off-road version or?
- [Zach] Yeah.
- [Josh] I went on their website,
they have a whole bunch of different names here,
with the non-sports from the Bronco base,
to a Big Ben, to a Black Diamond,
to an Outer Banks, a Badlands,
a Wildtrak and a First Edition.
- That's 60 grand.
- Right.
- That's a lot of money.
- But, I like the locking differentials,
they did a really cool thing with a hydraulically
assisted sway bar, where it can disconnect under loads.
So, if you're bound up in the rocks,
then you can hit that button
and disconnect your sway bars to get that traction back,
let that tire drop and hit the ground,
so you can get that traction.
You have available rock sliders--
- [Zach] And I think, back to the electronic like,
in real time disconnect while you're under pressure
and under load, I think that's crazy like.
If you guys see we'll show the clip right now,
where the Bronco was up
and then you can just see it disconnect
and kinda come back down to get all four tires
back on the ground, that's--
- [Josh] Just by hitting a switch.
- That's crazy.
And then as soon as you get off that pressure
back to even ground, you can just connect them back again
and go on your way.
- And with that it's got, it'll have bias braking.
So basically, they call it their Trail Turn Assist,
where it'll apply the brakes
to the one side of the vehicle,
depending on which way you're trying to turn
and it'll actually help you pivot
on those tight trails to help you get
either turned around or out of the rocks
in those precarious situations, which is pretty cool.
- [Zach] Yeah and I'm sure, obviously has probably
been at this for a long time
with their research and development team,
I'm sure they have kind of gotten this down
to a nice science.
I don't think they'll be, I don't expect too many issues.
I know it's obviously like the first new generation.
- [Josh] But they've had the Ford Raptor
around for, - [Zach] That's true.
I mean--
- [Josh] For years, - [Zach] The team is--
- [Josh] And they've kinda dialed that one in
and they have that industry experience with the off-road.
- [Zach] Yeah, and I know a lot of stuff that they pulled
or that they put into the Bronco's
kind of been pulled from the new F150,
things from the Raptor.
So, I don't think a lot of this is new tech to them,
so I think most of it is kind of just
things that they've refined through other vehicles
and just kinda screwing it over.
- I am a little disappointed
that they have the independent front suspension,
I know why they did it,
you get a little bit better ride at higher speeds,
it's more streetable, but being an off-roader,
I like solid axles.
I'm already thinking,
Okay, who's gonna be the first one to come out
with a solid axle conversion for the Ford Bronco
and give it that little extra rigidity,
a little durability there.
Plus, with the solid axle,
you can flex it a little bit better
to keep those tires planted on the ground,
but I know why they...
You know, it's roadability, streetability,
comfortability, you don't get so much rocking
when you're on the road.
- [Zach] But I think one reason
they might of also kind of gotten away from that is,
well one, you can't copy Jeep,
because otherwise everyone's like,
"All you did is just copy Jeep and did whatever."
But also, we see this in the Raptor
and the Raptor's just a beast off-road
and flying through little woops and dips
and stuff like that, so--
- [Josh] They're putting Bilstein shocks in it.
- [Zach] Yep, and they coilovers and stuff on here too,
so I think this thing is gonna be--
- [Josh] Taking some of that technology
and putting it in the Bronco from the Raptor.
You know, it is pretty cool to see that,
they did keep the off-roader's in mind.
- Yeah, they didn't just go
straight on-road all the time and maybe you know,
10% of the time you go off-road.
This thing can like live off-road
and every other day or even everyday be taken just abused.
- It'll have you know, availability to have an option
for 35 inch tires and the capability of beadlock wheels.
- Yeah, from the factory too.
- Yeah, from the factory, so I mean,
that in itself nobody else is doing that.
- No, yeah.
I don't think anybody...
Jeep doesn't have that offered that I know of,
at least at the time of us recording this video
they haven't done it.
- No, they might have to now.
- But yeah--
(Zach and Josh laugh)
I feel like this is a good thing for both
people interested in the Bronco and also Jeep owners,
because it's gonna kind of force Jeep to innovate
and kind of step up their game,
because now they have a direct competition.
- [Josh] You're absolutely right.
I mean, even just like the modular design
of being able to put the doors from the Bronco--
- Yeah, in the back of the Bronco, that's insane.
- I mean the other day...
Zach's got a Jeep Wrangler and the other day
we had to take the doors off, do some filming
and it took us a little bit.
There's two bolts per hinge
and then we had to set 'em in the grass for now,
we couldn't take 'em with us.
So, there's some good options,
there's some good strong off-roading routes with the Bronco.
I think, I give 'em a lot of credit,
because they kept that routes involved in the new Bronco
and then didn't make it like a new Chevy Blazer,
you know where it's basically like a crossover.
- It came out of left field and it was like,
where did they pull this design from?
At least like the, Ford did a great job
with pulling inspiration obviously
from the old style Bronco, but then obviously mixing in
a little bit of flavors from...
You can kinda see design inspiration from the Raptor
and they pulled a lot of stuff from the new F150's
with the interior, but--
- [Josh] Like, their 360 camera.
- [Zach] Yeah, like the features
they have packed inside of this thing are crazy, from the--
- [Josh] 12 inch monitor, 12 inch monitor for the,
I think you gotta get one of the higher up,
'cause there's a 10 inch, there's a 12 inch,
so you probably have to get one of the higher models
to get that, but that's--
- [Zach] Yeah, I think base for the most parts,
like that eight and 10 and I'm sure the higher models,
once you start getting into that $40000 price range
you get the 10 inch screen, but--
- [Josh] And guys, what's really cool,
I thought this was awesome.
So, you could download Maps right onto that screen,
so you know where you're going or where you're gonna go
and you don't have to worry about messing with your phone
or a GPS unit that might be on the fritz.
I mean, you can download your maps right onto that screen
and then go to the trails that you're intending to go to
and have it all right on that screen,
so you don't need an extra iPad or monitor
just for your mapping system, it's all built-in.
- But yeah, as far as pricing goes,
we'll just touch on this a little bit.
Base staring at 28, five for the base Bronco, the four door.
The two door is pretty comfortable in that price range too.
Then there's, what do we have two,
four, six, seven different models,
and the seventh coming in at $60000, which is--
- [Josh] I mean it's a Gladiator.
I mean, it's a Gladiator Rubicon.
- That's your First Edition
and there's only gonna be I think,
I read there's 3500 of these available,
so I'm assuming once those are gone, they're gone
and that's kinda why they're at that higher price point.
I don't know if those are gonna be available sooner
than the rest of 'em, I think that'll be kinda cool,
'cause you're paying kind of like a very luxury price.
- Sell all your First Edition's first.
Right, exactly.
Then, you have an exclusive like, First Edition.
- Yeah, and like nobody's gonna have a two door,
four door Bronco for six months or so
or even a year, I don't know.
- [Josh] And we tried buying one already, but--
- [Zach] Yeah, their website is very slow right now.
- (laughs) Apparently everybody's trying to do
the same thing, 'cause you could put a $100 down
and I call that a benjo and Zach was like, "A what?"
- Yeah, it kinda flew over my head.
- (laughs) A benjo.
- But yeah, if you want one, you can go to Ford's website.
I don't know, right now it might be a little bit slow,
but you can put a $100 down that gets you a--
- Reserve your spot.
- Reserves your spot for 2021,
so I'm definitely gonna try it today.
- Yeah, me too.
- As soon as the video went live,
I started smashing the reserve button
and the website froze like 10 times,
so I'm gonna keep trying throughout the night
and see if I can get my spot held for me.
- [Josh] Yeah, mine as well,
'cause I think it's pretty cool.
So, being off-road guys,
we love seeing this kind of stuff,
so we wanted to share that with you.
Don't forget to let us know what you guys think.
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or suspension or accessories for your Jeep
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'cause I don't think we have enough specs on it.
- I don't know.
- But make sure--
- Probably a year out.
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Other than that, I think that's,
- That should do it. - That's all we got.
- That's all I got.
- So, all right.
Well, as always guys, we appreciate
all of you for watching, I'm Josh from Trailbuilt, this is,
- Zach from Trailbuilt.
- And we'll see you guys out on the trails.
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