According to a friend of mine that works at a large high volume ford dealer. Ford is not sending them as many trucks now but not other certain ford vehicles such as explorer etc. He said, for example, they used to keep 250 plus f150 trucks in stock, now they are lucky to have 100. He said these trucks arent sitting for long periods of time like they did in the past so there isn’t pricing incentives to move them. At a sister dealer which sells Chrysler, ram, Jeep, they never had the shortage issues on most vehicles like ford and gm did as they use less and different chips in certain vehicles. So therefore they had more available stock and have some incentives now.
My friend at the ford dealer told me they can’t get bronco’s and it’s along time before you can get one and it will be a super long time before it’s delivered if you can order one. I asked him why they have 10 full size broncos, 3 of which are Sasquatch and they also have 2 Everglades in stock And they are asking msrp. He gave me some bs that they were ordered along time ago and are selling fast yet they have been on the lot for weeks. I’m calling bs, I think people just aren’t buying these vehicles. We test drove one with the Sasquatch package, it looked cool but was really cheaply assembled and had so much road noise you couldn’t hold a conversation at highway speed. We got 15 mpg on the highway, same as my super duty. We gave up the idea of owning a bronco.
It was a soft top initially and then we drove one with a hard top. The hard top had a tad less road noise but not by much. The hard top didn’t appear to fit well, it rattled and had allot of wind noise, as in air leaks. Besides that, the fit and finish left allot to be desired, the doors felt cheap and didn’t fit and shut well. We drove one with the 2.7 and the other with the v6. 15 mpg was the 2.7 Sasquatch, on the highway it down shifted allot. The salesman has one with the v6, he confirmed 15-17 mpg on the highway, which is the same as my 7.3 f250. We were dead set on ordering one or buying the Sasquatch we drove. When we pulled into the dealer, my wife shifted it into park, I asked her what she thought, her response was simply “hell no”. I got to say, we were set on a new full size bronco, ready to buy one on the lot or order… I’m very glad we drove it for awhile.
The best vehicle we have ever owned, and I regret selling every time I think about it is our 04 tj rubicon. My wife and I were dating back in 2003, she ordered a brand new yellow rubicon exactly how she wanted it. It was very expensive for the time, 27k. She put an OME lift and some 33 inch super swampers on it and drove it for 100k. We sold it in 07 for 25k. We got rid of it because someone slashed her soft top and stole her nursing school books. We both forgot how loud and uncomfortable a soft top is, espically now that we are in our 40’s. I got to say I like the idea of a bronco, I just don’t think she could daly drive one now. I also have hearing issues from my job, the sound of the wind on the soft top sounded to me like someone beating on a drum, I couldn’t hear my wife and son talking. I agree with you the mpg should be allot better.
