Still. I would have expected it to just walk away from that FJ at a mile above sea level.
Honestly it should have. It's 101% driver error. TFL has shown over the years that they are faaaar from being automotive experts and they have zero clue when it comes to driving. These are the same idiots that broke the u-joints on an F150 because they didn't know how to launch it.
My F150 is 1,000-1,500 pounds heavier than a Bronco, has the older-less powerful version of the 2.7, only has the 6 speed, and even when it had 3.15 gears and was bone stock it launched much harder than the Bronco in that video.
When driven by a competent driver the 2.7 bronco does 0-60 in 5.9 seconds and the quarter mile in 14.2 seconds.
The FJ Cruiser has a 0-60 time of 7.8 seconds and a quarter mile time of 15.6 seconds.
Each tenth of a second difference in time in the quarter mile is roughly a car length at the finish line. The Bronco would be 14 car lengths ahead of the FJ Cruiser in the quarter mile.
In short, TFL either screwed up or they are trying to put out bad press about the Bronco.