Currently, Consumer Reports gives Bronco Sport a lower than average reliability score of 2 out of 5. Autoweek’s article compares apples to oranges as to popularity.
I have the 1.5, use only 87 octane regular, and live in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I also have a Lincoln Corsair with the 2.0 Which also uses regular. Both easily handle the mountains I regularly encounter. The 2.0 is definitely more powerful, but the 1.5 gets the job done and gets 4 to 5 more...
Surprisingly, the FoMoCo vehicle I owned, regarding dash readout, was the one I bought primarily for better mpg. It was a Lincoln hybrid, the MKZ. During the 3 years I owned it, it was usually 20% inaccurate.
If you’re going by your dash mpg readout, I can almost guarantee you’re getting an optimistic figure. I’ve owned 7 Fords and Lincolns with dash readouts and all but one were inaccurate by 9 to 11%. My 1.5 is always 9-10% higher than when hand calculated. I had a Mustang in 2011 which was only...