After my Bronco Sport was lost in production, I tried a Hybrid Maverick. It was a disaster and I sold it went back to the last normally-aspirated pickup I could buy, a new Nissan Frontier Pro4X. Almost $50K out-the-door and ~20MPG, but it is reliable without the hybrid issues and turbo...
I have a story for the CarFax disciples:
A few years ago, a driver in an adjacent lane, fortunately traveling in the same direction, fell asleep and sideswiped my wife in her one year old Ford.
Damage was >$4000. The report was filed by a large city police department, two nationally known...
6000 miles in so far on a Maverick hybrid. If they offer the Bronco Sport in a hybrid, my wife's all in for trading her '20 CX-5 for one. FWD only would be fine for us.
Essentially, it is AWD by most offroad conventions (no true locker or low-range gearbox). However, it does emulate some of those functions with arguable success.
Maybe not as attractive, but style shouldn't trump function when you're going to all the trouble and expense to add the feature. The old Escape didn't look that bad in the back.
Classic case of style over substance
If they have dealership lots full of immobile vehicles, they may have to change their blue oval signage to match the new "Found On Lot Dead" jingle customers will adopt. Of course, the signage may become ominous for some of the dealerships.
As a former 1st gen Escape owner that was very vocal about the loss of the this feature with the arrival of the "jellybean SUVs", I will say that while I sorely miss the larger, more useful early Escape flip glass, the Sport's implementation is so poor that I could care less about its existence...
Stupidest idea ever.
This "order and wait" process with the Bronco and Bronco Sport has pissed off more customers than ever before. If these products were not unique, many would have fled to other manufacturers with available product (as some have).
Ford has a history of thinking they "know...
I have not received any correspondence past "Scheduled for Production". So, no VIN to track or anything else. Can I check for a window sticker otherwise? Thanks.