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...
Would eliminate having to get out of vehicle when getting to your car grocery pickup. Guess my wife will have to dig around in her purse for the remote if she wants to stay out of the weather. I found dash photos of a base model that had a switch to the left of the headlight switch. I guess...
I’ve owned nine new Fords, Mercurys, and Lincolns over the past 20 years. I’ve subscribed to Consumer Reports for many years, and checked their reliability records for all my cars before buying. I have a Big Bend on order, and I can tell you that the Bronco Sport has better reliability...