Ford has started delivering its first Ford Bronco SUVs since 1996
Ford has started shipping one of its most highly anticipated SUVs in years.
The rugged Bronco is on its way to dealerships, the company announced Tuesday.
The company says it has taken 125,000 Bronco orders.
Ford revived the Bronco name for its new family of off-road vehicles last July, and now the cornerstone of that lineup - the highly anticipated Bronco SUV - is headed to dealerships.
Both two-door and four-door versions of the 2021 Bronco have begun rolling off of the line at Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant, the company announced Tuesday.
The go-anywhere SUV is the first Bronco since Ford discontinued the famous model in 1996 following a three-decade production run. Deliveries of the Bronco Sport, a smaller crossover in the rugged Bronco family, began in late 2020, but the bigger, more serious Bronco is what lots of people were really waiting for.
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Ford equipped the retro-styled SUV with everything you'd expect from a vehicle designed to forge off the beaten path. It gets four-wheel drive as standard, locking differentials, an optional manual gearbox, and lots of ground clearance.
Taking direct aim at the Jeep Wrangler, a vehicle that has dominated in off-roading and outdoorsy circles for years, the Bronco has a removable roof and doors, and buyers can have their pick of more than 200 accessories.
The much-hyped Bronco was received well upon its debut last summer - so much so that the vehicle's reservation site crashed from all the traffic. Ford says 125,000 Bronco orders have been placed so far.
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