We placed a "reservation" for a Bronco on July 14, 2020 within just a few hours of the announced initial opening. Nearly two years ago.
We took delivery a few weeks ago, February 17, 2022. Initially, Ford accepted our order in March of 2021. There were many options we wanted that had "constraints", Sasquatch Pkg, Hard Top, 2.7 engine.
The biggest delay was the Hard Top. Original production had delamination problems so they had to redesign/fix those issues and also replace all the tops that were already delivered on completed vehicles. Last Summer, due to the top issues and other constraints, Ford announced that if they did not schedule our order by September, we'd have to place an order for a 2022. They held off on the price increase for us. Had we changed our order to a Soft Top we probably would have gotten a 2021 last October.
Two door Broncos only come with Hard Tops so that has really affected their ability to produce two door models.
We were informed of a 1/24/22 production week, and ultimately a "blend date" of 1/25/22 (Body drop). The car was built that week but due to control module delays, it was placed in a Michigan holding lot for a few days awaiting the part. The Bronco was delivered to Victor Ford in Wauconda, IL on February 17 showing 32 miles on the odometer, and it was in our garage four hours later.
So far we only have 163 miles on it. I absolutely love the way it drives. It is my wife's vehicle. It replaced a 2017 Yukon which she disliked due to the number of blind spots.
Victor Ford had an initial allocation of 50 Broncos and ours was only their 11th. delivered at that point.
I have no regrets or complaints. I've seen videos of guys running low 6 second 0-60 times and 5.8 with exhaust and tune. We installed Go Rhino steps which make it easy to climb in and out.
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