What Is The Best CITY Bronco Build!?

Any of the Broncos should handle all of the above. If you're concerned about damage to the underside maybe getting one with bash plates like the Black Diamond? And not getting a softtop

The Sport is best suited for the city

markmichuda

Keep in mind. Most cities have insane hazards like:

• Huge pot holes
• Huge speed bumps
• Theft
• Rioters
• Snow drift build up
• Curbs at different height

Ideally a city build should be a safe smooth ride around the concrete jungle.

P.S. This a series question because I actually totalled a Ford Focus going over a large speed bump that cracked the engine block.

OBX - 2dr.

If I was replacing my daily driver... which also happens to be a Ford Focus... I would honestly probably get a Ford Maverick.

If you told me it had to be a Bronco... I would HEAVILY be leaning towards the Bronco Sport. But here is the builds I would do for either flavor of Bronco:

Bronco Sport

• Big Bend
• Convenience Package

Bronco

• 2-Door Big Bend
• Mid Package
• 2.3L EcoBoost
• 10-Speed Auto
• 3.73 open diff

Important to note that I am also in a three-car household. My wife and I consciously bought a smaller house to enable us to have three vehicles. Two daily drivers--one cheap, tiny, high-MPG vehicle for myself, and a somewhat larger crossover for my wife. The third vehicle that is a fun/play vehicle... which will be a Bronco. If I was in two-car household where my "fun" vehicle also had to be an everyday city vehicle... I would probably get a Bronco Sport Badlands. May be surprising, but if I can only afford two vehicles, my budget is probably a little tighter. The "big" Bronco will cost more money in fuel (for me personally an extra $500 - $600/year), and more money to insure (extra $350/year for me). So that comes out to be just shy of $1000/year just to own a Bronco Big Bend over a similarly priced Bronco Sport Badlands. And I dunno about you, but I can do a lot with an extra $1000/year. That's easily another family ski trip each year or several camping trips.

Basically... if my budget was tight, I rather be out of the house spending time with my family in my Bronco Sport than sitting at home with my Bronco.

THANKS for those ideas. Btw...why no sasquatch package or locking differential for the city?

RagnarKon

Bronco

• 2-Door Big Bend
• Mid Package
• 2.3L EcoBoost
• 10-Speed Auto
• 3.73 open diff

Important to note that I am also in a three-car household. My wife and I consciously bought a smaller house to enable us to have three vehicles. Two daily drivers--one cheap, tiny, high-MPG vehicle for myself, and a somewhat larger crossover for my wife. The third vehicle that is a fun/play vehicle... which will be a Bronco. If I was in two-car household where my "fun" vehicle also had to be an everyday city vehicle... I would probably get a Bronco Sport Badlands. May be surprising, but if I can only afford two vehicles, my budget is probably a little tighter. The "big" Bronco will cost more money in fuel (for me personally an extra $500 - $600/year), and more money to insure (extra $350/year for me). So that comes out to be just shy of $1000/year just to own a Bronco Big Bend over a similarly priced Bronco Sport Badlands. And I dunno about you, but I can do a lot with an extra $1000/year. That's easily another family ski trip each year or several camping trips.

Basically... if my budget was tight, I rather be out of the house spending time with my family in my Bronco Sport than sitting at home with my Bronco.

markmichuda

THANKS for those ideas. Btw...why no sasquatch package or locking differential for the city?

Use the lockers on pavement and you are going to wear out your tire tread, make a horrible grinding noise. Use the front lockers on pavement and you won’t be able to turn your truck properly. Use both for an extended period of time and eventually something will break.

Lockers lock the wheels together so they turn at the same rate. Fine for the pavement until you go to turn the vehicle. If you are driving on sand or deep snow or or loose dirt or are crawling over rocks where one of your tires is physically in the air, lockers are great. If I’m driving on pavement doesn’t help you at all.

Sasquatch package adds 35” wheels and adds a higher 4.70 axle ratio. Both of those decrease fuel economy (from 21mpg to around 17mpg). And it adds both front and rear lockers, which I’d never use in the city.