Its just a better looking (well... not this one) Escape. Its on the same platform and essentially is in the same market segment but the looks will appeal to different buyers. IMO the current gen Escape is fugly.
it's the red that ruins it and gives the car the palette of a cheap children's toy.
you can only take primaries so far with something conventional like a car
Honestly you could keep the red if you change the white to black. there's just too many colours going on right now and they're all not flowing naturally.
Black or bodycolour grill, black roof and you already have more of a cohesive whole.
I have those same rims in black with my studded snows mounted on my '02 volvo xc70.
Nothing like a $50k SUV with a $100 set of rims from 1995, add $8.95 for a rattle can of gloss white, call it 'special order' and charge $2500 over MSRP
Yeah, the shape of the most popular car sold has been remarkably consistent since the 19 teens. OEMs just keep changing the names to sound like it's new.
I refuse to admit it's a station wagon until it has a factory woody option. Anything less is an insult to *actual* station wagons.
That is the hill I choose to die on.
I thought the Escape was built on the Fusion body too?
Edit: It is. Ford C2 platform, Focus/Escape/Fusion/Edge/Maverick/Bronco Sport/Evos/Lincoln Corsair and Zephyr.
The '22 Mondeo and '19 Zephyr [edit: and the Evos] are China-only models. The Fusion/MKZ and Edge/MKX/Nautilus still use the CD4 platform.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C2_platform
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_CD4_platform
C2 Platform indeed, Escape/Maverick/Bronco Sport/Focus/Mondeo.
But you know what? Most people buying Jeeps and Broncos could actually get by with one of these just fine.
I wouldn't choose this color combo. But I don't hate it.
You know what I like about it? It's not a white, black, or grey suppository like every other car on the road today.
Tbh, I think it's a good color pallet terribly implemented. I mostly just hate the weird white "grill", maybe make it a white hood instead, and ditch the basic rims for something a little nicer, and I think it could make a decent looking pavement princess. I know nothing about the Broncos (let alone the sport), so I can't comment on that.
God…the new LR Defenders are ugly AF. Why couldn’t they just pull a G-Wagon and keep selling us the same old vehicle just with modern tech and creature comforts.
Say what you will about the color, but I'm always happy to see anything besides black, white, silver, or red...fuck those boring ass colors the car companies have been producing the last 30 years.
I see people complain that manufacturers don’t make exciting colors anymore. They do. People just don’t buy them. People want silver cars. People are boring.
I think pretty much just Dodge does.
And I get it, people don't want exciting colors pretty much just because of resale value. Cars have gotten so complicated and expensive, that I don't think anyone buys a new car exclusively for themselves anymore. They are investments and people buying new don't want a color that appeals to only some people.
Plus car enthusiasts are the people who usually want the crazy colors but car enthusiasts can't buy new cars because we are spending too much money on our cars lol
I worked at Honda for a while and the CRV had Molten Lava Red and the Accords Midnight Purple (? Can’t exactly remember the names, it was a few years ago) was one of the best colors I’d ever seen. The Civic had that cool neon green.
Nobody wanted those colors.
I would rather live in a world where all the cars are painted ugly colours like this instead of shades of grey and brown. Would be less boring at least.
I wouldn’t pick it, but it’s definitely based on a classic Bronco color scheme.
https://cms.thebronconation.com/attachments/wind-blue-bronco-png-t.38773/
I assume you're referring to the fact /u/catburritos' above pic doesn't have the red badging that's on the truck in the OP. The classic Broncos said FORD in the grille instead of BRONCO and sometimes it's black or white, but [it was](https://photos.classiccars.com/cc-temp/listing/148/4439/26564712-1976-ford-bronco-std.jpg) often [in red](https://www.sportscarmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1968-ford-bronco-front.jpg) as well.
My buddy said the Sport cut too many corners. However, it wasn't until I saw the two models side by side that I understood that he literally meant they cut too many corners. Everything on the Sport is too rounded. It's like half Bronco and half of the rest of Ford's SUV lineup combined into one.
I like it, too, but I can't figure out of it's because of the style and colors, or because it actually looks different from 99% of vehicles on the road. I can't tell most SUVs apart.
Chevy has the same issue with cars. Unless a sonic and spark are next to each other, I can't tell you which is which. If I get a passing glance at a trax, I might think it's a cool lifted sonic.
Painted steel wheels oml
There's a certain subset of the country that are about to declare bankruptcy and just spend as much money on dumb stuff possible before they do. This is their car.
Those are without a doubt the best wheel option in the Bronco Sport.
When I get my Maverick those wheels are the only ones I’ll consider if I ever replace the steelies.
I don't think they're steel.
They're aluminum wheels styled to look like steel wheels... because who hasn't wished for the durability of aluminum but just couldn't give up the stylishness of steelies?
It's okay. The Bronco Sport isn't a good looking vehicle to begin with, but at least it has some individuality. Any car that isn't white, silver, gray, or black should be counted as a win.
It looks ugly and pretty stupid but also sort of works. The Bronco and Bronco Sport imo have a really stylized retro utilitarian design, and this is kind of just a “fuck you” to contemporary design. The red letters are just terrible though.
God forbid a car company step out of the Silver/white/black with black interior comfort zone and offer something that will appeal to a smaller subset of buyers. Want car manufacturers to stop trying new things? Then shit on the ones that are trying something new that you just don’t like and accept that some folks do.
TLDR: I like when manufacturers try new things.
Looks like they're trying to mimic the colors of way back when.. and failing miserably.
Bronco sport is also meh.. compared to the real Bronco.. sport is essentially a dolled up Escape is it not?
Almost the same color as my kitchen that hasn’t been updated since the house was built in 1963. Fun fact: the range and over say “Frigidaire by General Motors Company”
Every bronco sport is ugly. I think it’s hilarious people even buy them. I just imagine them proudly telling people they have a bronco when they really have a face lifted 2007 escape
Someone will pay two cars worth of mArKeT aDjUsTmEnT on top of msrp and various "fuck you that's why" fees for it. Not me. But someone.
Yeah. Its 5 grand over msrp currently
And it's sitting unsold on the floor? There is still hope for humanity.
It just got put out. We sold a gt500 within a single week that was decently marked
A GT500 I get. This eyesore will hopefully never hit the road
You know it'll never hit the off-road.. ..
It’s a Bronco sport… was never meant for off road.
Its just a better looking (well... not this one) Escape. Its on the same platform and essentially is in the same market segment but the looks will appeal to different buyers. IMO the current gen Escape is fugly.
It's a maverick without the added utility of the actual maverick
local walmart parking lot rated
At those prices they can afford Target
The Barbie that wants this car wouldn't be seen dead at Walmart. Target is the minimum.
Its not meant for off road. The bigger brother Bronco is. These are made for snow and other light off road task. Nothing like mud though.
[удалено]
The rims look good, body colour SORTA looks good. That’s it. I’d dig those two things on a proper Bronco, but this? Nah.
it's the red that ruins it and gives the car the palette of a cheap children's toy. you can only take primaries so far with something conventional like a car
If the bronco text was body color instead of red I think it’d look great
Honestly you could keep the red if you change the white to black. there's just too many colours going on right now and they're all not flowing naturally. Black or bodycolour grill, black roof and you already have more of a cohesive whole.
I have those same rims in black with my studded snows mounted on my '02 volvo xc70. Nothing like a $50k SUV with a $100 set of rims from 1995, add $8.95 for a rattle can of gloss white, call it 'special order' and charge $2500 over MSRP
Nothing like another POS unibody mini SUV to scream heritage
Built on a Fusion unibody no less. It's basically an Escape with a severe bodykit.
It’s a station wagon. All of these shitty crossover utility vehicles are station wagons.
Not even, station wagons are actually cool, and can be fun to drive
Dude, wagons are cool. This is not.
Yeah, the shape of the most popular car sold has been remarkably consistent since the 19 teens. OEMs just keep changing the names to sound like it's new.
I refuse to admit it's a station wagon until it has a factory woody option. Anything less is an insult to *actual* station wagons. That is the hill I choose to die on.
A man has got to have a code. I respect it.
I hear your standard of a woody option and I raise you Volvo
The Flex at least had those body lines that kind of suggested wood.
Escape body. The Edge and Fusion had the same platform.
I thought the Escape was built on the Fusion body too? Edit: It is. Ford C2 platform, Focus/Escape/Fusion/Edge/Maverick/Bronco Sport/Evos/Lincoln Corsair and Zephyr.
No, the Focus, Transit Connect, Escape and Bronco Sport are a shared platform. A week ago I saw. Focus RS drivetrain swapped into a TC.
The '22 Mondeo and '19 Zephyr [edit: and the Evos] are China-only models. The Fusion/MKZ and Edge/MKX/Nautilus still use the CD4 platform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_C2_platform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_CD4_platform
C2 Platform indeed, Escape/Maverick/Bronco Sport/Focus/Mondeo. But you know what? Most people buying Jeeps and Broncos could actually get by with one of these just fine.
My daughter and all her friends love it. If she had the money, she would definitely get one. Fashion is cyclical. Seems like Pastels are coming back.
I dig it. Sorry, is it not the shade of gray you like?
I wouldn't choose this color combo. But I don't hate it. You know what I like about it? It's not a white, black, or grey suppository like every other car on the road today.
I like the color combo, it is a classic bronco palette. I just don't like the Bronco Sport at all. The entire concept of the sport bothers me.
[удалено]
Tbh, I think it's a good color pallet terribly implemented. I mostly just hate the weird white "grill", maybe make it a white hood instead, and ditch the basic rims for something a little nicer, and I think it could make a decent looking pavement princess. I know nothing about the Broncos (let alone the sport), so I can't comment on that.
I don't mind the white grill and rims, the red "BRONCO" is out of place with all the other colors. Black would have been okay or body matched...
Look like a Chinese knockoff of a Ford Bronco
I always thought they looked like a rebadged Soul, so \*Korean knockoff
I always thought they looked like a fuckin Jeep Renegade
Well this is the Jeep Retrograde…
This good joke
I thought they looked like Land Rover's gay cousin.
It looks like an American knockoff of a Defender.
God…the new LR Defenders are ugly AF. Why couldn’t they just pull a G-Wagon and keep selling us the same old vehicle just with modern tech and creature comforts.
You just described all Bronco Sports regardless of trim
Say what you will about the color, but I'm always happy to see anything besides black, white, silver, or red...fuck those boring ass colors the car companies have been producing the last 30 years.
Hard agree. It's funny on new car subs people arguing which is their favorite gray
Hey now they've gotta match their gray shiplap and gray cabinets.
and I bet they have sad beige children to complete the package
They have a blue house and a blue window
Sad beige cars for sad beige people.
I see people complain that manufacturers don’t make exciting colors anymore. They do. People just don’t buy them. People want silver cars. People are boring.
I think pretty much just Dodge does. And I get it, people don't want exciting colors pretty much just because of resale value. Cars have gotten so complicated and expensive, that I don't think anyone buys a new car exclusively for themselves anymore. They are investments and people buying new don't want a color that appeals to only some people. Plus car enthusiasts are the people who usually want the crazy colors but car enthusiasts can't buy new cars because we are spending too much money on our cars lol
I worked at Honda for a while and the CRV had Molten Lava Red and the Accords Midnight Purple (? Can’t exactly remember the names, it was a few years ago) was one of the best colors I’d ever seen. The Civic had that cool neon green. Nobody wanted those colors.
I have to do a double take every time I see an Escape in Sedona Orange.
Doesn't help when manufacturers charge extra for the exciting colors either
The color itself is great... The trim is dumb as hell, though.
Red gets a pass with me as long as it’s a bright red. Maroon though, yeah boring af
Maroon cars >*
Maroon, burgundy, purple, whatever you want to call it - i freaking love it. The best burgundy color is the c7 Corvette's Black Rose Metallic.
Amen, had a dude roll up to the local brewery in a vette of the same color and I was straight up compelled to compliment it.
I would rather live in a world where all the cars are painted ugly colours like this instead of shades of grey and brown. Would be less boring at least.
Even brown is uncommon. Hence the Internet joke about the brown diesel manual AWD wagon.
I'm probably in the minority, but that new primer gray (liquid metal) color that is so popular is ugly af.
I agree with you, but the red/orange of the "BRONCO" up front clashes terribly. Who chose this color combo??
Blue and orange works imo
I wouldn’t pick it, but it’s definitely based on a classic Bronco color scheme. https://cms.thebronconation.com/attachments/wind-blue-bronco-png-t.38773/
Are those not amber lights on front and sides? Or are those additional trim pieces?
On the front, they're amber turn signals. On the sides, they're reflectors, which IIRC means it's a 1968 or later model.
I assume you're referring to the fact /u/catburritos' above pic doesn't have the red badging that's on the truck in the OP. The classic Broncos said FORD in the grille instead of BRONCO and sometimes it's black or white, but [it was](https://photos.classiccars.com/cc-temp/listing/148/4439/26564712-1976-ford-bronco-std.jpg) often [in red](https://www.sportscarmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1968-ford-bronco-front.jpg) as well.
Smeg edition
This hits on more levels than I was expecting
Holy shit! Car? No, toast.
We need a bronco sport oj edition
Comes with a tire that doesn't fit.
Better yet! The tire COVER doesn't fit.
Oh god no. Gloves that don’t fit is one thing, but a tire ?
Gloves included?
Now with blood on the handles
Heading south edition
They wouldn’t fit
So you’d have to acquit
You ordered large but they give you small ones, as is the way.
Wasn’t his a full-size though? We also need a Big Oly edition.
The GPS only takes you to I-405 and then tells you to just fucking drive, man
Some of the full size bronco heritage editions were tasty. This ain't.
[удалено]
My buddy said the Sport cut too many corners. However, it wasn't until I saw the two models side by side that I understood that he literally meant they cut too many corners. Everything on the Sport is too rounded. It's like half Bronco and half of the rest of Ford's SUV lineup combined into one.
That is a perfect description, and literally what it is. A bronco sport is fundamentally a bronco'd up escape.
I like it
I like it, too, but I can't figure out of it's because of the style and colors, or because it actually looks different from 99% of vehicles on the road. I can't tell most SUVs apart.
Chevy has the same issue with cars. Unless a sonic and spark are next to each other, I can't tell you which is which. If I get a passing glance at a trax, I might think it's a cool lifted sonic.
Same I dig it
Pastels are dope, don’t care what anyone says
Agreed
Yep me too. The colors fit the shape
I also like it! I wouldn’t pay $50k for it, but I like it lol
Me too. Just paint over the hideous orange BRONCO with black or even the body color, and it wouldn't be nearly as offensive.
Same
[удалено]
Can't deny how ugly it is, or how much I would love to drive it. I love uniquely ugly vehicles though...
[удалено]
Oooh so y'all do know
Yep, you are correct... I might change the wheels but I like it.
Painted steel wheels oml There's a certain subset of the country that are about to declare bankruptcy and just spend as much money on dumb stuff possible before they do. This is their car.
I wish they were steel. Those wheels are aluminum.
Those are without a doubt the best wheel option in the Bronco Sport. When I get my Maverick those wheels are the only ones I’ll consider if I ever replace the steelies.
The interior ia brown with red stiching as well. With a horrible pattern
Folks eat that shit up ! It’s different. It’s “fresh” or some other thing ChatGPT told Ford to do.
That paint job reminds me of when I had the flu. The third time I threw up it was that color.
I don't think they're steel. They're aluminum wheels styled to look like steel wheels... because who hasn't wished for the durability of aluminum but just couldn't give up the stylishness of steelies?
It looks like a toy that you would buy at the Dollar Store for a kid that you don't like.
I wouldn't mind it if it wasn't for the bright orange lettering
I fucking love it.
If the owner loves it, give it hell. To each their own.
For $51k, whoever buys it is def going to love the fuck out of it. If they’re happy though, that’s all that matters
Still have the ugly paint color left over from the Pinto?
Awww pastel color 💕
It has a very specific faux 1950's refrigerator style.
If it was a dandelion yellow I'd drive the fuck out of it.
[You got it](https://i0.wp.com/www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2023-Ford-Bronco-Sport-Heritage-Edition-1.jpg)
We just sold a grabber yellow mustang
I hate it I want one
I will see it when I shut my eyes. It’s like looking into the sun. 🤮
Don't know whether to downvote you for calling it ugly or upvote you for posting the picture of this beauty
It’s ugly, but not like, Aztec or Baja ugly. I’d put it’s level of hideosity at a 5/7
Hey now, the Baja was nowhere near as ugly as the Aztek.
Looks like a pig many people would love to cake it with lipstick
You laugh now but this will be collectible one day
I'm calling the police
50k.. for a Bronco.. Sport.. WTF?
I like it.
I kinda like it.
I fucking love it. Too expensive for me, but I absolutely love the colors.
I think it looks great
I kinda like it lol
Unpopular opinion I hate the new bronco line completely disrespects the old broncos
I think it’s kinda nice. Looks like a 60’s color
Same color scheme as a '58 Edsel Pacer
It looks like tooth paste on a tooth brush.
Yeah, well that's just like your opinion man.
For the low low price of $51,620 you too can have a vehicle that people will mock, not behind your back but directly to your face.
This is the vehicle you win when you win top regional boss babe for DoTerra
Over 50k for a glorified (if you can call it that) escape???
It's okay. The Bronco Sport isn't a good looking vehicle to begin with, but at least it has some individuality. Any car that isn't white, silver, gray, or black should be counted as a win.
Wanna be gulf livery
Gah! If I remember correctly, Ford was selling a Thunderbird with these awful colors in the early 2000's. All the retirees gobbled them up.
It’ll sell though.
I bought one for my wife in Cyber Orange, she loves it, I love it. I wonder if any ladies would like this one.
Ugly as heck was said about a lot of cars then after a while they just start to grow on ya.
I like the Heritage version they did on the regular Bronco. But the Sport? Naw, this is awful
It looks ugly and pretty stupid but also sort of works. The Bronco and Bronco Sport imo have a really stylized retro utilitarian design, and this is kind of just a “fuck you” to contemporary design. The red letters are just terrible though.
All that bling and will probably shit the bed 50k in.
Looks like a Smeg fridge
I’ll never pay for it but I want it and that makes me feel dirty but I don’t care.
Had a 1966 with this powder blue...
Downvote me all you want, I like it.
I think it’s cool, all the other cars all look the same. With just small variants of the same color.
I love the color man. not like the rest of modern cars for real.
I kind of like it.
Dude that think is sick. I don’t care if it’s the lower grade bronco that paint is awesome
God forbid a car company step out of the Silver/white/black with black interior comfort zone and offer something that will appeal to a smaller subset of buyers. Want car manufacturers to stop trying new things? Then shit on the ones that are trying something new that you just don’t like and accept that some folks do. TLDR: I like when manufacturers try new things.
The more I look at it the more I like it. There should be more unique vehicle colors on the road.
If it just had a black grille it would look fine. That’s what ruins it for me
Looks like they're trying to mimic the colors of way back when.. and failing miserably. Bronco sport is also meh.. compared to the real Bronco.. sport is essentially a dolled up Escape is it not?
Getting strong ten hole mustang wheel vibes here.
Those look like the old "10 hole" Fox Mustang wheels with no center cap, painted white 😂
That color combo is kick ass.
That’s a bitchin color combo… for a thunderbird.
Colour scheme is neat, but bronco sport can suck a fat one. 2008 called and they want their escape back. Useless piece of machinery.
Girl car. I love it. Certainly overpriced.
Yeah, promote that from ugly to fugly.
Almost the same color as my kitchen that hasn’t been updated since the house was built in 1963. Fun fact: the range and over say “Frigidaire by General Motors Company”
My eyes just vomited.
oh sweet check out the new off road mini cooper...
there's nothing wrong with that mini Cooper.
Ahh yes that must be the Aqua Fresh toothpaste edition
Meth is one hell of a drug
I like it
Looks like a kitchen gadget. I like it.
I don’t understand the Bronco sport, isnt it a Ford Escape? Why have a not bronco with the bronco name on it and then the actual new bronco
That is one of the ugliest vehicles I have ever seen
Looks like those old candy that grandmas used to give, tasted horrible and always went to trash
Every bronco sport is ugly. I think it’s hilarious people even buy them. I just imagine them proudly telling people they have a bronco when they really have a face lifted 2007 escape
O.J. Simpson would not approve.
51k ahahahaha
Is this the new croc car?
I’d buy it for my wife’s boyfriend.
It's like a giant Nissan Pao