Thanks, brother! I was thinking the same. And I'm sure glad that at least someone else thought of that video. I'm not here to criticize or downplay the capabilities of those vehicles, but I can't help but think how sterile of an environment this is for showing the car's real life capabilities. I would suggest those Moab and Rubicon trail fans watch Russian videos of off roading. Again, this is not to say these cars wouldn't perform in the Russian environment or that their (Russian) cars will necessarily perform better. It's just the way most Americans set their criteria and expectations for evaluating this or that product's performance. Heck, this sort of reminded me of that guy performing evaluation of AK vs. AR arctic environment performance by having the rifles placed in a large cooler, filled with dry ice. Compare that to the Russian method of pouring water over them, then throwing them in deep snow, picking them up in a few hours and testing.

@@mardamek maybe the Russians do it more real worldly, it costs no money to pour water over a rifle and then toss it in real deep snow then start testing dry ice cost money, Russians just take the more practical approach

@Festus Punky technically a crown vic is a truck with a car body lol. I'm also pretty sure he said he had a locker in the rear axle. I doubt any bronco sport owners owner would consider doing this regardless that it can. That being said it still can and that alone is pretty impressive.

@@99unclebob Honestly, I hadn't even thought of the cost savings in using water vs dry ice. That's more of a bonus side effect. My point was more aimed towards the fact that dry ice will only achieve the temperature portion of the test, but most of the times Americans fail to realize that the coldness doesn't just happen in a sterile environment, that cold usually means snow, dirt, mud, etc. So, by concentrating on only one factor, the end product fails to be as robust in real life as the "flying color" test results (from testing against that one factor) would suggest. Oh, and your comment about Russians taking the more practical approach reminded me of the old joke. During a science summit a NASA scientist gives a presentation about their new invention, a pen that can write in space, in conditions with lack of gravity. He goes into details about the development process and the millions of dollars that went into development. Then he invites the Russian scientist to respond to his speech and share their inventions. So, he asks the Russians "I recon you guys have, if not the same, something similar to this to use in space, right?" And the Russian guy goes "nah, we just use a pencil".

Also it seems to be avg ppl driving them not experts.

Me too.

And he didn't use the brakes to activate front difflock.

Yes in america no but i think when he comes to europe the sport will sell a lot

I wonder if the 1.5L engine on the base, Big Bend, and Outer Banks could do the same...

Kinda wish they'd run an AWD escape side by side with the bronco sport to see if there's actually a measurable difference in offroad chops.

I had a guy in an All Wheel Drive Toyota Sienna with a homemade skid plate pass me on a trail like this one day. It's not that hard of a trail.

@@F1owns You obviously did not watch until the end. Go to 6 mins and start from there.

It's the triumph of the Ford Escape.

Yeah it doesn't have a proper low range but it's pretty low for not having a little range.

I swear i'm loving the Bronco Sport the more i see it, especially doing stuff like this, it's awesome, really impressive overall.

I only want to hear real sounds

hahahhahahhahhaha

Definitely impressive! I wonder how high the trans temp got... I wouldn’t want to try it too many times.

Oh for sure! It was 105°F in Moab today. Haha

Well, when you hire your spotters it gets easier

@@milesb4231 obviously an Amsoil sponsored King of Hammers Champion racer will be much better than some random schmuck. But the physics of rock crawling is the same for any experienced spotter.

I was impressed by a stock Land Rover LR3 cruising up that same section.. A full size V8 off roader from one of the big dogs. This is truly impressive but lets not forget that 4wd systems have come a long way and I'm sure a Jeep Renegade Trailhawk could do it too. Here's a video of a Renegade doing it but it looks lightly modified. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcuXkriUrdjSfY0.html

Baby Bronco showing it how it's done even as a Baby, damn i'm liking it more and more.

I know, slap some 31” K2s on there and see how much easier it is!

Agree. The first few minutes of the vid were pretty tame, it was nice to see, but nothing stellar. Halfway through I became thoroughly impressed/surprised.

Same, mine is definitely not going to be able to do anything close to that. -2018 XT

Love my 2016 xt but the cvt is not enough powerful

I love Subaru, but their switch to CVT's, in particular their CVT, has been a big letdown for me.

I could see a lightly modified Subaru doing that with some 30" tires but it would be really hard on the AWD system(clutches vs transfer case/chains)

A Sport will never do what a Sasquatch can do, but it will do most things most people who don't rock-crawl recreationally need to do.

Sasquatch is for off roaders looking for trouble/obstacles. The Sport will take you anywhere you want to go. You might have to take a different line or a bypass but for someone who's an "explorer" vs "off roader" I think they would be happier with the Sport. The Big Bronco will not ride as nice as a Sport on the road(solid axles) and there's no way around that.

I would not go that far. I like the bronco sport and will going buy one badlands probably but the big brother bronco is probably good for the Dakar...

Matthew Gaines remember that the XJ was always unibody

and the disco guys are saying "why did we putting out a minvan crossover?"

@@davidheckart639 But yet the XJ was a 4x4, not an AWD vehicle. You got a transfer case and optional lockers. So what we just witnessed isn't as impressive for an XJ and bringing up the XJ is irrelevant being it hasn't been sold for two decades.

@@vids595 Care to elaborate which trailhawk it doesn't outperform and what attributes it doesn't outperform? I would love to hear specifics. Are we still taking Jeep Compass? Nobody here used that language. I recall hearing "losing sleep", not "outperform".

It’s 4x4

hahahah

Savagegeese?

I thought it was a 3 banger

The base models will be 3 bangers, but I’m pretty sure this was the most off road worthy bronco sport so it comes standard with a 2.0 turbo 4

The Renegade Trailhawk is close but the fact that you can get a rear locker with a Bronco Sport is really amazing. The Renegade uses a brake lock 4wd system which the Bronco has too but add in a Mechanical locker and it's no contest.

@@xxturbowesxx yeah and the renegade is basically just a fiat pile. Disguised as a jeep so that it would sell in the us and not flounder and die out like the fiat brand did.

The sasquatch package gives it 35" tires. It would breeze through this with that.

@@drewelliott9062 you can't get a sasquatch package on the Sport. Only on the bigger bronco

Drew Elliott Sasquatch package is only for the big Bronco. 31s are the biggest you can put on the Sport, and even that requires a 1" lift.

Thing is a little beat!

A Bronco Sport Badlands is in my plan as well depending of financial situation next year. We can Imagine in 2025/2028, a solid state battery version phev, with 120km km electric, 1000km range gas+electric, charge in 10 min, and also 0-60 in 5.5 sec, 24 inch water fording, 30-33 degrees angles, 9.8 inch ground clearance with 31 inch tyres standard..ah ah

agree engine with more power no CVT transmission better approach angle

In many ways yes but Subaru still has the superior AWD system

@@philspaghet On road perhaps. Ford's AWD appears to be clearly superior off road.

@@philspaghet does it? Subaru's AWD system has gone downhill a lot since they had to start building in protections for the CVT. Looks like the Broncos AWD is pretty special. (I even own a forester)

@@willba4 Yeah I mean the drivetrain itself, with a real gearbox, a manual. The CVTs are always trash.

Just look behind the Bronco and look at the angle of the road compared to where the Bronco Sport is sitting, that for sure is very steep, also it's Hell's Gate, if you have been there you would know, some people have rolled down that hill before while trying the same thing.

Same

@Bob jones You're not wrong. I believe the current gen Raptors have a similar issue. Mainly with blowing turbo seals, but I also think they were having problems with piston ring life as well. Whereas the older raptors 6.2 has a good reputation for durability. I think I may still lean towards the 4 cylinder though in the two door Bronco. I want that manual transmission.

That would be a great option on that!!

@Bob jones I was referring to the current gen raptors having a smaller displacement high HP engine (3.5L turbo) compared to the previous gen raptors.

Bob jones KZfaq doubled my comment. I deleted the first one.

Absolutely, the sport is just impressing the hell out of me

not unibody full frame

@@steveschilling5966 the sport is unibody

Where's the video of the renegade doing this

billy heaton look up Renegade does hell’s Gate

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