I have a 2023 two-door Outer bank, although it wasn’t my first choice because I wanted the base model. Overall, I am very pleased with the performance of my Outer Banks, and if I had it to do all over again, I would’ve just waited for the Base model.

I have a winch mounted to my 2 door wildtrak, but still get 18-19mpg, and it almost never leaves sport mode. Just did a 1600 mile round trip from San Diego to Moab, with 2 days of off roading included, and got 18.7mpg.

Great look at owning a Ford Bronco

Nice update. I also have a two door Badlands 2023 model with the 2.7 engine. Previously had a 2022 four door Black Diamond with 2.3 engine. Prefer the one I have now. Averaging 18 mpg, but got 21 on a mostly back roads trip last year and recently got 20 mpg going to Super Cel in Townsend TN. Overall I am very pleased with my Bronco.

What a great review! Thank you!

You sold me., now I am back desiring a Bronco again... Seems, the longer I wait there will be less bugs....T.Y.!

Picking up a Heritage 4 door Friday. Had a 2013 Wrangler 4 door & really liked it but even though it was 98% commuter car (highway mostly too) the engine went at 91,000 & neither Mopar nor the dealership would do a thing to back their product (under on mileage, over on yrs). Anyway, no more giving them my money so I'm down to GM & Ford. Enjoyed the review, well done !

I'm looking forward to getting one.

Great review!!

Observations with my 5 month old 2.7L 4 door Badlands: -way more comfortable than my 4Runner -noticeably faster than my 4Runner, especially on overtakes -B&O sound system is great, at least in my opinion (makes wind noise a lot less noticeable) -I like that you can turn off all the safety assist features like lane assist, collision alert, pre-collision braking (I like having the power over life and death) -My stock Bronco absolutely destroys any of the IFS offroad competition on the market. Its like playing on easy mode wheeling with the TRD Pros Gripes: -You have to manually turn off auto start/stop every time you start the vehicle, this is very annoying -had problems with android auto 2.0 not connecting, seems to be fixed with a OTA update. -fit/quality control of the MIC hardtop leaves a lot to be desired, I have a .25" gap between the front and mid section on the passenger side. Have to be careful when washing the vehicle or water can splash inside. -Hard top whistles right above aux switch panel at freeway speeds. (Ford says they will address these problems)

I the 4door 22 Badlands, 2.7 Bronco, Lux and leather/power heated seats is an option. Getting that does however , add carpet. 4door does add 3 rear seats and cup holders and lots more rear storage. Not happy with the B/O audio. I disagree with the lane assist. Lane assist it has is fine, rbles the wheel off you go off center. You can turn on resistance too. There are relocation kits for adaptive cruise sensor. This also impacts the auto crash braking. Probably one of the most important features. I love the added interior space and shoulder room. MPG ave is 16.5. not sure how you are getting so low. Soft top noise is actually practically the same as a hard top. Definitely a better deal than a Rubicon. As a early reservation holder they kept the msrp price for me into 22. My same build as a 24 model would be over $3k more.

Just had oil changed/5 tire rotation in my 4 door ‘23. I had the seatbelt and wiper motor recalls done too. I inquired about the window update for down/up on unlock/lock, they knew nothing about it… 🙁

You would have been happy with the 2.3 if you wanted a std transmission. It has almost as much power as the 2.7. What many don’t realize is both ecoboost engines make more power on premium fuel.

Great review! I don't think you missed anything. For me regardless if I had planned on rear seat passengers I would have gotten the 4 door just because of the extra space. Did you turn off your lane centering? You have it. If you want more oomph off the line you need to hack and get Sport mode. That will fix it! Of course the fuel economy will also drop. I think the price gouging is pretty much gone down here. What you could have talked about was the price increase from Ford. I wouldn't be surprised if they dropped the price back down like Jeep did.

looks like my old scout

Abounds with cheap hard plastic. I can"t get past that cheap plastic rear "bumper". Where is the steel? Ford builds on the edge. Farley and Board must be fired for their multi Billion Dollar losses.

Sorry but the 4runner will eat that piece of junk Ford up and spit it out!!!