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Old 13-07-2019, 07:21 PM   #1
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Default Chevy Colorado Bronco mule WTF

2020 Ford Bronco might use adapted Everest SUV underpinnings

These spy shots show a short-wheelbase Everest chassis with bizarre bodywork



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Jul 12th 2019 at 12:33PM


https://www.autoblog.com/2019/07/12/...usauto00000016


This isn’t a Chevrolet Colorado, and it isn’t just the hacked-up bodywork over a ludicrously short wheelbase that gives it away. It’s the vehicle that’s accompanying it, where our spy photographer found it, and what’s underneath. Let us explain.

That SUV near this mule is a Ford Everest, sold abroad, mainly in Australia, New Zealand, some Asian countries, and South Africa. It’s a relative of the T6 Ranger, of which our North American Ranger is a derivative. But it’s not identical to our Ranger’s chassis. For one, the four-door, three-row SUV has a 112-inch wheelbase, while our Ranger gets a 126.8-inch wheelbase for all versions. The solid rear axle features a Watt’s linkage, shared with the overseas Ranger Raptor but not available here.

That’s what we see underneath this mule. The linkage mounts are adjustable, but this may just be for testing – after all, this mule is set up for stability and rollover testing. We also see front control arms that look very similar if not identical to the Everest’s. We should mention that we’re not expecting the Bronco to be a lightly-reworked Everest. Ford has said it’ll have unique bodywork. The Everest, like the rest-of-world Ranger, is a little plain for American tastes.

Also, check out that wheelbase. We can’t give you a precise figure, but it looks considerably shorter than the Everest’s 112 inches. We’re going to guess it’s closer to 100 inches, which puts it in the two-door Wrangler’s company. This squares with what we heard about a closed dealer event in Florida a few months back, in which two- and four-door prototypes of the new Bronco were shown.

While nothing is conclusive – Ford could be testing some wild combination of parts for some reason we can’t foresee – the simplest explanation is that this is a mule for a two-door Bronco wearing tongue-in-cheek camo, and that it’ll borrow heavily from its Everest cousin.





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Default Re: Chevy Colorado Bronco mule WTF

Probably because it’s a gm mule and not a bronco. Dumb article.
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Probably because it’s a gm mule and not a bronco. Dumb article.
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Default Re: Chevy Colorado Bronco mule WTF

In a way I was kinda hoping that Ford's engineers were twisting the knife with GM
after GM used the Blazer name on another crappy fwd SUV...

And of course, that vehicle has five wheel nuts = not T6, Ranger, Bronco, Everest
Bronco now has its own body, the prototypes are on Detroit roads at night

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If it's got watts linkage it's not a gm product.
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