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Time now for this hour's car review.
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I had a chance to drive the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport, the big-bend 4x4 version.
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This is considered a small SUV, seats 5.
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Exterior changes from last model year?
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Not much.
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It was all new in 2021.
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This is about the second or third one that I've had.
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I was very fortunate at the Ford Motor Company and my friend Ken Peabody arranged for me to drive a Ford Bronco Sport when I went up to visit cousin Steve and his wife Penny.
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I remember that, and it was the Heritage Edition.
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It had the white wheels and the yellow body on it with the white top.
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It was really cool.
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It got lots of looks, that's for sure.
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This one's the Big Bend 4x4.
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It's new this year.
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Not much, as I said, has changed as far as the design is concerned.
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Uh, reminds of the older land rover conservative but attractive design.
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Big wheel openings, wheels based on the trim level that you buy.
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Available colors and trims are numerous.
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It's too numerous to mention.
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You just have to go and check it out.
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The Big Bend decals look good and that's part of the attraction of the Big Bend.
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There are a lot of other things that are attractive as well.
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The full-time all-wheel drive system has different springs, shocks.
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It's a different, more off-roady version of the Bronco Sport and I don't know whether you know this or not, but the Bronco Sport is basically a re-skinned Ford Escape.
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Wow, did you know that Mars?
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No, I did not.
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I did not know that either.
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Incredible.
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They change.
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You know they'll use the same platform a lot of times for different cars, but I did not realize that was one of them.
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Yeah, it's an escape Ford Escape.
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I didn't either, until I started doing the research on it, what I liked about it.
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The exterior competes with many true off-roaders like, for instance, the Jeep Wrangler, et cetera.
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Now, what could use improvement?
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I say not sure.
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I don't know if I'd change anything about it.
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It's very attractive and it fits very well in the Bronco family.
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It's certainly not near as expensive as the real Bronco of late.
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Interior highlights Dash is well laid out, handy cell phone cubby right underneath the infotainment screen, like that.
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Trim level dictates either a warm feel or the stark off-road vibe, and I will tell you that they have so many different trim levels you can make this thing look completely different on the inside.
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Have you had a chance to drive one of those?
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No, I haven't, but I saw some of the pictures that go with it.
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It was wait, is this the same vehicle Exactly?
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I can't emphasize that.
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Enough Cargo room more than you'd think, with the rear seats up even, and obviously with the rear seats down.
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Lots.
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What I liked about it the interior, the versatility of it all.
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What could use improvement?
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The black appearance package looks good, but you have to question whether the $1,795 price point on that package, that trim, is worth it.
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The Bronco Sport, I said, is a re-skinned Escape under the body panels.
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1.5 liter engine Wow, it's an EcoBoost, so it's got a turbo on it and it's three cylinders.
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You know I'm always used to 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12.
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Oh no, this is 3.
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3 sounds just weird.
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It's like how does it go down the road?
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You hit the firing order and you go boom, boom.
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That's pretty much it.
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181 horsepower, though I thought that was pretty good.
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Much yet.
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181 horsepower, though I thought that was pretty good.
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Torque, 190 pound-feet, 8-speed automatic transmission.
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It works well.
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It's not a rocket ship by any stretch of the imagination and it will tow up to a ton, about 2,000 pounds.
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25 miles per gallon in the city is what it's rated, 29 on the highway for a combined of 26.
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I got 28.2 miles per gallon over 341.2 miles.
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What I liked about it the 181 horsepower.
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It doesn't seem to work, but it does.
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With that eight-speed automatic transmission.
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It gets the job done.
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Not a rocket, but it gets down the road and you can actually pass people, if that's what your intention is.
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What I liked about the ride and handling the GOAT mode GOAT stands for goes over any terrain.
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It's adjustable and has the all-wheel drive algorithms that adjust to whatever you set it.
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What could use improvement?
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It didn't take it off-road, but this Badlands version rides like an off-roader on the street.
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Base trim price $31,230.
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Price is tested $38,940.
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The base model price that you can get in one $29,795.
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Competitors and boy, there are plenty of them, and here are just three.
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The Honda CR-V starts at $29,500.
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Toyota RAV4 goes for $28,675.
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These are all entry-level prices.
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Mazda CX-5 starts at $29,300.
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And that, my friends, is the review of the 2024 Bronco Sport Big Bend Edition.
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Didn't you like it?
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Wasn't it good?
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Did you like it wasn't it good?
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Do you agree?
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Yeah,
