2021 Ford Bronco Sport: First Drive (Jalopnik)
The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport has everything it needs to compete with Jeep on- and off-road.
The 2021 Ford Bronco is finally here to take on the Jeep Wrangler, but don’t forget that Ford is actually attacking Jeep on a second front: small crossovers. The Blue Oval’s weapon of choice is the Ford Bronco Sport, and its aim is to steal away Jeep Compass buyers.
2021 Ford Bronco: What You Need To Know
Engineers used the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair’s architecture as the starting point for the Bronco Sport. This means the little Jeep Compass competitor is built on a transverse-engine, front-wheel-drive-based unibody platform (though all Bronco Sports come standard with four-wheel drive, for clout) with a MacPherson strut suspension in the front and a multilink design out back.
Under the hood is one of two available EcoBoost turbocharged engines. There’s a 1.5-liter three-cylinder making 181 horsepower and 190 lb-ft of torque (which is the standard power on Base, Big Bend, and Outer Banks trims), and a 2.0-liter inline-four cranking out 250 horsepower and 277 lb-ft of torque (this is standard on the Badlands trim).
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