Ford Motor Co. courts Bronco buyers through race sponsorships

Ford did not contend in King of the Hammers, held this month as component of the Ultra4 racing series, but the event drew the type of die-really hard fanatics it hopes to target with the Bronco.

The opposition characteristics the two desert racing and rock crawling, drawing a lot more than 75,000 spectators and a lot more than one million on line viewers.

“It assists develop the Bronco manufacturer and the status and familiarity of our lineup of off-street vehicles,” Greuber stated.

While the races are fertile floor to acquire in excess of consumers, Ford hopes its loved ones of rugged utilities appeals to a lot less hardcore supporters as nicely.

“Both equally of these vehicles are for a expanding team of people today who want to simplify their existence and get out there with their loved ones and good friends,” Jim Farley, Ford’s freshly promoted COO, stated at a 2018 event previewing the automaker’s long run car lineup. “For Jeep, that is rock crawling in Moab. For Ford, our people today want true off-street vehicles that are at ease at substantial speeds. They will not want SUVs that search like doomsday vehicles or have spartan, authorities-issued interiors.”

The Bronco is envisioned to have two-door and four-door variants and a detachable really hard best and doors. It will be crafted in Wayne, Mich., on the same platform as the Ranger midsize pickup. Sellers who have seen the Bronco say it has a retro design, but Ford has promised to pair that with new related technology.

“We live in a entire world now in which the technology exists to give you a quite able off-street car with small on-street compromises,” Brauer stated. “You can make these vehicles that are quite able in serious circumstances that will not push absent mainstream buyers. Bronco has a whole lot of likely.”