Ford is bringing what it describes as a pair of turn-key off-road efficiency builds to SEMA this 12 months, one apiece constructed on the 2024 Ranger and 2024 Bronco. With Chevy, GMC and Jeep look elsewhere out there for assist elevating their off-road manufacturers, Ford too is on the lookout for methods to face out within the ever-expanding 4×4 house. Hey, if it will get the job finished, who’re we to argue?
Ford Efficiency says its off-road Ranger bundle is catered to the overlanding fanatic. Out there on XLT and Lariat fashions with four-wheel-drive, it provides an ARB suspension equipment and ARB entrance and rear bumpers with extra restoration factors, an onboard air compressor, and SOLIS lights. An adjunct fridge/freezer can be obtainable.
Ford’s strategy to the Bronco leans a bit extra towards efficiency. This bundle features a 2.0-inch elevate care of a Bilstein suspension improve and 17-inch white wheels sporting 35-inch tires. Making issues barely extra attention-grabbing, Ford says the Bronco bundle additionally consists of “distinctive” software program calibration for the two.3-liter engine. Whether or not that ends in any extra energy or torque, Ford did not say, however the bundle additionally features a Borla cat-back exhaust, so it is attainable some tuning was required simply to make every thing behave as near inventory as attainable. Further equipment embody an ARB jack and mount and an underhood air compressor. This bundle might be obtainable on any Bronco Base, Large Bend, Black Diamond, or Outer Banks with the two.3-liter EcoBoost engine (no matter transmission).
Each packages might be obtainable to order each via the Ford Efficiency Components web site or your native vendor’s elements division; pricing might be introduced nearer to retail availability, which is predicted to coincide with arrival of 2024 fashions in showrooms.
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