Ford Bronco Australia History

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Ford bronco australia history. This is the generation familiar to australians assembled at ford australia s broadmeadows plant and sold in down under between 1981 and 1987 with locally derived engines. Broncos can be divided into two categories. Ford sold several generations of bronco between the 1960s and mid 1990s and even assembled a version in australia with 4 1 litre straight six and 5 8 litre v8 engines between 1981 and 1987. Henry ford had granted the manufacturing rights of ford.

Check them out for curate content community forums events interactive maps and more. The ford motor company of australia limited known by its trading name ford australia is the former australian subsidiary of united states based automaker ford motor company it was founded in geelong victoria in 1925 as an outpost of ford motor company of canada limited at that time ford canada was a separate company from ford usa. A 4 1 litre inline six. Reviving a model name that ford killed off in 1996 the bronco will be produced at the michigan assembly plant alongside the australia designed ranger ute which was released in the us in january.

The off road suv available in two or four doors with removable doors and a removable roof will compete with the jeep wrangler much as it did when ford vp lee iacocca approved the first model for 1966. The ford bronco was produced from 1966 to 1996 with five distinct generations. Discover ford australia s latest line up of passenger cars suvs and commercial vehicles. Annual sales for the final five years of full size bronco production averaged 32 000 yet when ford developed a new f 150 for 1997 it found no place in the lineup for a full size two door suv.

Early broncos 1966 77 and full size broncos 1978 96. After the first generation of the bronco was introduced as a competitor to compact suvs including the jeep cj 5 and international harvester scout the succeeding four generations of the bronco were full sized suvs competing against the chevrolet k5 blazer and dodge ramcharger. Ford told dealers it will be available in the us by late 2020 as soon as three months after the baby bronco with an sources saying the compact bronco ute won t join them on sale until at. On monday night the sixth generation ford bronco will launch making it the first bronco in the company s lineup since 1996.

Bronco nation is the first nationwide community for the all new and classic ford bronco.