“Dope” lingo aside, I actually agree with the statements made in the article. I wish he would touch on the increasing safety standards and the like, but in general, yes. Cars are getting overall very, very large, and SUVs and Pickup Trucks are everywhere now, despite most people not needing them. I don’t pretend to know why, but it’s increasingly common.
I stood next to a 1980s Bronco II today and it's tiny! I knew SUVs had grown but not this much.
To be fair, the Bronco II is analogous to the current bronco sport; it was intended to be a compact SUV. The full size bronco was sold at the same time and was larger than the current gen two door Bronco.
Other model lines have definitely grown, though. My “full size” 95 Land Cruiser is significantly smaller than the current gen 4Runner, which was previously based on a mini truck platform.
A bronco II is not the same as a bronco though.
They weren’t even remotely the size of the original bronco and are closer to the bronco sport today. The original bronco was a full sized truck similar to the bronco today.
Not really. The first bronco was still much smaller than the current. The later models were based on a full size pickup, but the new one is pretty huge.
Nobody really knows or cares about the very first bronco other than very enthusiastic fans.
For the vast majority of people, the “bronco” was the second gen, 1978+ model. Not the original 60s compact model.
The second gen is the bronco. And that one was bigger than the current gen bronco for the same configuration. The four door version of the current one is bigger than the second gen, but the second gen was only a two door. The current two door is smaller than the second gen two door.
“Dope” lingo aside, I actually agree with the statements made in the article. I wish he would touch on the increasing safety standards and the like, but in general, yes. Cars are getting overall very, very large, and SUVs and Pickup Trucks are everywhere now, despite most people not needing them. I don’t pretend to know why, but it’s increasingly common.
I stood next to a 1980s Bronco II today and it's tiny! I knew SUVs had grown but not this much.
To be fair, the Bronco II is analogous to the current bronco sport; it was intended to be a compact SUV. The full size bronco was sold at the same time and was larger than the current gen two door Bronco.
Other model lines have definitely grown, though. My “full size” 95 Land Cruiser is significantly smaller than the current gen 4Runner, which was previously based on a mini truck platform.
A bronco II is not the same as a bronco though.
They weren’t even remotely the size of the original bronco and are closer to the bronco sport today. The original bronco was a full sized truck similar to the bronco today.
Not really. The first bronco was still much smaller than the current. The later models were based on a full size pickup, but the new one is pretty huge.
Nobody really knows or cares about the very first bronco other than very enthusiastic fans.
For the vast majority of people, the “bronco” was the second gen, 1978+ model. Not the original 60s compact model.
The second gen is the bronco. And that one was bigger than the current gen bronco for the same configuration. The four door version of the current one is bigger than the second gen, but the second gen was only a two door. The current two door is smaller than the second gen two door.