At The END Of The Year, Which Ride Will Have Captured MOST Of The Buzz? CORVETTE or BRONCO?

Uh oh! If you're Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' (FCA) Jeep brand, you've got some work to do.

That's because if the rumors are true, Ford is going to be crashing the Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Gladiator's party. And it's all about battling over truck supremacy.

You see, that's because the latest indications point to Ford expanding the Bronco portfolio, which should launch for the 2021 model year. In that move, it will add a Bronco pick-up truck to square up directly with the Gladiator.

This news got our wheels turning though. 2019 has been the year of really two autos so far. That would be the upcoming C8 Corvette as well as the all-new Bronco. It's gotten to the point where I've had multiple, non-car folks ask me my thoughts on things that technically do not exist.

So, we've got to wonder: When 2019 wraps up, WHICH vehicle will have captured the year's BUZZ? The Corvette or the Bronco?

Ford is planning to launch a pickup truck based on the 2021 Bronco SUV to compete with the just-minted Jeep Gladiator. The Ford Bronco pickup truck is scheduled for production in July 2024, according to AutoForecast Solutions, which indicates design and engineering began no more than a few months before the Jeep pickup launched. That launch date would be well within the lifecycle of the upcoming 2021 Bronco, a Ranger-based Jeep Wrangler competitor. Another source notes that with both a Ranger Raptor (based on the next-generation of that midsize pickup) and the Focus-based unibody 2021 Ford Courier on the way, he doesn’t expect the Bronco pickup earlier than calendar 2022...

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PUGPROUD - 7/17/2019 5:37:20 AM

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Highly concentrated but extremely intense buzz = Corvette
Widely dispersed but extremely interested buzz = Bronco

TomM - 7/17/2019 6:31:33 AM

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Who really cares about "BUZZ"
We have had - over the last few years - more "Buzz" about lots of vehicles that NEVER ever approached production - were years late to production - and the vehicles themselves never actually fulfilled the Hype.

By now - any Intelligent person who frequents this site has already learned to take BUZZ with a grain of salt.

These two are like a new Jensen - so far they have not appeared for sale
When they DO - like the current Camaro - they will be judged based on actuality rather than rumor. And they have been predicting New Jensens for a decade

MDarringer - 7/17/2019 10:57:17 AM

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TomM, could you try to be even more out of touch?

TomM - 7/17/2019 3:17:21 PM

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Matt - I am not out of touch - you are out of your mind

MDarringer - 7/17/2019 3:29:02 PM

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Oh TommyDemetia...poor sad old man. Clearly you did not grasp that the post was about Corvette VS Bronco. #TakeYourAricept

bmw7er - 7/17/2019 9:03:40 AM

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In the auto community, the Corvette's platform shift and performance numbers will get more attention, but in the world that matters, the Bronco will get the buzz necessary to have it sold out for a while and a huge success for Ford.

mre30 - 7/17/2019 9:29:14 AM

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The Bronco will be the "it" vehicle of 2020. Mid-life crisis, married, 40 year old "bro's" with two kids who wear lots of "Vineyard Vines" are going to snap these up in droves.

The Bronco will be a good product for Ford.

Not to engage in a double entendre, but Ford should really put the souped up Explorer ST engine in the Bronoco, jack up the suspension and offer a "Bronco-Raptor". That would do well.

Ford (well, Lincoln at least) is on a styling tear right now, so I have high confidence this will be a great-looking vehicle.

MDarringer - 7/17/2019 10:58:06 AM

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The Corvette could wind up being the buzz for all the wrong reasons.

carloslassiter - 7/17/2019 4:04:28 PM

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I'm looking forward to seeing if the Bronco is a Ford Wrangler with a convertible top and removable doors, or just a shortened Explorer that craps all over the cool concept photos we've seen.

If the former, I'll be interested.

And what was all this crap about Jensens?

MBCLS07 - 7/17/2019 8:52:14 PM

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Any updates on the Jensen?

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/17/2019 9:28:32 PM

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Makes you wonder if there would be a market for a redo of the International Harvester Scout?

SuperCarEnthusiast - 7/18/2019 1:23:19 PM

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Very few own a Corvette theses days since it cannot be driven in wet or snowy conditions. It is basically a sunny day car. Plus, you have to be flexible to get in and out of the Corvette. I see Corvette drivers really struggle to get out of their cars.

MDarringer - 7/18/2019 1:48:24 PM

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This is why GM should turn Corvette into a "Porsche" brand.

A Corvette Mako TTV6 F/R AWD crossover would be a great product. THAT should have been the new Corvette rather than a Fiero. The C7 Stingray and a Mako would have been a better strategy.

Then use the same platform in LWB form and super lux as a Cadillac with a name.