People who have a budget of 300,000 yuan to buy a car this year will face a multiple-choice question, will they choose the Ford Bronco or the Tank 300? Ford Bronco, which began to hang the appetite since last year, has finally been localized, and the first domestic model has been completed in January this year, the specific listing time, the official said that it will be in the first half of this year, and it is also very likely to be completed at this year's Beijing Auto Show.
For this Ford Bronco, it has whetted the appetite of many off-road fans, and even some consumers have completed the blind booking in the 4S store without knowing the configuration price and pick-up time. This car will be one of the most popular off-road models for consumers in 2024.
Now, what is more of concern is the performance of this car; Secondly, is it possible to be within 300,000?
With the debut of the new car, consumers have also become a focus of attention for it, and there are rumors about the entry version that may be sold within 300,000 yuan, and the official information on the ** is "surprise", but whether it can be sold within 300,000 yuan, it is still unknown, and it feels very likely.
In terms of equipment, the domestically produced Ford Bulco will be equipped with an EMOD intelligent full-time four-wheel drive system, two differential locks, a front anti-roll bar disconnect function, and a Go.a.t.all-terrain intelligent management system, etc. Then, the new car is also equipped with 8 ultrasonic radars, 5 high-definition cameras, 3 millimeter-wave radars (most of which are new perception accessories added after domestic production), and supports ACC adaptive cruise, TSR traffic sign recognition, BLIS blind spot monitoring system, etc.
The technologies worth seeing include the EMOD intelligent full-time four-wheel drive system + all-terrain intelligent management system.
These two techniques are to make you less panicked when driving off-road, and they are extra helpful for novices. Compared with the all-terrain intelligent management system, EMOD's full-time four-wheel drive system, everyone who is familiar with Ford models should not be too unfamiliar, as an upgraded version of TOD timely four-wheel drive, in extreme cases the risk of overheating failure, so on the basis of TOD, the upgraded EMOD four-wheel drive system, Ford uses on the ranger.
The underlying logic is to change the passive mode of electromagnetic suction + speed difference to the direct drive mode of motor and reducer, that is, a set of torque distribution devices are added in front of the multi-plate clutch structure to ensure that the clutch plates will not overheat. Then, the transfer case of the all-wheel drive also strengthened the individual components, increasing the torsion capacity of the front output shaft from 1200 Nm to 1850 Nm, which means that the upper limit of its performance is directly increased, especially in extreme road conditions.
After go.a.t.The all-terrain intelligent management system actually intervenes in modules such as ESP, differential lock, anti-roll bar, TCU, and ECU, making it easier for users to drive in off-road conditions. Pick one of the key points, the SDM structure, that is, there is an anti-roll bar design that can be disconnected in the suspension, change the state of the anti-roll bar through the switch in the car, disconnect it when off-road, so that the left and right wheels can lose their association, increase the high and low travel between the two wheels, and choose to connect together on the highway to reduce cornering roll, for the improvement of off-road performance, such as improving passability on uneven road surfaces, and improving a certain degree of comfort when driving on the highway.
If these two configurations can be standardized, selling within 300,000 yuan will indeed have a certain impact on about 300,000 off-road vehicle products on the market. For example, the Jeep Wrangler, such as the Tank 300, have the same configuration models, and now include products such as the Toyota Prado and the Lexus GX. And if there is this configuration within 300,000, it will be a very big selling point for Ford Bronco to be able to do it.
If you fail to achieve the standard configuration of the two configurations, only one EMOD four-wheel drive system is also suitable, plus a rear lock, it can also support good off-road performance, but it is not so extreme, it can solve the needs of a large number of off-road enthusiasts, it does not need the extreme, but it is suitable for off-road ability, what anti-roll bar is disconnected, etc., it is not necessary in fact.
At the end of January, Ford's BRONCO was officially unveiled, and the new car will be launched in a total of six versions, this time there is no introduction of the BRONCO Sport urban SUV series, the introduction of all hard-core off-road models, six versions also include Badlands, Everglades version, and the most abundant version of off-road configuration.
Power on 2The 3T engine doesn't have much to talk about, it's too familiar, the power is good, the technology is mature, the reliability and stability are very stable, it's a good choice for off-roading, I won't talk too much, the whole system is 23T machine.
In terms of the choice of gearbox, it is matched with a combination of 10AT, which is the same as the overseas version, and both use a non-load-bearing body, and there are almost no changes to the hardware as a whole. This time, the domestic production of Bronco with a 10AT gearbox, it can be said that this car has a very good foundation, you know, in the country under the same platform under the Ranger can have an alternative to 8AT gearbox.
10AT gearbox, what are the advantages?
It's not hard to find one thing, Ford's own products Explorer, Mustang and the new Bronco are all using the same set of powertrains, 2This set of power of 3T+10AT. This gearbox, we should be familiar with it, the code name is 10R, 10 means 10 forward gears, R is the rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive of the longitudinal platform; Then the maximum torque that can be withstood will be marked at the end of the code, like the explorer's 10r80, where 80 means the maximum torque of 800 Nm, which should not be significantly adjusted on the bronco.
This set of gearboxes is actually derived from the design of ZF 8AT, and after the 10AT version, the entire gearbox is made of all-aluminum shell, and the overall weight is only 106kg, and the overall size is almost the same as ZF's 8AT.
Ford's 10AT has 10 forward gears and one reverse gear, with the first six gears being the reduction ratio, the seventh gear being direct, and the eighth to tenth gears being overdrive. The first gear ratio is 470:1, while the 10th gear has a ratio of 064:1, so the overall gear ratio range is 734。
And this gear ratio range is relatively not extensive, not even exceeding the gear ratio range of 8at and 9ata; Ford believes that too high a gear ratio is more detrimental to acceleration and drag performance, so the gear ratio is set to no more than 74。It is also because the gear ratio range is not particularly wide, so the gear ratio settings between each gear are quite close, and the revs only drop by about 20% during gear changes, which means that the engine can basically maintain the best torque output when accelerating at full throttle.
In this way, although the gear ratio range of the 10AT is low, the gear ratio is also quite dense, and the high-grade transmission ratio is also relatively low, which effectively improves the fuel economy as a whole. It is enough to adjust the shift logic according to different models, but the last uncertainty is the reliability of the 10AT, at least on the Ford F-150, the failure rate is somewhat high.
In the end, how did the test drive of this car feel, and whether there was a new shift logic for this set of gearboxes, which can only be felt by subsequent test drives. At least for now, the foundation of this powertrain is good, it is a combination that can go over mountains and mountains, and it is also the top configuration that Ford can come up with.
Starter hardware configuration if so, 23T+10AT, equipped with EMOD four-wheel drive system, if you lock it back, within 300,000, it still has a certain lethality. Moreover, its modification scheme to improve the passability is now very mature, and it is also very easy to modify.
But then again, maybe we also have to pay tribute to a wave of tank 300, if it weren't for its hot sales, maybe Ford wouldn't have introduced a blockbuster off-road product like the Bronco. However, in the hardware configuration between the two, the Tank 300 may not have better performance if it is more extreme off-road than the Ford Bronco.