Scout
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We own a bronco with a hardtop, and have never had such problems at all. I understand it’s OK for you to hate on bronco, but I have to correct your statements about the quality comments that you’ve made in several places on this forum about hardtops. That’s just not true about the hardtop on the bronco having such quality issues. I’ve taken my bronco down roads that only a hard-core SUV could get through. So I don’t know what compromise you’re talking about. There are bronco clubs that do these hard-core roads every week in America. There’s a rollbar on the top of the bronco, so when you take the hardtop off you drive around safely in a convertible in mother nature. It’s just awesome! Ford doesn’t even make the hardtop. They contract it out to a well known vendor. It probably would be the same vendor that Scout would use for their potential hardtop models. If you don’t like the hardtop, why don’t you just buy a Scout that doesn’t come that way which is how they are first offering them. And we have never even taken our bronco to the mall. Ford had problems getting microchips for the Broncos just like a bunch of other manufacturers. I never read anywhere that Ford bronco was supposed to wipe up jeeps. There’s a lot of Jeep fanatics out there and there’s nothing wrong with that. But there’s also a lot of bronco fans. Just like there are a lot of scout fans. I happen to love the old Broncos and scouts. That’s why I’m here. Do you work for Scout in anyway?? I just don’t understand your hatred of wanting to have a hardtop Scout that’s offered In the future.While true about Stellantis, the Bronco was supposed to wipe up the Wrangler too, but it didn't happen. For 2025, the Bronco is pretty much a mall crawler now.
I still think EV for off roading is a non starter (preception-wise). A 2-door removable top ORV is a unique animal. There are perceived quality issues that come with such a compromised design. The Bronco suffered greatly from it. Mall crawler owners have a difficult time accepting the extra road and wind noise that a removable top (and doors) design brings.