are throwbacks to the 1966 original. Could a retro-themed special edition be anything other than a lame marketing ploy to separate buyers from more of their money?The answer, as your eyes have probably already relayed to your brain, is yes. The Bronco Heritage isn’t your typical stickers-and-badges special edition. It’s an awesome design exercise. Splashes of white paint, steel front and rear bumpers, and steel-look wheels elevate the Bronco’s good looks to high fashion.
Heritage models come with two or four doors, manual or automatic transmissions, and four or six cylinders, but they’re always well equipped with heated seats, passive entry, the Co-Pilot360 driver assistance suite, and the Sasquatch package.
If you’re assertive with the throttle, the EcoBoost 2.3-liter inline-four has the giddy-up to feel quick in traffic. With revs and big gulps of gas, it delivers confident acceleration and a satisfyingly growly exhaust note. Just be sure to budget for the V-8-like fuel economy.Between the squishy-fun suspension and the high-energy engine, the Ford Bronco Heritage Edition is a delightful little toy for big boys and girls who never grew up.
The Heritage Edition also does nothing to improve on the Bronco’s rough edges. It’s too easy to find wobbly interior panels, crude seams, and hard plastics in an SUV costing this much coin. On the plus side, wind noise around two-door’s hard top is quieter than in earlier Broncos, which is impressive since two-doors with painted roofs have an extra hole punched in the rear section to create a removable sunroof over the second row.