Neither will ever compete with a full sized pickup.
I drove a buddies jeep a little last winter. Small. Cramped. Uncomfortable. I was good for about 30 minutes at a time then needed to stretch. No way in hell I would want that for a long trip.
The Bronco has my attention, as well as the Jeep Gladiator. Not much else out there that interest me, and I will probably be buying a vehicle in the next year or so.
After driving a Honda Accord sedan for a few years I want something fun. Requirement 1 is a foru door vehicle which both meet. Requirements 2 is a manual transmission, which apparently both offer. Then it comes to engine I want a V6 or V8, no 4cylinders! The Jeep offers a naturally aperated V6 (yeah) and the Bronco will apparnetly be a twin turbo V6 (yuck). The jeep has a ~7k tow rating, I need to see what the Bronco offers. I would prefer a tow rating of ~10k but 7 is acceptable as I don't typically tow over ~6.5k.
The one large negative the Gladiator has is the stupid secure vehicle gateway system that Fiat implemented.
I drove a 1st gen Cherokee for about 4 years. 250,000 miles on it when I sold it in 2005. I put about 1/2 of those on it, driving back and forth from West Texas to East Texas. Lots more room in it than in a Fiero and we made a lot of 880 mile round trips over the same hiways in our Fieros as well. Usually non-stop except for fuel and a meal.
I've been waiting forever to buy one of these. My intention was to buy one after I donated my 2002 Ford Explorer Sport, but my dad literally gave me his old 2009 Explorer Sport (which is a very nice car), and I just bought my wife a Ford Edge, and we still have my grandfather's Crown Victoria, and my wife's old 2008 Jeep Patriot... so it would be totally stupid of me to buy a Ford Bronco now. I mean, wonderful first world problems to have... but it would be completely asinine for me to buy one at this point... but I really, really want one.
If I didn't already have this 2009 Explorer (w/ only 54k miles on it), I'd be sleeping at the entrance to the dealership. I really like 2-door rugged SUVs... and from what I understand, the new Bronco is going to be built on the new Ford Ranger platform, so it's going to be a bit smaller. Although I think the older F-150 made Broncos were cool... I much preferred the Bronco 2. I'm really looking forward to this reveal.
My guess (from the sound)... biggest engine is a 3.5 DOHC V6 w/ turbo. Guarantee you don't get a V8 in it.
I've been waiting forever to buy one of these. My intention was to buy one after I donated my 2002 Ford Explorer Sport, but my dad literally gave me his old 2009 Explorer Sport (which is a very nice car), and I just bought my wife a Ford Edge, and we still have my grandfather's Crown Victoria, and my wife's old 2008 Jeep Patriot... so it would be totally stupid of me to buy a Ford Bronco now. I mean, wonderful first world problems to have... but it would be completely asinine for me to buy one at this point... but I really, really want one.
If I didn't already have this 2009 Explorer (w/ only 54k miles on it), I'd be sleeping at the entrance to the dealership. I really like 2-door rugged SUVs... and from what I understand, the new Bronco is going to be built on the new Ford Ranger platform, so it's going to be a bit smaller. Although I think the older F-150 made Broncos were cool... I much preferred the Bronco 2. I'm really looking forward to this reveal.
My guess (from the sound)... biggest engine is a 3.5 DOHC V6 w/ turbo. Guarantee you don't get a V8 in it.
The Mustang guys have been talking about it, Coyote swap is always an option Personally a V6 DOHC would be enough for me. If they are starting at $30000 base it will be a long time before I get behind the wheel lets let it age a couple years and perhaps I will trade the Mustang.
The last Bronco I drove was a "roofless" old classic that we took out into the desert outside Las Cruces, New Mexico about 10 years ago. It was a blast.
My 2016 F150 only has a tad over 19k miles on it and the wife needs another new ride so I'm thinking either a new Bronco or a Ranger will look good in the driveway next to it.
Personally a V6 DOHC would be enough for me. 
