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Driving your 4×4 with the doors turned off is a joy on a sunny day. Less if you get caught in a sudden downpour. For years, Jeep Wrangler owners have faced a daily gamble: leaving the doors at home and risking dripping driving, or giving up the euphoria of the doorless cruiser. That’s because you can’t carry all four doors in the trunk of a Wrangler.
The new Ford Bronco 2021 solves this, with four removable doors that fit snugly inside the trunk. Now you can go door to door whenever and wherever you want. An optional package, shown above, includes protective pouches that you can slide over the doors to prevent scratching, but all four-door Broncos come standard with boot ties to keep the doors in place.
The Bronco also has another nifty feature not found on the Wrangler: The side mirrors are mounted to the base of the windshield, not the doors. That means you will not lose the use of your mirrors if you decide to go doorless.
Like the Wrangler, removing the doors from the Bronco requires you to undo two fasteners per door, using a tool included with the vehicle. Exact weight figures are not yet available, but a Ford spokesman said Road track The front doors on a four-door Bronco weigh about 53 pounds, while the rear doors weigh about 43 pounds. That’s a little heavier than the 47-pound front doors and 34-pound rear doors on the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. But the Bronco’s frameless door design could mean the doors are a little less cumbersome to carry than the Wrangler.
And the removal should be fairly quick: The same spokesperson told us that Ford estimates that the average person can get the Bronco out of doors in about half the time it takes the Wrangler, although the spokesperson did not elaborate on where the weather .
Another nifty door detail: The two-door Bronco uses unique doors that are longer than the front doors on the four-door model. (Jeep uses the same front doors on two- and four-door Wranglers, as well as Gladiator truck models.) Longer doors make rear seat access easier and give the two-door Bronco a more proportional look. However, those longer doors can only fit in the Bronco’s trunk with the rear seat folded down. We also assume that the larger doors weigh a little more than the four-door, although we are awaiting confirmation from Ford about it.
As for the cutout doors you see in the two-door yellow Bronco here? It is unclear if they will be offered in the production model, although our Ford spokesperson described them as “something we’re working on. We’re showing the art of the possible with that one.”
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