Amazing that a $35,000 vehicle is considered "cheap"

I love how Andre is always so respectful of vehicles that aren't his own. He's willing to push his F150 but if it doesn't belong to him he his way more careful. I respect that.

That Jeep Willy’s is selling for $40-42K where I’m at. The Bronco base 4 door Bronco $50-55k. These markups are insane!

You guys should do a redemption run with the bronco in some AT tires, I love how ford managed to give so much tech and capability at a “reasonable” price tag. Also kudos to David, I hope he get some calls from the manufacturers to start building their test trails 👌

Nice of the guy to share his bronco for testing.

I love my Jeep, but I am glad to see the Bronco back and in the mix. I think the competition will lead to good things.

I would love to see David become a permanent tfl member

The bronco is doing great considering the jeep has bigger and aggressive tires

Finally!!!! Someone testing the Base Bronco on something other that pavement!!

You mention the plastic steering wheel in both vehicles, I purchased a Trail Boss Custom last year. The plastic steering wheel was a huge issue for me. It is after all the only part of the truck you are constantly touching with your hands, but it had everything else I needed and nothing I didn’t. I bought a very nice sew on leather wheel cover and spent an hour installing it. It feels and looks like the factory steering wheel and cost me $15 vs $15,000 for the LT. I will be trading trucks again in a year and will likely get the same thing. I spend about 20 hours a week in that truck and have 400 engine hours in 27 weeks. I absolutely love it. And the $15 steering wheel cover is by far the best upgrade I made.

The Jeep for sure. The Bronco is hideous looking, and steel wheels for over $30K??? No way!

I’m fairly certain that Sasquatch package does not include stay bar disconnects; that is exclusively to the Badlands trim. It does bring lockers, front and rear, and the 4.7 rear differential. It also brings the Advanced 4x4 automatic on demand engagement system. ✌🏼

You can really feel Andre’s stress level, poor guy! Kudos for keeping it unscathed 👍

Always nice to have David along, I like his inputs. Good job with the course, too. Trenches or Holes- one of those needs to be longer and more aggressive. Thank You to Destin for bringing out his Bronco! Good video.

If that bronco was a 2dr it would be the same price more or less. Thanks to the guy who's letting y'all borrow the bronco. Good dude.

While I disagree with you on the steel wheels are better on everything Tommy I will admit that they are great for an off-road biased rig. Although I prefer black and think black would look much better against that green on his Bronco. Subjective look preferences aside that base Bronco really is an excellent value, the Jeep is awesome but lacking some basic stuff for the money, Jeep can’t keep that up anymore with how much more you get in a Bronco.

Finally a great demo of the A Trac system! Loved seeing this. Great demo and great course. I am going to Moab with my 2000 Land Cruiser and excited to see how it does against my friend's base Bronco.

It's great to see what your doing on your off road course but it's missing one thing that would make it better a water crossing semi deep so you can see how 4x4s handle it

I love how they say, " Cheap" to most 30 grand isn't all that cheap.

For me the Big Green Bronco, it has a slightly longer wheelbase than the jeep and with the amount of daily highway driving that i do i want the IFS and i like the steel wheels just a more aggressive tire tread thats all, this Bronco has 30" tires and Tommi's jeep has 32" tires so that is a bit of an advantage 👍

Got a Willy's sport unlimited 6 weeks ago. Manual trans, manual windows. Took it to hunting trail on the 3rd day to make sure everything was working properly and no complaints! 1st wrangler I've owned. Have owned several xj's.

The shots of the suspension and axles working on the terrain are awesome. thank you

Thanks for helping out the TFL Team Dustin and congrats on the new Bronco

David: "Quit riding the clutch, you pansie!" Jeep Wrangler: walks over every obstacle without breaking a sweat

THANK YOU to the owner for volunteering his brand new car so that we could enjoy this rare video of a BASE Bronco showing what it's capable of. 👍

The Jeep Wrangler JL is absolutely awesome on and off-road. The Rubicon is unbelievable! Solid axle wins hands down!

I like this kind of videos, but in all honesty going off roading or picking trails is the same as getting from point a to point b where I grew up in the ranches in Mexico, and we did it on 60s and 70s pick ups 2wd, so to me the new vehicles should be able to do this and way more than the old beaters we used in the farms and ranches

This is the comparison I was waiting for. Thank you, guys!

The difference in the first obstacle was Andre kept stopping while you didn't. He also stopped in the second obstacle also. Momentum is your friend.

David is a great addition to the show. He reminds me of someone from This Old House (TOH), which I watched with my Dad as a kid. You guys are like the autimobile version of TOH! Love the videos, guys!!!

Can we do a Comparison between the Bronco and Bronco Sport? I’d like to see if the Sport can keep up with its big brother.

That "cheap" Jeep package is pretty good for the price. The Bronco just needs some good tires and a rear locker and should be good on the trails.

These Obstacles really really need to be picked up a few notches.....You guys are my favorite off roaders but you will need to play hard to stay in the game.....Right now those obstacles off zero resistance, zero threat, and zero challenge.

David is gonna be designing jeep courses in no time 👍 great job!

After Tommy and David went over the logs they look like bobble heads shaking in there. Maybe add that to the store: David and Tommy bobble heads. I had to back it up and rewatch it a couple times !😂 Great videos!

I love that base Bronco! Thank you Dustin! Can't wait to see it with some off road tires.

Even though it's more expensive, I would love to see the base Defender with steel wheels in this lineup! Too bad the first two got the axe of manufacturer failure doom🤦

I like the tire size on the Jeep. Adds to the Willy’s look with having tires that aren’t too wide. Very capable vehicles even at stock. I have a TRD Off-road Tacoma so definitely would choose the FJ.

Great demo of ATRAC! And the nice part is that because it's software you can keep it on all the time, vs a locker that you typically turn on/off as needed. For our Colorado trails I pretty much turn ATRAC on and leave it on when I get on the trail. You might not want to do this in more sandy / muddy environments. Newer 4Runners added MTS -- multi-terrain select -- which is basically configurable ATRAC. So you can configure it for more or less wheel spin based on your terrain (mud vs rocks).

A cool thing Ford allows is that you can get the sasquatch package across all trims of the Bronco, so you can get lockers and big tires on ANY Bronco. Jeep only allows the Xtreme Recon package on the Willys and Rubicon.

There you go, the owner said of the Ford, he had a 2wd pickup for years in Colorado and still made it around. Now, it's a must. I live in Michigan and I remember driving a 2wd pickup with no weight in the bed, and just winter tires in the back, and still made it to work everyday. I currently have a 2015 GMC Sierra crew cab Z71 only because resale value in Michigan on a truck is $2000 more over a 2wd. I had a 2003 4x4 ext cab 8' bed chevy, drove home in a non plowed road with 5" of snow. Made it half way home in 2wd posi. Thought at the halfway point, hey, you have 4wd. And yet I made it that far with only 2wd. So, I continued in only 2wd.

What a awesome show, love both these legends, can’t say I really like one over the other, but was hoping the Bronco would be in the running. Thanks to the man that brought his brand new 300+ mile Bronco to the competition, the metallic green looks great. My F150 STX has that same crappy feeling steering wheel, why wouldn’t Ford put a nice leather wrapped wheel on something your touching all the time, maybe $25 more? Again great show, Nathan should have drove the Toyota, pedal to the metal and full steam ahead, boys got one speed. I’d get the Bronco 4 doors and even the base looks cool going down the road.

David needs to be the CEO . Also keep the real world trucks and suv testing going cheep is best

Thanks for the video! I picked the Jeep and I'm super excited that my '22 Wrangler Unlimited Willys Sport (Manual, 3.6L, only option is Towing Package) will finally be here in 3-ish weeks!

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I really like looks and capabilities of that base model Jeep. Perfect platform for upgrades.

It’s $35000 because it’s 4 door. 2 door would have been slightly cheaper

This was a cool comparison, really enjoyed it. I have a 2012 FJ with A-Trac and Locker but I would still love to own a Jeep and Bronco. All are probably super fun to drive.

I am 30 seconds into this video and already see the discrepancy in tires (size & type). Pretty sure I know how this is going to go :)

Maybe you read my previous comments but regardless, this is more ‘real world’ in my opinion. I have a Willys and a 2 dr sport. I’d like to see more ‘base model’ comparisons like this.

It looked like the TC did a pretty good job with timing and how much slip it allowed. I do not like how far the suspension hangs down at the tire there.

Been looking forward for to this comparison! Been looking forward to this and hoping to see the base Bronco take on the Willy. Keep them coming. Also, is the ground clearance on the base Bronco in the video the 8.4 inches that is stated on Ford’s Website?

Hey Tommy go to your local auto parts store and stick a pair of 3" round blind spot mirrors on your outer ac vents. Flip vents shut when drive doorless to fix the no outer mirror situation. Flip vents open to run your ac. It works perfect.

Need a 2 door bronco with the same tires but at least you got them 🤷‍♂️

As a owner of the base mottle with the Sasquatch package I love it wish ford had the lockers and sway bar disconnect as a completely standard option.

I really enjoy the TFL comparisons of what are essentially very basic models (by modern standards) of smaller 4x4s. Tommy, Andre, and David are excellent hosts/presenters for these types of videos -- never overdone and always very informative. Of the 3 vehicles in this comparo, I would pick Tommy's Jeep. The FJ is just way too difficult to see ought from, which is an absolute deal killer for me driving off road in "tree infested" northern Michigan. The Bronco is a Ford - err, I mean it's rather "unproven" insofar as reliability is concerned and I don't like the soft top. The Jeep just simply does what it needs to do, is proven, is way easier to see out from, and is way more confidence inspiring IMO. The only thing that I would change in Tommy's rig would be to add an automatic along with Jeep's newer additional AWD setting (for my wife to use is winter street driving), which unfortunately may price the darn thing up to $40K MSRP for a new one (not sure if Jeep will even build a Willy's 2dr Sport w/ auto trans and additional AWD selector).

I like the manual windows on the Wrangler, the wheels on the Bronco and the white top on the FJ Cruiser. Between 1987 and 2007, my wife and I went on hundreds of camping and picnic trips using 4-cylinder 4WD vehicles on 4WD roads in Utah and surrounding states. None of our vehicles had ANY traction aids - limited slip, lockers, TracLoc or anything similar - so we learned how to pick a line that would keep three or four tires on the ground, even where most people would swear no such line existed. Right now we’re driving a 4WD pickup and an AWD car. Last time I looked, the base price for the least expensive Wrangler was $33,436 Wrangler Sport 2-door. My fantasy vehicle for my own use is the 2023 Wrangler Sport 2-door with: 495 optional exterior color Sarge Green 675 hinge gate reinforcement 875 heavy-duty rock slider with step assist 1,895 3-piece hard top 00 Heritage Tan seats 170 all-weather floor mats 40 grab handle kit 195 Trail-Rated kit 1,195 trailer tow and heavy-duty electrical group 00 manual transmission 795 Anti-Spin rear differential 525 cold air intake $39,850 TOTAL If I could afford to buy a 4WD vehicle for my wife too, it would most likely be that same vehicle (but in Firecracker Red) OR That same vehicle with the turbo 4 and an automatic transmission OR A Wrangler Sport 4-door with the same equipment as on the first Wrangler above $41,570 TOTAL OR A Wrangler Sport 4-door with that same equipment plus the turbo 4 and an automatic $41,570 TOTAL

This was a great comparison guys!! Looking forward for more to come! Now if I had to choose, it’s easy for me, I’d pick the jeep hands down. Ford did great with the bronco, but as quickly shown in the trenches, you just can’t beat the articulation of a front solid axle. The FJ is also a great vehicle, but again with the front drivetrain and the visibility is just super poor. Lastly, David, you built some great obstacles!! Keep up the great work and really enjoy your input and contribution to the channel!!

I purchased this exact Jeep (except color) all the things you mentioned as negatives is the reason I bought the Wrangler Willys sport. I love all the basics.

Hmmmm. The bronco with KO2's and a rear locker would be my choice.

Good to see the base out in the Wild. More aggressive tires on the Bronco wiuld help equalize the test

I'll take the bronco and add a hard top and tires.

David, the Bronco engines are proven. The 2.7 has been in multiple Fords since 2015 and the 2.3 for 3 years in the Ranger.

Great video guys. I like all three of these vehicles. I wish you could get hooked up with a tire store so you could compare apples to apples.

Well, for transparency sake, I have a Bronco on order, but I went Badlands for the tech. If I was limited to the lower price, I'd go FJ all day. It's tried and true and there are TONS of aftermarket parts for it to add whatever you might want, from lifts and suspension parts, lights, rock rails, roof racks, and even that tech stuff like a forward camera or even 360 camera systems, plus it has built in switches for customization.

I like the basic manual everything on the Jeep. I wish the bronco had something more basic than base. I like manual windows and na engines.

Thanks again TFL! I have added 33inch BFG TKO’s on steelies!

That is exactly my own reason, I love all the job done in Bronco in all versions, but technology has not much word of honor, and everything is SO NEW! I believe it needs more time to become reliable, I’ll keep with Jeep at this time

2 door SUVs look sooo cool compared to 4....I grew up climbing into the back seats of an Isuzu Amigo, 2door Trooper, wrangler, & a cpl different 2door hatch backs...they're perfectly fine for families!

It would have been $4,000 cheaper with a 2-door. My 2023 2-door ManSAS with aux switches, door keypad and rack that I reserved July of 2020 was 43,600 sticker price. I found a great dealer that offered 1,000 under invoice and with Fords discount I got it for $36,100. It pays to find an honest dealer.

Should do these two compared to a Rubicon with the Extreme Recon Package and the Badlands with the Sasquatch Package. And then do the 392 vs the Bronco Raptor. Having a comparison of the main trims compared to each other would be nice.

One thing i like about roll down windows, is that you wont have as much difficulty rolling the window down when it is covered in ice and frozen. Power windows often freeze closed by ice berween window and door.

On MOST cheaper-optioned 4x4 vehicles, the deciding factor will ALWAYS BE THE TIRES! The Jeep SHOULD win by a landslide due to its waaaaay superior tires BUT that cheap Bronco held its own! I just saw some Goodyear Wrangler MT/R with Kevlar set of four tires for only $620 USD ($788 CDN). That means for less than $1000 (included installation and taxes!) you could MATCH the Jeep in off-road tire grip ability! That said, I actually like Tommy's Jeep Willy much more than the cheap Bronco. The Jeep looks better and seems more off-roady while the Bronco seems a tad detuned and too much comfort added in! If I had to pick between ONLY these two vehicles, the Jeep Willy wins my heart! V

Great to see the FJ in the comparison, for fun. Which one? An appreciating asset... I own a 2013 FJ Trail Teams Edition, and it's been a great vehicle for me.

Very good video!. Thank you fellows👍👍

That rocky road should be called, “Colorado Rocks” and the place where Tommy got stuck should be called, “Rick Rolled”

Great vid, but would like to see them have the same tires, yes the "bases" are different, also, the wheelbase does change the ride. It would be good to see the bronco back with matching tires to a jeep 4 door.

One thing I noticed about all these shootouts ... (and others on UKposts). All the vehicles are pretty equal really, to me. Everything will have its pro and cons, but they all performed equally ... pretty cool adding the FJ. People have to just figure out if they are Jeep or Bronco ... or FJ people. Which is attractive to you. And then that's also the fun part... modding. Adjusting things (parts) to fix those little inconsistencies. Also with regards to the head Bob, or getting thrashed around a bit ... isn't that really part of why we dig wheeling? Isn't that part of the allure. If I wanted smooth, I'd go for a drive in my car ... "HOLY CRAP! I ALMOST HIT THE ROOF!"

Someday do that FJ justice and put some BFG KO/2’s on it. A very entertaining video fella’s

I love your Willys Tommy, but I've got a bum L knee and need an auto. The visibility from inside the FJ doesn't work for me. I'd go with the Bronco. Great video, guys.

Great review as usual!!... but definitely an apples vs oranges comparison. 2 Dr vs 4 Dr, base bronco vs non base wrangler....(Willys package....tires and LSD in the back make a huge difference) A true base to base comparison would be a 2dr base bronco (no lockers) vs 2 Dr sport wrangler (no lockers) All that being said I realize it's hard getting the same spec vehicles ...and the videos you guys put on are really good 👍

I am impressed with the base Bronco. They all 3 did very well. I am impressed. Boy I would love to have a quarter million dollars. I would be at Sanderson Ford doing some ordering. A silver extended range lightning 4x4, a mach eawd GT extended range, and a tricked out bronco would live at my house. There will be a f-350 super duty out back and my Super C RV will be on the new F600 4x4 chassis. Ford is doing some great things right now. Thank you and be safe.

Instead of buying a new base model, I bought an older Rubicon and it can't stall. It will spin all 4 tires on pavement in 4 low before it stalls due to the gear reduction. So my crawl control is 1st gear and with 33 inch milestar Patagonias I'm still going about 1mph.

Pretty awesome vid. I think it would have been even more interesting putting a trailhawk renegade against the bronco. I'm partial to jeeps having owned a renegade and 2 gladiators. I will say though my 2023 gladiator rubicon stock has gone through some places I didn't think it would go.

i like the keyfob rolling windows here down south, but mine is almost 10 year old pickup and the keyfob connection is also sometimes messy

More power, better seats, more room, more comfortable driving on road bronco hands down. And it’s a perfect base to mod.

In my second Jeep (first rubicon) so obvious answer for me. I do like the FJ but I don't think I would tolerate the visibility. 5000lb towing though....

I'd take the Jeep, but I like all those vehicles. I especially like two door jeeps. I used to have a two door JK recon manual in gobi... I loved that Jeep. Still have my black automatic 4 door JKU, but kept it for more practical reasons over the other one... Would like to get a 2 door Bronco next though to compliment my 4 door Wrangler.

They forgot to mention the bronco has 2 inch smaller tires, and inch smaller wheels, and all seasons.

The Wrangler's shorter wheelbase definitely gave it an advantage in the Holes test -- it didn't get a single wheel lifted. Kept contact with the ground the whole time. But, really, both of these vehicles are very similar in their off-road capabilities. The Bronco comes with a few more creature comforts, but costs about $3K more. If it were a 2-door, like the Jeep, the cost difference would be even less (don't quote me, but I think the 4-door is $2K more than the 2-door?) Either way, these two vehicles are very well-matched when you compare similarly-priced options. The competition between the Jeep and the Bronco will improve both of them over time. It's truly wonderful for off-road enthusiasts!

At the quoted sticker prices, I think the Bronco is by far the best value out of the three. I think I might possibly buy the next model up Bronco that comes with the locking diff, but other than that I really like the base model shown here. I think I would paint the steel wheels white, do some white letters out 33" all terrain tires, and maybe a 2-in lift. I would probably rather own a Jeep, but a more optioned one than Tommy's, but the prices are ridiculous. FJ Cruisers, even though I currently own a 4Runner, I've never liked FJ's, I think they're silly.

These are the best reviews in my opinion take a vehicles normal people can afford keep it up guys love the videos.

One thing I notice from the beginning is that the Jeep has much better tires for off-road. Also, it is the shorter one, which should afford it better geometry. This is not a knock against the Bronco in any way since it looks like a very solid offering for a 4-door base version. It's just that the Jeep is a Jeep.

That exact trim Bronco is selling for over $50k at local dealers.. Wish you guys would have reflected that in the video, you can actually get the Jeep at close to msrp. In my area you won't find any Bronco anywhere near msrp. I can't wait for 10 years from now when they are selling at actual msrp lmao

Waow this was a great video. Awesome content!

Use Forscan to enable the fob down windows... I did that with my 2022 F-150 stx

Firecracker red sport s unlimited 3.45 gears lsd manual. 5.30sh gears in first gives us 0 problems. My 12 jk sucked in high but still did great in low. I could completely mash my brakes in low and first and not stall them. 2.72 transfer case is deep. I like cast iron but I will take my aluminum tc any day over a np 205 at 1.96 to one in low

I got my 2014 willys for 33k with 3" mopar lift 315 tires , 373 gears. It now has 20 k on it.TWO door. I got it new. Fox shocks

We have plenty of rough fire roads and trail roads here in Arkansas in the Ozark and Ouachita mountains. I made the mistake of taking a vehicle with too low of a ground clearance on them and busted my oil pan.

It seems like a 2-door bronco with similar wheel/tire package as the Jeep would perform about the same. With two different vehicles driven by two different drivers, you don’t get an exact equivalent test. But a great video all the same.