We’re sure you’re aware by now that Ford has launched the new Bronco; you also probably know that it’s excellent. The Bronco is (finally, albeit slowly) making its way out to customers. But as Ford has reiterated from the start, this is only a starting point. More Bronco variants are coming — and we now know that there will be two are arriving in 2022. Ford has already told us the long-rumored Bronco Raptor is coming; now, Ford has confirmed the Bronco Everglades — mentioned in an ordering system leak — will arrive in 2022 as well.
What is the Ford Bronco Everglades? As the Everglades name would suggest, it appears to be a more mud-oriented off-road trim than the desert-running Raptor. The Everglades will come with factory-installed features like a winch and snorkel, helpful for off-roading activities that would involve wading through water and becoming stuck in the mud.
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We don’t know yet whether the Bronco Everglades will come with any enhanced capabilities. Though one would guess Ford would be tempted to bump the Bronco’s water-fording capacity a bit. Last June, Jeep launched the Xtreme Recon package for the Wrangler, which pushed the off-road icon to a max of 33.6 inches of water fording, besting the Bronco by 0.1 inches.
Ford says it will reveal more Everglades details later. That trim will be available in summer 2022; the Everglades trim will be added to the Bronco build-and-price configurator sooner than that, however.
Speaking of that online Ford Bronco configurator, it is now live for 2022 model year orders. You can’t spec out your Bronco Raptor yet — but Ford will let you pair the Sasquatch off-roading package with the seven-speed manual transmission with a crawler gear.