Ford’s design group is having enjoyable with throwbacks.

It began final 12 months with the Bronco and Bronco Sport Heritage editions. Superb issues with banana cream or robin’s egg blue finishes, white roofs, and white grilles with pink lettering made you ponder whether to vote for Ford or Carter.

The distinctive look labored wonders. Ford loaned me a yellow Bronco Sport Heritage Version earlier this 12 months. As a result of I’m an automotive journalist, my neighbors are accustomed to seeing uncommon automobiles parked close to my dwelling, they usually not often come over to speak about them anymore. However that pleasant slice of automotive banana cream pie obtained extra feedback than most automobiles 3 times its value.

Late Seventies Inspiration

Now, designers are feeling their oats. They’ve tapped into one other thread from Ford historical past. The late Seventies noticed Ford provide “Ford Free Wheeling” editions. Accessible on F-Collection vehicles, Bronco SUVs, and Econoline vans, the Free Wheeling packages used distinctive fading-sunset paint jobs and white-painted metal wheels.

For 2024, Ford will deliver the look again. The 2024 Ford Bronco Sport Free Wheeling particular version faucets into the identical late-70s design vein and has us questioning if there’s an possibility for an 8-track stereo system.

It’s the identical spirit because the Toyota 4Runner fortieth Anniversary Version however executed with no chill. It’s a love-it-or-hate-it look — one positive method to discover love.

Not Expensive for a Particular Version

The Bronco Sport Free Wheeling begins at $33,730. That’s a nice shock – you may spend $40,000 and up on a 2024 Bronco Sport, so we’re joyful to see Ford making distinctive expressions obtainable for consumers who aren’t trying to pay high greenback.

Sundown Gradient Look Inside and Out

The showpiece function is the outside. It wears graphics in pink, orange, and yellow gradients working your entire profile size. Painted metal wheels function pink pockets surrounded by white. The bundle additionally “additionally provides a silver-painted grille with two-tone Bronco badging and a modified decrease entrance finish insert” and a black roof.

Inside, it will get “Black Onyx and Darkish House Gray end,” together with sunset-colored seat inserts and ombre stitching.

Mechanically, the Free Wheeling Version is predicated on the Huge Bend trim, so it carries a 1.5-liter EcoBoost 3-Cylinder engine making 181 horsepower and will get 5 selectable modes from Ford’s Goes-Over-Any-Terrain (GOAT) driving mode system.

Ford additionally introduced a Black Look Bundle for the 2024 Bronco Sport, with matte black wheels and hood graphics.