How Ford is Beefing up the 2025 Bronco Sport to Battle for Off-Roading Fans

The 2025 Ford Bronco Sport is adding more capability to better compete with the exploding off-roading SUV market. For 2025, the Bronco Sport will add some features already popular on its Bronco big brother, the sport is adding One-Pedal Drive to its Trail Control making the vehicle easier to control while rock crawling. Ford is also giving the Bronco Sport a new driving mode called G.O.A.T or Goes Over Any Type of Terrain. The biggest off-roading addition is a High-performance Sasquatch package, much like the version on the bigger Bronco.

“Bronco Sport customers love the outdoors and go off-roading 3.5 times as often as the owners of competitive vehicles, and camping twice as often,” said Matt Simpson, Ford Enthusiast Vehicles general manager. “They want to know they can overcome obstacles that come their way, which drove our designers and engineers to push Bronco Sport to a new level of capability and performance to let our customers do more and have more fun off-road.”

2025 Bronco Sport Sasquatch Off-Roading Package

The new Sasquatch package is modeled off the package for the full-size Bronco. Sasquatch for Bronco Sport includes larger tires. Bronco Sport Sasquatch rides on 29-inch 235/65/R17 Goodyear Territory All Terrain tires that are the largest in the class. Developed specifically for Bronco Sport Sasquatch, the tire was adapted from the Bronco with an open-tread design and reinforced sidewalls to provide traction across a variety of surfaces.

The Sasquatch Package is available for both the 1.5-liter Bronco Sport Outer Banks and 2.0-liter Badlands models. Increased capability starts with an ultra-rugged twin-clutch rear-drive unit and locking rear differential included. Previously available only for Bronco Sport Badlands, it’s now available for Bronco Sport Outer Banks customers for the first time.

“There’s a Sasquatch for every Bronco Sport customer who needs that next level of capability and confidence,” said Simpson.

The Sasquatch upgrade includes new Bilstein rear shocks with position-sensitive damping. The Bilstein shocks provide a wider range of compression and rebound damping capabilities, to absorb extreme events at higher speeds. New front and rear springs increase ride height four-tenths of an inch over the current Bronco Sport Badlands.

According to Ford, “Bronco Sport Sasquatch matches its upgraded suspension equipment and off-road technology with a front brush guard, steel skid plates, and modular, accessory-ready front and rear bumpers with steel bash plates as the first point of contact. Four recovery points – two cast accessory-ready tow hooks in front and a pair of cast D-rings on the rear bumper – are designed to meet Ford’s off-road recovery requirements.”

“While other small SUVs simply look rugged, Bronco Sport is engineered rugged from the inside out and top to bottom,” said Eddie Khan, Bronco Sport Vehicle Engineering manager. “Bronco Sport has earned the right to call itself Built Wild with Sasquatch.”

New Technology for 2025 Bronco Sport

All 2025 Bronco Sport models come standard with a 13.2-inch touchscreen, the largest center display in the class. There is also a Bronco Raptor-inspired 12.3-inch digital instrument display and Co-Pilot 360 Assist+.

The 2025 Bronco Sport SUV has an available 360-Degree Camera with class-exclusive Trail View. Bronco Sport Badlands model and Sasquatch Badlands package offer an available 360-Degree Camera with class-exclusive Split View that shows the front tires using the cameras under the side-view mirrors.

Other Tech Improvements on the 2025 Bronco Include:

• Blind Spot Information System with Cross-Traffic Alert
• Lane-Keeping Assist, Lane-Keeping Alert, and Driver Alert
• Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking (includes Pedestrian Detection, Forward Collision Warning, and Dynamic Brake Support)
• Rear View Camera w/ Rear Parking Sensors
• Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop-and-Go and Lane Centering
• Evasive Steering Assist

The 2025 Bronco Sport is also adopting another popular Broco feature called Bronco Bolts. Marked “Accessory Ready” and featuring the bucking Bronco logo, Bronco Bolts signify parts that owners can replace to suit different purposes. Both front and rear bumpers are new, adding modular points that owners can fit a range of accessories to, such as brush bars and driving lights or mounts for dune flags. New segment-exclusive tie-downs on the front fenders give customers another point for securing a rooftop load and gear. Rated to up to 150 pounds, they stow in the fenders.

"We know that Bronco Sport customers spend more on accessories than any other customer in the segment." said lead designer Dan Kangas. "With that in mind, we designed the 2025 Bronco Sport to encourage creative customer interaction with modularity and upfit points that make adding new accessories easier than ever."

When We Will See the New Bronco Sport

The 2025 Bronco Sport Big Bend, Outer Banks, and Badlands will arrive in dealers in November. The upgraded Bronco Sport Sasquatch will be available during the first quarter of 2025. Pricing for all models will be shared closer to their sale dates.

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