This episode of the outside podcast is brought to you by the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco Sport,

a 4x4 SUV with seven available goat modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain.

For the designers working on the Bronco Sport, the challenge was to recreate a vehicle that

lives up to a legend. It was such an opportunity, you know, how could you ask for something

more exciting than that is to bring back an icon like Bronco?

That's exterior designer Dan Kangus. He really likes his job.

I probably talk about cars more than my wife would like.

The Bronco Sport offers the kinds of sophisticated features that you dream of in a modern SUV,

like Ford Copilot 360 driver assist technologies. And yet, the look and feel is true to the classic

and rugged Bronco heritage. It's like a tool. What's there is only what's

necessary. Dan's team closely studied vintage Broncos and they also attended serious off-road

races to spend time with the most dedicated four-wheel drive owners. You're surviving in a

dust cloud pretty much, watching these vehicles go flying by, it's really insane,

but it's getting inspired by the true race vehicles that are out there because those are the most

bare bones stripped down, honest vehicles there are, right? It gives you a reality check. They

say, okay, well, what can we take out to give people what they need and not what they don't?

That approach is how you get elements like the Bronco Sport's one-piece front grill.

It doesn't have any chrome adornment, it's a no frills design, it's just a surface with some

perforation for cooling. It can't really get much more simple than that.

See the all-new Bronco Sport for yourself at 4.com slash Bronco.

From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.

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