A 2023 Ford Bronco DR with throwback paint has surfaced on the market on Bring a Trailer.
Announced in 2021, the Bronco DR (short for Desert Racer) is a turnkey race truck intended as a spiritual successor to Broncos that competed within the Baja 1000 within the Sixties and Seventies. Just 50 are thought to have been built, all as 2023 models with a mid-$200,000 price tag.
The truck up on the market stands out much more due to body panels finished in Mystichrome, the color-shifting paint only offered from the factory on the 2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra.
The remaining of the truck appears to be factory-spec, meaning it sports a Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 delivering an estimated 400 hp. The V-8 drives all 4 wheels through a 10-speed automatic transmission and independent electronically locking front and rear differentials, pushing 6,200 kilos of car in race trim.
2023 Ford Bronco DR (photo via Bring a Trailer)
Ford also gave the Bronco DR unique bodywork to cover widened 73.7-inch front and 73.3-inch rear tracks, together with a roll cage and serious chassis upgrades. Highlights include Positional Selective DSSV Dampers from Multimatic and 37-inch BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM3 tires with 17-inch beadlock wheels.
When it announced the Bronco DR, Ford claimed the race truck boasted 55.1% more front suspension travel, at 15.8 inches, and 58.6% more rear suspension travel, at 17.4 inches, in comparison with a stock four-door Bronco Badlands. Ford also quoted approach, departure, and breakover angles of 47, 37, and 33 degrees, respectively.
2023 Ford Bronco DR (photo via Bring a Trailer)
The inside includes only the fundamentals. Two seats are squeezed between the roll cage, with a Motec C187 display and CAN data acquisition system in the middle of the dashboard. A 65-gallon fuel tank and spare tire are housed behind the motive force and passenger.
Because it is a race vehicle not intended for road use, the Bronco DR is obtainable only with a bill of sale and doesn’t have a title or registration. For people who desire a road-legal Bronco with some desert-racer character, there’s all the time the Bronco Raptor.
This Article First Appeared At www.motorauthority.com
