Ford Bronco R prototype – 2020 Ford Bronco in Off Road Racing Form

Ford has given us a tantalizing look at what the eagerly awaited 2020 Bronco SUV will look like by unveiling this Bronco R off-road race prototype in the runup to the annual SEMA aftermarket show in Las Vegas. Seeing it also gave us a hint about the Bronco’s possible production powertrain, as we spotted a V-6 under the hood. It’s only fitting that Ford would unveil the Bronco R on such a historically significant day. On this date in 1969, Rod Hall and Larry Minor won the Baja 1000 behind the wheel of their Bronco race truck. For 2019, Ford built the Bronco R prototype in a time span of six months and in complete secrecy. The Bronco R will be used as a platform to test the production model’s powertrain and body-on-frame chassis, although the Bronco R rides on a modified version of the future production variant’s T6 architecture. If you were worried that the new Bronco may lose some of its rugged looks as it’s resurrected this upcoming spring, fear not. The squared-off proportions