Unlike the Wrangler, the New Bronco's Doors Fit in the Trunk
Driving your 4x4 with the doors off is a joy on a sunny day. Less so if you get caught in a sudden downpour. For years, Jeep Wrangler owners have faced a daily gamble: Leave the doors at home and risk a drippy drive, or forego the exhilaration of doors-off cruising. That's because you can't carry all four doors in the trunk of a Wrangler.
The all-new 2021 Ford Bronco solves this, with four removable doors that fit perfectly inside the trunk. Now you can go from doors on to doors off whenever and wherever you like. An optional package, shown above, includes protective bags that you can slip over the doors to keep them from getting scratched, but all four-door Broncos come standard with tie-downs in the trunk to hold the doors in place.
The Bronco also has another nifty feature not found on the Wrangler: The side-view mirrors are mounted to the base of the windshield, not to the doors. That means you won't lose the use of your mirrors if you decide to go door-free.
Like the Wrangler, removing the Bronco's doors requires you to undo two fasteners per door, using a tool that's included with the vehicle. Exact weight figures are not yet available, but a Ford spokesperson told Road & Track that the front doors on a four-door Bronco weigh about 53 pounds, while the rears weigh around 43 pounds. That's a little heftier than the 47-pound front and 34-pound rear doors on the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. But the Bronco's frameless door design could mean that the doors are a bit less cumbersome to carry around versus the Wrangler.
And removal should be pretty quick: That same spokesperson told us that Ford estimates the average person can get the doors off the Bronco in about half the time it takes on the Wrangler, though the spokesperson did not go into detail about where the time is saved.
One other nifty door detail: The two-door Bronco uses unique doors that are longer than the front doors on the four-door model. (Jeep uses the same front doors on two-door and four-door Wranglers as well as Gladiator pickup models.) The longer doors make for easier access to the back seat, and give the two-door Bronco a more proportional look. However, those longer doors can only fit in the Bronco's trunk with the rear seat folded. We also assume the bigger doors weigh slightly more than those on the four-door, though we're awaiting confirmation from Ford on that.
As for the cut-out doors you see on the yellow two-door Bronco here? It's not clear whether they'll be offered on the production model, though our Ford spokesperson described them as "something we're working toward. We're showing the art of the possible with that one."
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