--- title: "Here’s Your First Look at the Brilliant Base 2021 Ford Bronco With Steelies and a Stick Shift" description: "It took a tricky URL workaround to get it, but here's that sub-$30K Bronco you've been lusting after." date: "2020-07-17" modified: "2020-07-17" authors: - name: "Peter Holderith" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/peter-holderith" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/34929/heres-your-first-look-at-the-brilliant-base-2021-ford-bronco-with-steelies-and-a-stick-shift" categories: - "Ford News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Bronco" - "Ford" - "Off-Road" - "suv/crossover" --- # Here’s Your First Look at the Brilliant Base 2021 Ford Bronco With Steelies and a Stick Shift ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* I think the unveiling of the new Ford Bronco did a lot to lift some of our mid-pandemic spirits. I mean, has a car ever been so universally praised upon its unveiling? Anyway, there's just one hangup—the build configurator isn't up yet. So you're telling me I can't waste the entire day building various specifications of theoretical Broncos? That just doesn't work. It also didn't work for members of the [*Bronco6G* forums,]() who—through some internet trickery—[have cracked the code to getting images of basically any Bronco configuration you want.]() The one I'm interested in, though? That's the very base model. From where I'm sitting, it looks tight as a drum, and come on. Everybody loves that sub-$30,000 hometown hero, especially with a manual transmission. The process by which these photos were obtained involves a lot of copying and pasting various codes into a preset URL. The poster on the Bronco forums walks you through how to do all of it, and it's reasonably simple—might take a little practice, though. But let's move past this URL modification talk. It's boring computer nonsense! I hate it! Let's take a look at that base Bronco. ![message-editor%2F1594997940660-2.jpg]() **Ford** ![message-editor%2F1594997960628-1.jpg]() *Ford* ![message-editor%2F1594997965780-3.jpg]() *Ford* ![message-editor%2F1594997969532-4.jpg]() *Ford* ![message-editor%2F1594997974227-5.jpg]() *Ford* ![message-editor%2F1594997984522-6.jpg]() *Ford* ![message-editor%2F1594997992724-7.jpg]() *Ford* The interior switchgear perhaps leaves a bit to be desired but besides that? You're getting a lot of car for the [$29,995 base price.]() And as a reminder, four-wheel-drive is standard. Other cars may have some allure at the same cost, but not with four-wheel drive (looking at you, Chevy "Blazer"). Heck, even the two-door Jeep Wrangler falls short. The base price of the Wrangler is less on paper, but not when you add a hardtop, which is standard on the base Bronco. You can configure any Bronco you want, though. I'm not trying to talk you into buying the bare-bones model. I would probably spec a few options in also, like heated seats. I also would go with a different color besides white. Ford doesn't offer green yet, which is weird, but I guess no new car is truly perfect. The Bronco just gets awfully close. *Got a tip? Send us a note: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Peter Holderith is a former staff writer for The Drive. He enjoys covering the regular news cycle, writing reviews, and hunting down long features on obscure pieces of automotive history. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]()