With all types of pre-production prototypes floating round earlier than clients truly obtain their autos, it’s no shock that the 2021 Ford Bronco has been caught in some fairly odd conditions. On this case, two pre-production Broncos met their maker this morning when the trailer carrying them caught hearth at a truck cease in Greenville, Illinois.

The incident was initially photographed and posted on the Bronco 6G Forum, the photographs exhibiting each the aftermath of the fireplace in addition to the scorched SUVs faraway from the trailer. As seen within the footage and reported by The Drive, it seems that the trailer firm carrying the Broncos was named ‘Dependable Carriers’, which is considerably ironic given the circumstances. The Fast Pink Bronco in Wildtrak guise appears to have sustained essentially the most injury, because it was seemingly parked immediately above hearth’s origin.

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Whereas nobody can say with certainty what brought about the fireplace, the discussion board consumer that posted the pictures believes the trailer is accountable, not the Broncos inside. It was speculated that doable culprits embrace a caught brake, a nasty wheel bearing, or perhaps a flat tire that was run for too lengthy, with the unique poster writing:

“This was NOT attributable to the Broncos, for anybody questioning. This was an gear failure of some variety on the trailer. However I can say with 100% % certainty, it was both the truck driver working a flat tire too lengthy, or he had a brake hanging up and it caught hearth. ”

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Whether or not these 2021 Broncos had been press fleet loaners, seller autos or maybe per-production testers, is anybody’s guess. however they absolutely weren’t buyer vehicles.

We reached out to Ford to see if they might shed some extra gentle on the matter. They replied with minimal data, solely saying “We’re conscious of a transport truck that caught hearth. We’re investigating the incident and don’t have anything additional to share at the moment.”