2025 Ford Bronco Pricing Rollercoaster: Base Model Is Back—and the Raptor's Cheaper

One of the languishing consequences of the supply chain crisis and ramping up production of the 2024 Ford Ranger was the removal of the Base trim of the Ford Bronco for the 2024 model year. But it's back, baby: the cheapest Bronco trim returns. While Ford is also dropping four other Bronco trims, it's making up for it with additional standard content across the board, plus a cool new factory matte body wrap option for buyers looking for less-shiny Broncos.

Update June 9, 2025: Ford has made changes to the 2025 Bronco pricing with the biggest change being the range-topping Bronco Raptor dropping in price by nearly $10,000, while the Base trim's MSRP increases by over $1,000. The original story, published November 2024, continues below with these midyear pricing updates.

Bring on the Base

Don't head down to your dealer just yet. Ford is saying the 2025 Ford Bronco Base trim is a "late availability" model, so it won't appear initially in the 2025 production run. The Bronco Base will come as both a two-door and four-door with the shorty Bronc coming with a Molded-in-Color (MIC) top in Carbonized Gray. The four-door will only come with the soft black cloth top. Either version will come with 16-inch steel wheels with 255/70R16 all-season tires, including the full-size spare. Other exterior standard features will include a black MIC grille with white “Bronco” lettering and active grille shutters, black MIC bumpers, door handles, fender flares, LED headlights, and two tow hooks.

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Mechanically, the Base will come with the 2.3-liter turbocharged EcoBoost I-4 mated to a seven-speed manual transmission (rejoice those who love changing their own gears) with a part-time selectable transfer case. The manual will also retain its “Granny Gear,” crank in gear, and hill descent control functions. For those who’d rather let the Bronco do the shifting, the 10-speed auto is optional and will include Trail Control and Trail Turn Assist. The suspension is based on the High-speed Off-road Suspension System (HOSS) 1.0, the most basic suspension system you can get in the 2025 Ford Bronco.

Inside, the Bronco Base will come with single-zone air conditioning (with rear HVAC standard on the four-door), a 12-inch digital instrument cluster (a major change across all 2025 trims and an upgrade from the previous eight-inch digital info cluster with an analog speedometer), six-way manual front seats wrapped in cloth, and split rear seats with the two-door splitting 50/50 and the four-door splitting 60/40. The stereo option will also be a 12-inch infotainment with FordPass connect that’s capable of 4G LTE hotspot connection via AT&T. You’ll get three months or 3GB of hotspot use free and then you’ll need to pay for the connection.

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2023 Ford Bronco.

Get Sassy With the Sasquatch Package

One of the things we love about the Bronco Base is the ability to order it with the Sasquatch Package and that returns for 2025. This package comes with a set of 17-inch beadlock capable wheels with 35-inch (315/70R17, for those keeping score) Rugged-Terrain tires. This is backed up with a set of high-clearance fenders and equally high-clearance suspension with position-sensitive Bilstein dampers. Sure, it’s not the Fox Internal Bypass dampers you’ll find on the Stroppe Special, Badlands, or the Bronco Raptor, but it’s still a great upgrade over the standard dampers. It will also come with electronic locking differentials front and rear with a 4.7:1 gear ratio. It will also come from the factory with tube steps installed.

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BRAPTOR and Badlands Drop in Price

For those hoping to get in the 2025 Ford Raptor, but its original 2025 price of $91,930 was just too much to stomach, boy, do we have some great news for you. Maybe. This latest pricing update drops the entry price of the ultimate off-roading Bronco by $9,940 for a new MSRP of $81,990. The “maybe” part will depend on how your dealer likes to honor the MSRP and not gouge you with “special fees.” The 2025 Bronco Badlands also sees a price drop, but not nearly as dramatic thanks to only reducing its MSRP by $900. Still, a drop in price is a win regardless of if it’s under $1,000.

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The Bad News, However...

But where Ford giveth, Ford also taketh away. While not necessarily due to Ford bringing the Bronco Base back for 2025, there will be four fewer trims available. The Black Diamond, Wildtrak, Everglades, and Heritage Limited Edition are all gone for 2025. According to Ford, the Stroppe Special Edition takes the place of the Wildtrak, but we’re unsure of the production volume of the Stroppe Special and so we’ll count this as a loss for the time being. Ford also has dropped the two-door versions of the Big Bend and Heritage models, meaning the only two-door Broncos available are Base, Badlands, and Stroppe Edition variants.

Therefore, for 2025, the Base Bronco will be one of five additional trims not mentioned so far. Those five will be the Big Bend, Outer Banks, Badlands, Raptor, and Heritage Edition (which was a trim that was separate from the Heritage Limited Edition). The hoop step is also now a dealer installed option on the Big Bend series where it was once a factory-installed option, the wireless charging pad is deleted from the High/Lux package. Other new option packages include the very cool Free Wheeling appearance package, as well as a new Black Appearance package; they're available on select trims, though the matte paint wrap is offered on every Bronco model.

There’s also more bad news on the pricing front with this latest update. While the Raptor and Badlands have decreased in price, the rest of the 2025 Bronco lineup increases with the largest being the Bronco Base at $1,100 more than it was in May. The next biggest increase goes to the Big Bend going up by $950 while the Outer Bands, Heritage Edition, and Stroppe Edition go up by $100.