2025 Ford Bronco Sport Gets the Off-Road Sasquatch Treatment

 The baby Bronco becomes the baby 'Squatch with beefier 29-inch tires, better rear dampers, and tow-hook-toting steel bumpers.

• The 2025 Ford Bronco Sport adds an off-road-focused Sasquatch package like the bigger Bronco.
• The 'Squatch kit includes chunkier all-terrain tires, steel bumpers with hearty tow hooks, and better rear dampers on the Badlands model.
• The Bronco Sport Sasquatch models will go on sale early next year, with the Outer Banks starting around $41K and the Badlands approaching $45K.

The Ford Bronco Sport is known as the baby Bronco, as it's the smaller unibody version of the larger body-on-frame Bronco. For 2025, Ford bequeaths the little one a Sasquatch off-road package inspired by its big brother's kit. So we're just going to go ahead and call the new Bronco Sport Sasquatch the baby 'Squatch. Ain't that cute?

Honey, I Shrunk the Sasquatch

Since it debuted a few years back, the Bronco Sport has existed as the more rugged alternative to the Ford Escape. Both play in the compact-SUV segment, with the Bronco Sport featuring standard all-wheel drive and an appearance that apes the big Bronco's retro look. Most models have a 180-hp turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder with an eight-speed automatic. The Badlands has the same transmission, albeit with steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters, but it alone has the 2.0-liter turbo four that now makes 238 horsepower (down from last year's 245 ponies). Its towing capacity also rises from 2200 to 2700 pounds, with the three-pot engine now capable of tugging 2200 pounds (up 200).

Bronco Sport shoppers who want the best chance of making it through (relatively) tough terrain will gravitate toward the top-of-the-line Badlands. Its standard equipment includes a 1.0-inch lift, all-terrain tires, a torque-vectoring twin-clutch rear differential, underbody skid plates, and upgraded suspension bits. Adding the new Sasquatch package takes its toughness up a notch, and that upgraded setup is available on the Outer Banks too.

Every baby Squatch rolls on a set of Goodyear Territory all-terrain tires. Measuring 235/65R-17, they stand 29 inches tall and have a reinforced sidewall and a knobby tread pattern. These new tires replace the similarly sized Falken Wildpeaks that previously came on the Badlands; it now comes standard with 28.5-inch-tall Continental all-terrains. Also, its monotube rear dampers are swapped for a beefier pair of position-sensitive Bilstein units with remote reservoirs that provide better cushioning at high speeds. Only the Badlands Sasquatch has those shocks, not the Outer Banks version. The top 'Squatch also has a higher approach angle (31.2 vs 24.1 degrees) and a slightly higher breakover angle of 21.7 degrees; its 8.7 inches of ground clearance is virtually identical.