Desert

Ford has announced something that off-road racing enthusiasts will be thrilled to hear. The Bronco DR is a limited-edition production desert racing truck based on the four-door Bronco SUV. Rather than utilizing a smaller displacement turbo engine like the production Bronco, Ford fits the DR with a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine.

Bugatti is planning on building an extremely limited-edition run of its high-end Centodieci hypercars. Even though the company plans to build only 10 Centodieci cars, its testing regime remains the same. Recently the Italian automaker confirmed the vehicle had completed its high-temperature desert testing.

Ford intends to take the new Bronco racing in a big way, and the company has unveiled three Bronco 4400 series race trucks. They will compete in the King of the Hammers off-road racing event that kicked off on February 2 and running through Saturday in Johnson Valley, California.

I happened to be in Nevada already, so it was a pleasant surprise when I found out it was the same weekend that the Polaris RZR Mint 400 Presented by BFGoodrich Tires off-road race (aka “The Mint 400“) was going on.