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Sasquatch packages can be installed on the Outer Banks or Badlands models
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Sasquatches add Bilstein shocks, all-terrain tires, skid plates and other off-road accessories
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Every Bronco Sport 2025 is equipped with a 12.3-inch instrument cluster and a 13.2-inch touchscreen
For mythologists, the Sasquatch is a large bipedal primate that lurks in the forests of North America. For Ford, the Sasquatch is an off-road package destined to track down or become that legend through dale and dale. This year, the package migrates from the big-footed Bronco to the smaller track of the 2025 BroncoSport.
While it is not an equal upgrade between the two distinctly different models, it is a similar approach. Both have 17-inch carbon-look alloy wheels, but 29 inch Goodyear Territory All-Terrain Tires (235/65/R17) fill the Bronco Sport’s smaller depressions. With similar reinforced sidewalls and open treads as the 35-inch Goodyear Territory Mud Terrains on the Bronco, the Bronco Sport Sasquatch battled through muddy ruts deep in the shaded forests of Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.
During a short, curated test drive with pre-production models of the Badlands in Ford’s newest and fifth Bronco SUV Location outside Knoxville, the new Bronco Sport Sasquatch proved to be more powerful than the Subaru Forester Wilderness (model year 2025) and more promising than the rest of Jeep’s compact crossover line, which extends to the Compass Trailhawk.
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
Ford has glued five steel skid plates under the body of the Bronco Sport Sasquatch, which is 1.5 cm higher than the Bronco Sport Badlands to 8.8 inches. An accessory bar arches from the front skid plate, two integrated tow hooks bolt to the subframe, and the raised rear bumper has D-rings for recovery that sit at knee height. Even with the Sasquatch’s standard trailer hitch and the Badlands’ 2,700-pound towing capacity, the modular bumpers have a departure angle of up to 31.2 degrees (30.0 degrees on the Badlands without the Sasquatch package) and a departure angle of 27.9 degrees (26.7 degrees standard on the Badlands).
Without the benefit of rock rails, Ford had no problem showing off those slightly improved angles over a rock pile. The Sasquatch stopped with three wheels down and raised its apron to show off the skid plates that covered the engine, transmission and fuel tank. The Bronco Sport’s flared skid plates were much heavier than those on the Toyota RAV4 TRD, making the Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness’ plastic cover look like a joke.
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
The Sasquatch scales either the Outer Banks model and its turbocharger 1.5-litre 3-cylinder or the Badlands and their 2.0-litre turbo-4. The turbo-3 still makes the same 181 hp and 250 Nm of torque, and the 8-speed automatic sends power to all four wheels. Ford says the power-transfer unit tuning has been improved on all Bronco Sports. The turbo-4 still makes 245 hp and 350 Nm, but with premium fuel it can get up to 250 hp and 350 Nm.
The big change to the Sasquatch version of the Turbo-4 is a larger fanfrom 650 watts to 850 watts to allow the Badlands Sasquatch to drive harder, faster and longer at high speeds, likely in Rally mode. For the first time, the Outer Banks Sasquatch gets the Badlands’ dual-clutch rear-wheel drive unit and limited-slip differential on the rear axle to redirect torque to each of the rear wheels.
The MacPherson struts at the front remain, while the Badlands Sasquatch improvements to the rear suspension Bilstein shock absorbers with three-position passive damping that promises better absorption of compression and rebound at higher speeds while still providing a crossover-like ride comfort on the road. We were unable to test this promise.
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
The walk through the forests of the Badlands took about 12 minutes, enough to get lost in the cool display graphics on the new Standard 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster. The Badlands Sasquatch has seven modes that you can cycle through using the console selector, and the console is now flanked by grab handles. The graphics change for each mode, so you don’t have to look at the dial at every notch. It adds Rally and Rock Crawl to the Normal, Eco, Sport, Slippery and Offroad modes on other models.
With a cool incline and roll meter and other important off-road graphics in the center of the display, some of the smaller icons can get lost. For example, the new one-pedal drive mode, which acts as a crawl control, lets you just press the accelerator to go up or down a steep, slippery slope. Let go of the accelerator and the brake will hold the Bronco Sport even on a slope without the driver having to apply the brake. To know the mode is on, there’s a small green icon in the bottom right of the display.
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
2025 Ford Bronco Sport with Sasquatch package
The Limited-slip differential on the rear axle The light is similarly large and glows orange in the center left of the display, opposite the stability control icon on the right. You have to know what to look for, but it remains uncluttered and owners should get used to knowing where to look to see what is active.
In Off-Road or Rally mode, an off-road camera system is activated. 13.2 inch touchscreen this is now standard across the lineup. New viewing angles allow you to see under the front axle, and even Bronco Sports without the Sasquatch package but with the surround-view camera system allow you to look down to the front wheels.
The hood still has two peaks, but the corner visors of the larger Bronco. The edges are enough to see where the hood ends, and anything left to chance can be checked by the camera system. Two front fender mounts also pop out from each fender near the front doors. Each of these can strap 150 pounds to the roof and likely provide more stability for longer roof items like paddleboards and canoes. There are also four auxiliary switches on the inside of the roof to activate any of the many accessories offered by Ford, from driving lights to superchargers.
If deep-diving in pursuit of the Sasquatch isn’t your thing, a Black Diamond package gives Big Bend models the Sasquatch look, but without the Bilsteins or rear locking differential.
The 2025 Bronco Sport goes on sale in late 2024 for $31,590, with a retail price of $1,595, with models with the Sasquatch package following in early 2025. Order banks open today. The Sasquatch is out there.
Ford paid for the Motor Authority’s three-hour trip to Sasquatch country.
