Ford loves putting Easter eggs on its vehicles, from the Mustang logo etched into the pony car’s windshield to a Baja 1000 checkpoint map on the F-150 Raptor’s bed graphics. The new 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades is no exception, and folks are already going over the SUV with a fine-toothed comb. AutoPacific analyst Robby DeGraff has our favorite Twitter take yet: the fender graphic has a built-in ruler to help drivers measure water fording depth.
The Bronco Everglades overtly proclaims its namesake national park’s topographical map on that bodyside accent, but if you look close, you can see little horizontal notches in the vinyl that show the car’s paintwork beneath. These cutouts are spaced a few inches apart and could theoretically be used to measure water depth when fording a small body of water, and their placement should make them relatively easy to see from the side windows. We’ve emailed Ford to see if this was an intentional move or merely a happy accident, but we can’t imagine it’s the latter.
