Yet another unique collection of Ford options and accessories aimed at creating "an SUV born to breathe when the air gets thick and designed to press on when the trail turns others around," presumably it is water features that Ford reckons this Bronco will trudge through while other SUVs chicken out. As the name suggests, the Everglades model is optimized for deeper water running. This kid brother of the Raptor could therefore be nicknamed Swampter.

The functional foundation of the 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades is a four-door Black Diamond model outfitted with the Mid package trim content, the off-road Sasquatch package, a molded-in-color hard top with a roof rack and crossbars, and with the 2.3-liter turbocharged EcoBoost I-4 with a 10-speed automatic. To this ($49,730) foundational Bronco, Ford adds the following to transform it into an Everglades:

• A heavy-duty modular Ford Performance bumper outfitted with a Zeon 10-S Warn winch and protective safari bar

• Raised air vent plumbing for the front and rear axles, transfer case, and transmission to increase the safe wading depth from 33.5 to 36.4 inches

• An air snorkel to help exclude dust, snow, and water from the engine intake

Ford's first factory-installed engine intake snorkel snakes its way out of the engine compartment, over the side-view mirror mounts, and up the passenger-side A-pillar to inhale clean air when traveling in convoy on a dusty road. Its party trick is an open vent piece and blanking plate that can mount interchangeably to the front or rear of the unit by removing three Bronco wordmark bolts on each. So when it's raining or snowing hard, the engine can inhale from the back side; otherwise air can rush in from the front. Note that, as with other such devices, this is not an underwater breathing apparatus for the engine, which is why the fording depth is listed as 36.4 inches, not 70, roughly the height of the snorkel's opening.

The Bronco Everglades starts at $54,495. That's just $1,515 more than a Badlands 2.3-liter automatic model with the same Sasquatch/Mid pack/hard top/roof rails combo, which seems a pretty fair deal for the winch and snorkel, given that Ford Performance charges $3,500 for the winch, which is otherwise incompatible with the Black Diamond model. Reservation holders will be able to convert to Everglades models beginning in March for deliveries … later. Perhaps after another compelling model or two come out enticing reservation holders to switch their orders again.