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New Ford Bronco will debut on July 9. Yes, O.J. Simpson's birthday
Ford Motor Co. plans to reveal the all-new Ford Bronco on July 9, which falls on the birthday of Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson.Simpson, a former football star, is known internationally for being in a white Ford Bronco that aired on live TV leading a massive police chase on June 17, 1994, after being charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. "I gotta believe this is a mistake. Didn't anybody look at the calendar?" said John McElroy, veteran industry observer and Autoline.tv host. "Ford Motor Co. does not want to correlate the launch of such an iconic and important vehicle with a police chase with a notorious" person. "Everybody in the world knew that O.J. was fleeing in a white Ford Bronco." The chase, a 60-mile slow-speed pursuit, was carried live on national TV. It was watched by 95 million people, according to KNSD-TV, the NBC affiliate in San Diego Posted by: Beavis 2020-06-16 |
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