As long you choose the right line.Want to help Support this website? Click Here for more details. It's a quirky vehicle to be sure, but it gives you the freedom to go anywhere. With many other additional extras, my test model tops out at $47,620.īuying a Jeep means buying into a lifestyle. Adding to the bottom line is the optional five-speed automatic transmission for $1,350 and the 4.10 axle ratio for $695. My test model came with the top-of-the-line Hard Rock option package for $4,800, which includes a soft top, heated seats and steel front and rear bumpers. The 2016 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited starts at $36,495. It looks a little odd, but it has the excellent Range Rover terrain response system. If you're looking for a bit more luxury, Land Rover offers the Range Rover Evoque in a convertible. Both will give you more towing capabilities, and the Colorado is available with a 2.8-liter Duramax turbo diesel. I mean, how many convertible body-on-frame SUVs can you think of? In terms of off-road prowess you might want to look at the Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road or the Chevrolet Colorado Z71. The Jeep Wrangler dominates its own category. The Freedom panels are meant to be stored in your garage, so plan your freedom accordingly. After placing them in the back for a day of driving, I found the paint to be scratched. It's not quick and there is no designated place to put them, although you can get an optional storage bag.
The panels, constituting the front half of the top, come off only after several latches have been undone and two large screw-in fixtures have been removed. My Wrangler Unlimited came with the hard-top Freedom panels, which take the podium for worst marketing lingo. Instead you get a GPS with dated-looking graphics from Garmin and no backup camera.
There is a 6.5-inch touchscreen display, but the Wrangler is not loaded with FCA's excellent Uconnect system. EPA fuel ratings are 16 miles per gallon in the city, 20 miles per gallon on the highway and 18 miles per gallon combined. The tires are noisy on the pavement and don't do your gas mileage any favors. That is to say, a bit floaty and with enough body roll to make you hit the brakes before each and every turn, even the slow sweepers. On the road it, well, it drives like a Jeep. My ego, however, was crushed.īut like all things in life, the Wrangler is not perfect. As it was, I had no choice but to build a bridge under my open tire with my Maxtrax recovery boards and reverse out of it.Ī few bangs and crashes to the skid plates later and I was at the bottom of the rock pile, the Jeep no worse for the wear.
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Had I placed my front driver tire just 2 inches to the left, I would have been OK. I looked out the door (because of course I had taken the doors off) and realized I was off my intended mark. The BF Goodrich KO2 tires were trying their damnedest, but I'd gotten a rear wheel up in the air and the rocks were too slick for the remaining three tires to get a purchase. I was halfway up the rock pile before I realized I'd put myself in a precarious situation. Unfortunately, all the axle ratios in the world won't help you if you pick the wrong line. When paired with the super-low gearing it's possible to crawl over weighty obstacles with low speed and greater control. Sure, the axle ratio will cost you about $700, but it puts more torque to each wheel. Dana 44 heavy-duty front and rear locking axles, disconnecting front sway bar, 10 inches of ground clearance all are essential to getting to the top of the rock pile, but the keys are the 4:1 low gearing and the 4.10 axle ratio. Still, this gas-powered dirt genius gets all the off-road goodies a wheeler could want.
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