wendell wrote:
I disagree, I'ld rather have a tj, yj, or cj. The plastic fenders look cheesey, it's new gruth is not a benifit on tighter trails. the v6 sucks compared to the inline 4.0, it looks good on paper, but for real world wheeling, people are gonna miss the lowend power of the 4.0. The 4.0 made 90% of it's torque below 2000 rpm's. They didn't even give us an ohc engine, but a cam in block mini van motor. I heard this is only temperary untill they can shoehorn the new 4.0 v-6 in there, lets hope so. When the wrangler L.O.S.T. the inline 6 and 4, that was it's last tie to it's true jeep heritage, it's no longer a jeep, but a chrysler. The I-6 was the last thing designed by american motors and it was a knock off from earlier kaiser willy's engines. It's the end of an erra I saw a new 4-door yesterday, it favored a hummer from the side, jeep should set the standard, not copy something else. The new wrangler isn't bad persay, but you can see the direction jeep is headed, can you say "compass" anyone !!!!!!
Don't compare the new Wrangler to the Compass. Compass doesn't have solid axles or a true low-range. No locking diffs. No ground clearance. No swaybar disconnects.
I'll tell you this: There is a big reason that Jeep decided to add a 4 door to the lineup. The Army has wanted a replacement for the HMMWV for a while now and it looks like the new Unlimited is what they asked for. Imagine a JK unlimited with D60 axles and a diesel. Armored not only for rocks but for 7.62x39 and RPGs and you have something ready for Baghdad (or Tehran, Pyongyang, Damascus, etc)
I'm interested to see what GM comes up with as far as competition. I pray that its not an H3...
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