Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon Road Test

Admit that you must love misery choose to drive a Jeep Wrangler every day. Interior cramped, complicated access to the cockpit, rather just acceleration, short to long, but we made it ... War has been over for 66 years. This seems stuck in Jeep conservatism so while the rest of the automotive industry advance in leaps and bounds.

I admit, however, that when you have to move beyond mountains and mountains with something better than a bike, the Wrangler has none. And if we carry more than two people comfortably, then comes in the Wrangler Unlimited: Jeep "universal" Modern Family. Five hundred twenty-three millimeters which provide more living space for four people and a safe large enough to carry the equipment of a bivouac?

Few real competitors!

You buy the Wrangler Unlimited for work or leisure, or simply to express a state of mind, it is difficult to find a substitute. One of the few that comes to mind is the Nissan Xterra, a modern mat that offers a level of comfort, refinement and driveability much higher.

There is also the Toyota FJ Cruiser, a vehicle with off-road capabilities have been repeatedly demonstrated by his supporters. But it has only two doors ... or three, if you count the very large and heavy back door. Nevertheless, the comparison is because the FJ is as long and heavy as a Wrangler Unlimited. It is even wider and higher.

These three vehicles exhibit the same mass, two tonnes few pounds closely. In addition, they are animated by comparable displacement V6. Only two Japanese have a clear advantage on the Jeep. Their engine double overhead camshafts head, more modern design, is strong (about sixty horses in both cases) and, most importantly, it produces more torque than the V6 camshaft central Jeep: 40 lb-ft more in the case of FJ and 50 for the Xterra. That is probably why we see generally in Unlimited Span right on the highway. But anyway, you can enjoy much more of the Jeep making him step over an obstacle at the speed of a turtle!

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