8:05 am
Club President
April 2, 2003
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/...../12263411/
Heading back to 4-cyl motors?
They ought to offer one model with a very base motor that gets 26 MPG. Then, still sell the better set up that people want!
10:14 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline They need to face facts; People don't buy Wranglers for the "gas mileage".
Besides, speaking of "traditions", didn't Jeep used to put v-8s in their Wranglers? I think they need to re-visit that option.
If they produced a Wrangler with D60s, a V-8 engine, and manual hubs, I'd be the first in line 
I used to wheel a lot. . .
12:05 pm
Club Member
January 20, 2009
Offline If their going that route they should just offer a 4 banger, 2WD model and call it the Poser!
12:14 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline JohnDF said
They need to face facts; People don't buy Wranglers for the "gas mileage".
Besides, speaking of "traditions", didn't Jeep used to put v-8s in their Wranglers? I think they need to re-visit that option.
If they produced a Wrangler with D60s, a V-8 engine, and manual hubs, I'd be the first in line
It's 40-50K now for a base Rubicon. How much would you seriously pay for a hemi D60 Jeep?
If they offerred a Hemi, manual, e-locked REAR D60, front D44 Rubicon model, I'd sell my orange jeep and pay quite a bit for one. I think it would be in the 50s range for a half door-soft top model.
12:16 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline k-jeep said
If their going that route they should just offer a 4 banger, 2WD model and call it the Poser!
You joke but seriously I think they should sell it. It would meet the mileage requirements for the model and there would be some people who'd buy one. Plus it would make a great teaser ad car.
Then they should offer a version like I stated above.
12:35 pm
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline BKGM Jeepers said
JohnDF said
They need to face facts; People don't buy Wranglers for the "gas mileage".
Besides, speaking of "traditions", didn't Jeep used to put v-8s in their Wranglers? I think they need to re-visit that option.
If they produced a Wrangler with D60s, a V-8 engine, and manual hubs, I'd be the first in lineIt's 40-50K now for a base Rubicon. How much would you seriously pay for a hemi D60 Jeep?
If they offerred a Hemi, manual, e-locked REAR D60, front D44 Rubicon model, I'd sell my orange jeep and pay quite a bit for one. I think it would be in the 50s range for a half door-soft top model.
While we're at it, let's include serious skid plates and functional bumpers and tire carriers. If the Jeep you mentioned came "turn-key" and all I had to add was a winch, lift and tires, I'd pay $60,000 for it and end up saving a bundle on all those upgrades. I think they could sell a bunch of them for that price, big savings over an AEV built.
I used to wheel a lot. . .
5:39 pm
Club Member
September 3, 2008
Offline I'll take one...of the built jeeps.
Um...what?
7:58 am
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline I fully agree with Johns comments above and will ping Jeep today on this. Any thoughts on what they will respond with?
10:59 am
Club Member
July 10, 2003
Offline They will probably send you over to AEV
I used to wheel a lot. . .
11:34 am
May 4, 2004
Offline I'll be devil's advocate for a moment. I'd actually welcome a lighter weight Jeep Wrangler, as long as it wasn't crippled in the process. Wranglers have been popular towed vehicles for the RV crowd. I've considered a JK Unlimited and think it would be an exceptional towed vehicle except that it's stock weight is near the 5,000 towing capacity of many RV's, including mine. By the time it was accessorized to make it trail worthy it would be well overweight.
3:33 pm
Club President
April 2, 2003
Offline Fred said
I'll be devil's advocate for a moment. I'd actually welcome a lighter weight Jeep Wrangler, as long as it wasn't crippled in the process. Wranglers have been popular towed vehicles for the RV crowd. I've considered a JK Unlimited and think it would be an exceptional towed vehicle except that it's stock weight is near the 5,000 towing capacity of many RV's, including mine. By the time it was accessorized to make it trail worthy it would be well overweight.
Sounds like you'd be against the new small diesel they are discussing adding. Eventhough it would be in the 26MPG range. I bet that adds even more weight.
4:24 pm
May 4, 2004
Offline BKGM Jeepers said
Sounds like you'd be against the new small diesel they are discussing adding. Eventhough it would be in the 26MPG range. I bet that adds even more weight.
I like the idea of the diesel but the weight could be prohibitive. If they could keep the Wrangler's overall weight under 4,000 lbs it could work.
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