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NOVEMBER 11, 2016
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A BATTLE HARDENED VETERAN: Rugged off-road running is what the Jeep Wrangler is all about.
Jeep Wrangler 75th anniversary By EWAN KENNEDY The mud part of the look is by way of dark bronze wheels, roof rails, grilles, and the foglight and taillight surrounds. Bronze ’75 Years 1941’ badges mark the occasion. Clever, almost hidden, touches include a tiny black Jeep in profile on the lower-right corner of the inside of the windscreen, and a similar frontal grilleand-headlight in black under the interior mirror. There are more of these neat touches, why not wander down to your local Jeep dealer and check for yourself. The seats have a debossed (the
opposite of embossed) 75th Anniversary logo and are trimmed in a black and vinyl combo. Again there are bronze details. Overall, the 75th theme works well and grabbed plenty of comments from people who saw it. Interestingly, not just from Jeep enthusiasts, but from people who just like something out of the ordinary. Our test Wrangler was powered by a 3.6-litre V6 petrol engine. Introduced in 2012, this modern twincam unit puts out 209 kW of power, with 347 Nm to torque. Torque comes on strong from just 1800 revs, so provides diesel-like grunt that’s
perfect for off-road driving. A five-speed automatic transmission is likely to be the biggest seller and though it seems to be cheating in some ways to drive a tough 4WD with a self-shifter there’s no doubt it’s simpler to drive in the tough on-road conditions that are likely to be the playground of the typical Wrangler. As part of the 75th Anniversary celebrations Jeep took us to the Parachilna area of the Flinders Ranges a few months back. There we played on claypans and sand dunes, as well as traversing rugged offroad sections that may never have felt tyres before. Great fun.
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JEEP Wrangler is a descendant of the World War II Jeep, which has been referred to as “the car that won a war”. That versatile little 1941 4WD played a major part in communications and the movement of the men and equipment on all fronts during that horrible period. Jeep has introduced a 75th anniversary version of the Wrangler to celebrate that original military Jeep. Renegade, Cherokee and Grand Cherokee have also been built, but our road test vehicle this week is the Wrangler – the roughest, toughest Jeep of them all. The 75th Anniversary Wrangler has a ‘military-green-and-mud’ look.
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