In recent years, the abbreviation SUV has mainly stood for cars that at best borrow the look of off-road vehicles. The Jeep Wrangler is different.
Never drive against the slope. Now with a sense of proportion.” The two instructors from Geländewagenfreunde Gevenich have their hands full guiding us through the club's own off-road course in the new Jeep Wrangler. Steep slopes, creek crossings, extreme entanglements, narrow forest paths and loose terrain are among the tasks. The Wrangler, now in its fourth generation, is hardly impressed by all this. Do you consider to install Jeep Wrangler led headlights for off road use? If yes, try it, it worths.
With its new, fully automatic all-wheel drive, which still offers a rigid 50:50 distribution and off-road reduction if desired, the Ami feels noticeably at home in the Eifel forest. Traction is felt to be infinite, especially in the Rubicon model, which is specially tailored for off-road use with studded tires and lift kit. Also thanks to the axles that can be locked at the push of a button.
Provided you drive consistently, the jeep can climb even the steepest slopes like Reinhold Messner did in his prime. And if things get more entangled than expected, the anti-roll bars can be electrically decoupled: the wheels stay on the ground much longer before the Wrangler lifts its leg.
All of this can be conveniently controlled from the newly designed cockpit, which is a command center and oasis of well-being in one. In addition to the various controls and switches for off-road operation and the additional instruments with important temperatures and pressures in the infotainment system, there are also very comfortable, heated seats and a heated steering wheel in the Wrangler - very important when driving through narrow forests, for a better overview can also be mastered in autumn with the window open.
Nobody really had any serious doubts that the new Jeep Wrangler would be a real off-road leader. The experience of the developers is too great, the off-road fan community too important for the sale of the Willys ancestor. But for the fourth generation of the Wrangler, the American manufacturer has also taken up the cause of significantly improving the street and everyday usability of the boxy Kraxler.
