It’s a point of modernity a vehicle conceived in the early 20th century. (Read more about how we rate cars.)Ī 3.6-liter V-6 powers every Jeep Wrangler. We rate it a 4 for performance, boosting it a point for all its off-road talent, and taking two away for handling and ride. That on-road performance costs it points, however. It’s as if it only wakes up when the asphalt disappears. Sloppy, archaic, and raw on the road, the 2018 Jeep Wrangler is peerless off-road. The instrument panels and door panels are nicely contoured, and details are outfitted with bezels or given a machined look. The look and feel is still brief, upright, and businesslike. The drab, hard-plastic dashboard and trim of a few years ago are now history, elbow rests and other areas have soft-touch padding, and there’s interior courtesy lighting underneath the instrument panel and in the cupholder areas. Over the years, it’s the interior of the Wrangler that’s changed most, and that’s mostly a good thing. There’s a Willys silhouette painted into the wheel pockets, one etched into the windshield’s edge mask, and Jeep icons show up in the lighting.
That doesn’t mean fun gets boxed in, though. Function still rules the way the Wrangler looks, from its external door hinges to its removable doors to its fold-down windshield. It’s an unmistakable outline with flat panels, boxed fenders, and a traditional seven-slot grille (not the thin, effete version on the Cherokee et al). Rife with military heritage, the 2018 Wrangler doesn’t look like anything else on the road.
We give the Wrangler two extra points for its flattering rendition of its classic shape, for a total of 7. In between these camps, the Wrangler’s shape defies age. At the same time, Jeep enthusiasts can catalogue the migration from squared headlights to round ones, year by year. It’s called Craigslist.Ĭivilians look at the Jeep Wrangler from last century, and from today, and see little change. You’d think there’s opportunity for the best scratch-and-dent sale on earth with the Wrangler, and there is. In Wrangler Rubicon territory, the Jeep’s sticker pushes past the $45,000 mark.
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Jeep wraps more expensive Wranglers with leather, fits them with touchscreen satellite radios and Bluetooth and navigation. (Unlimiteds are better, but it’s relative.) Or the poor souls who tackle its soft top on a regular basis give us the relatively simple Freedom Top and its removable hard panels.Ĭrash-test scores are miserable, and base two-door Wranglers omit air conditioning and power equipment, even for a mid-$20,000 price. It has to be a cult, because no other logic explains the folks who daily-drive the Wrangler with its noisy cabin, cramped rear seats (on two-doors), and its jiggly and unrefined on-road ride. It’s an extraordinary vehicle for those extraordinary circumstances. Electronic controls crop up where they make sense, in the form of hill-start assist and sway-bar disconnect. There’s nothing quite competitive with the Wrangler, from its skid-plated underbody to its extreme approach and departure angles, its choice of axle ratios, its wide palette of tires and top designs, all of which compile into an unparalleled off-road ride. Off-road, it’s an entirely different story. It manages respectable fuel economy, but the Wrangler’s heel is its nervous stance and wandering steering that keep us from daily-driving one. It’s sent through a 5-speed automatic that’s better than it sounds or a 6-speed manual. The Wrangler’s V-6 prioritizes torque at the low end, and supplements 285 horsepower with a healthy dab of grit. The convertible SUV has a modern and useful interior by Jeep standards, but it lacks even the niceties you’d find in a new Jeep Compass. The core still is intact, from the fold-down windshield to exterior hinges for the removable doors. It’s still recognizable as the same World War II-vintage shape, though it’s become faintly progressive with LED lighting and other minor details. (Read more about how we rate cars.)Īerodynamic as a barn door, the Wrangler silhouette is shorthand for off-roading. It does one thing extremely well-off-road driving-but falls down in almost every other category we measure. The Wrangler JK is offered in Sport, Sport S, Sahara, and Rubicon editions, the 2018 Jeep Wrangler earns a 4.8 out of 10 on our ratings scale. We rate the Wrangler JL separately and would advise shoppers to consider that model first.
The new Wrangler-dubbed Wrangler JL-is far different than this Wrangler-dubbed Wrangler JK. This year, a new Wrangler arrives and will be sold alongside the old Wrangler for a short time. The 2018 Jeep Wrangler skips over the on-road part of the driving test, and heads straight for the hills.
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