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| 2012 Jeep Wrangler |
2012 Jeep Wrangler bests its ancestors in two competitions: luxury and power.
2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara model is equipped with 17 inch tires, a sports tuned suspension and quality cloth seats. 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon model is equipped with the same equipment as the Sahara.
Like anxious friends and family crowding around a newborn babe, automotive journalists besieged the stage as Chrysler’s CEO, Sergio Marchioness, mounted the podium to announce the upcoming birth of Jeep’s protégé, the 2012 Jeep Wrangler.
Also, certain Wrangler models have suffered from poor build quality and low reliability ratings, such as the 2011 model’s 6.3/10.0 rating by U.S. News & World Report.
Recent Wrangler models have garnered decent scores from the NHTSA and IIHS. The 2011 4-door model without optional side airbags won the Irish’s top score for frontal-offset tests but its lowest score in side-impact tests. The 2-door Wrangler has a 25-30 percent chance of rollover. The 2012 Jeep Wrangler bests its ancestors in two competitions: luxury and power.
There are several worthy Wrangler challengers. The 2012 Jeep Wrangler will be faster and stronger than before.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the model now gets up to 17 mpg city and 21 mpg highway, good for 18 mpg combined when saddled with a five-speed automatic or a six-speed manual transmission. The four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited shown above has also benefited from the pent star engine – its fuel economy has increased to 16 mpg city and 21 mpg highway when equipped with a six-speed manual transmission
