2012 Wrangler information thread
JK Jedi
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Considering many will be paying north of $30,000, two things would be cool:
A) No water leaks (talk about the quality control people not giving a sh*t!)
B) The carpet install not looking like Ray Charles did it.
Love my 2011 Jeep but seriously, as these prices climb the quality better follow.
A) No water leaks (talk about the quality control people not giving a sh*t!)
B) The carpet install not looking like Ray Charles did it.
Love my 2011 Jeep but seriously, as these prices climb the quality better follow.
JK Super Freak
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From: SLC, Utah
JK Newbie
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From: Nashville
New Gears
From what I can tell the new 5 spd tranny will have a 3.59 1st gear ratio vs the current 4 spd's 2.84.
2011 4 spd auto 4.11 x 2.84=11.67
2012 5 spd auto 3.73 x 3.59=13.39
That would be like have a 4.71 rear with the 4spd
2011 4 spd auto 4.11 x 2.84=11.67
2012 5 spd auto 3.73 x 3.59=13.39
That would be like have a 4.71 rear with the 4spd
JK Enthusiast
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From: Cazenovia, NY
"We'd guess the creature-comfort attention Jeep is giving to the long-unrefined interior implies there may be bigger exterior and engineering changes in the next redesign, tentatively scheduled two years from now. We'll have to wait and see."
JK Jedi
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Think we will have to wait until next redesign for real changes. From Popular Mechanics this past December:
"We'd guess the creature-comfort attention Jeep is giving to the long-unrefined interior implies there may be bigger exterior and engineering changes in the next redesign, tentatively scheduled two years from now. We'll have to wait and see."
"We'd guess the creature-comfort attention Jeep is giving to the long-unrefined interior implies there may be bigger exterior and engineering changes in the next redesign, tentatively scheduled two years from now. We'll have to wait and see."
JK Enthusiast
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From: West Chester, PA
You have to figure it would be around there. 7 years is a long time to go with a model w/o major revisions anymore. Who knows though since the Wrangler doesn't have any real competition with the Defender having depareted the market. There is nothing as profitable as getting extra years out of your tooling and design. If no competition is pushing you to improve, they may hang on to the JK even longer.
JK Super Freak
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From: Central Ny
9 Lives
Didn't the CJ 7 go from 1976 to 1986 ? YJ, '87-95, TJ '96 -2006 (early release- bought one in the Spring of '96 ) Hopefully, the JK will go as long before sheet metal changes take place. The real driving force for change, once Fiat swallows Chrysler, will be the 2016 "Fuel Economy" standards, in the high 20s for light trucks- correct me if I'm wrong. The only way to get those figures would most likely be the -gasp! Diesel and /or major sheet metal design changes. Always an Adventure trying to read the Crystal Ball...
JK Enthusiast
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From: Cazenovia, NY
You have to figure it would be around there. 7 years is a long time to go with a model w/o major revisions anymore. Who knows though since the Wrangler doesn't have any real competition with the Defender having depareted the market. There is nothing as profitable as getting extra years out of your tooling and design. If no competition is pushing you to improve, they may hang on to the JK even longer.
JK Jedi
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When do those fuel econ regs go into effect?