Ecodiesel for JL....
#11
JK Junkie
#12
When I mean "serious" towing, I mean the Wrangler truck needs to be able to tow more than 3,000lbs. My wife's old '94 Subaru Legacy can tow 3,000lbs. C'mon.
#14
JK Enthusiast
Hopefully with the new platform comes better brakes, better control software and better towing. The long wheelbase of a crew cab pickup will hopefully match the towing capabilities of at least the Tacoma or Canyon / Colorado, otherwise I don't see the point of competing in the segment. Sure a live axle front hasn't been seen on a midsize pick-up since the early 90s, but that is not going to move units. Brand loyalty can only go so far.
#15
Hopefully with the new platform comes better brakes, better control software and better towing. The long wheelbase of a crew cab pickup will hopefully match the towing capabilities of at least the Tacoma or Canyon / Colorado, otherwise I don't see the point of competing in the segment. Sure a live axle front hasn't been seen on a midsize pick-up since the early 90s, but that is not going to move units. Brand loyalty can only go so far.
#16
I am really really really hoping they improve the towing capacity to make the pickup more viable, but with the trend in diesel mini/half-ton trucks on the rise, I see non-Jeepers looking for better fuel mileage trucks. A diesel is going to open up that market to new owners who want a small work truck that doesnt get 12 mpg.
I see a high probability that the diesel will come in the pickup
I see a high probability that the diesel will come in the pickup
#17
We can kiss the diesel option bye bye thanks to another emissions scam. I have always wondered if VW needed to do it with a 4 cylinder how the heck are the others passing without cheating? I guess we are starting to get that answer one manufacturer at a time. I hope I'm totally wrong.
#18
JK Freak
We can kiss the diesel option bye bye thanks to another emissions scam. I have always wondered if VW needed to do it with a 4 cylinder how the heck are the others passing without cheating? I guess we are starting to get that answer one manufacturer at a time. I hope I'm totally wrong.
#19
JK Enthusiast
Talking with someone that owns an MB diesel Sprinter workvan and he said with now that the diesels are having to have the exhaust fluid the engines are becoming less reliable. Sounds like the typical one step forward two steps back thing to me, cleaner air but more breakdowns and maintenance and an article I read several years ago was stating how much the UK regretted pushing diesels in their market because of emissions.
#20
JK Enthusiast
In the 90's gas emissions made a lot of those engines "unreliable" diesel is just going through the same thing. It will eventually catch up. It can be done as there are plenty of diesels that meet the emissions requirements.