Jeep Wrangler test drive since 2006 SUV

Jeep Wrangler at Rubicon

For a long time I dreamed of trying Jeep Wrangler in the Rubicon version. This car is one of the very few originally intended by the desperate conquerors of the off -road. The name Rubicon is assigned to it for a reason.
In California, there is the famous Rubicon Trail (Rubicon Path) Mecca of American jeepers and an impromptu testing ground for most SUV models. A narrow path, littered with huge stones, steeply rises from the valley to the artificial lake Lun-Lake, standard SUVs can cope with it far from everyone. As you know, the name of the configuration implies the full readiness of the car to drive along Rubicon Trail.
True to traditions
When I took him to the test, there was a rain, and there was minus three outside, so that the car was covered with an ice crust. While the engine warmed up, looked at the car from the inside. Yes, since I sold my last faithful Wrangler YJ, these cars have changed a lot! The decoration became richer, the pilot's workplace is more complicated. But the ideology of the machine has been completely preserved. Only instead of a poker under the wheel, a machine gun selector between the seats. And so no electroregulations of mirrors, climate control and electrical systems a real male car. And most importantly, he remained a transformer: the roof and doors are completely removed, leaving you alone with the forces of nature. But, however, it's time to move: the engine has not really warmed up, and the glass has already thawed Wrangler has always been famous for the excellent heater.
Two legs two pedals
The road was struck by high exchange rate stability. Oh yes, this car is five-door, long-border. Wow, and with the turns in the parking lot, I did not notice the turatism remained almost the same as that of a short jeep. Eh, how nice it is with a good automatic in the city! And, of course, with a powerful gasoline engine. I pressed the gas and you are in the ladies. And do not wait until the motor gains momentum, or push a kikdown. I pressed the right pedal to half the course and you are already far ahead.
Miracle bamper
Oh, these laws on passive security! Bamers of SUVs because of them acquired a completely ugly appearance. The abuse of world auto -building and Jeep Wrangler did not get out of an outstanding additional nose. But American engineers were able to find benefits here. Nobody respected the old Wrangler. And this one, with his sinister beak, in which the small eyes of the tumor gleam evil, looks much more solid, but what about the overhang? The cunning shape of the lower part of the front bumper helped to avoid the negative consequences of off -road partially, thanks to it, the entry angle had not had to be sacrificed.
Jeep he is only one!
Yes, the Rubicon set is real strength. People spend a lot of money and time, preparing expeditionary machines in a tuning studio. And here everything is already in a serial car. We are going on the back drive where recently tested crossovers could not drive at all. What is there, we do not turn on the four -wheel drive in those places where on the elevated Cherokee crawled in low gear. The wheels of 31 inches in the standard allow even a long -drawn machine to be easy to drive through a leales, and the automatic blocking of the differential of the rear axle does not allow you to get hooked when hanging. We switch to an off -road mode for this, just turn on the four -wheel drive and press the button of disconnecting the front stabilizer of theontal stability. The course becomes soft and at the same time elastic. And our heads stop swaying, like Chinese blades. Interestingly, what can he be in reduced gear and inter -coil locks? I could not keep myself from a small jeep on a motocross highway. Both locks of inter -normal differentials are included in the same button. Consistently. First the back, then the front. They turn off in the reverse order. With an open front stabilizer and blocked differentials, a car can adequately compete with prepared trial machines in the Standard class. And if you attach your hands and just unscrew the rear reptile stabilizer? Then the articulation should become just fantastic. I remember that I was preparing my old spring Wrangler: you just unscrew the traction of Panar and stabilizers and get a completely different car, with a huge passage of the suspension and articulation of bridges. And here there are already locks, and under the 33rd wheels you need a minimum elevator (enough 2.5 inches). There are quite enough standard Rubicon defense. Automatic transmission and handout are covered with a powerful design. Protection of the fuel tank is so strong that the designers were not afraid to attach directly to it the protection of the distribution box. But the absorber of fuel tank fuels was cynically unprotected under his belly, still not to affect maximum speed and cross -country ability if they fall off.

Matter: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited
 

 
The most important quality of the real Jeep Wrangler is the opportunity to ride without a roof and doors. Have you tried it? Well, then you just can’t understand this buzz. You can say thousands of words about this and not explain anything. You just need to try once. The drunken wind of freedom, the smells of nature, the sun above the head. A oblique look to the side: And so the soil can be touched with your hands! All sounds from the car disappear except the roar of the jeep engine become quiet, like the best limousines. Complete unity with nature. The review is simply amazing, especially if you do not forget to throw the windshield with its frame. And in case of bad weather, you can raise an awning that is helpfully packed in the trunk. There are also a lot of options for installing a tent, it is also not necessary to clog the car completely, it is enough in most cases to simply pull one top, without sidewalls. You can talk about this endlessly
Having traveled to Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited only a few days, I realized that he was the car of my dreams. And you don’t need any special tuning, you just get behind the wheel and go wherever you want. Put the winch and the corresponding rubber here are all investments. On hunting, on an expedition, just to conquer and even for amateur competitions. Yes, I understand the head of Chrysler’s representative office well in Russia John Stack, because we rode on his Rubicon.
 
Author: Ivan Evdokimov, Photo by Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
   
 
 

 
 
 
 

Source: Magazine 4x4 [April /2009]