LOOK MUM, NO TURBO!
THE RUBICON is the off-road hero of the new JL Wrangler range, and for the first time ever a Rubicon is offered with turbo-diesel power thanks to a brand-spanking-new Fiat-sourced 2.2-litre four.
However, the little Italian oiler isn’t the only engine in the game. For $5500 less initial outlay, and with lower ongoing service costs thanks to its relative simplicity, there’s the familiar 3.6-litre petrol V6, which also happens to offer more than 40 per cent more power and a fair bit more maximum performance.
POWERTRAIN AND PERFORMANCE
THE Pentastar V6 was state-of-the-art when it debuted 10 years ago at the New York Auto Show. All alloy, short stroke, quad cam, 24-valve, variable timing on both inlet and exhaust, sequential multi-point fuel injection … it had all the tricks of the time for a naturally aspirated petrol engine. For the next three years it featured in the prestigious Wards Ten Best Engines and, on arrival in Australia in 2010, in the then all-new Grand Cherokee, it won our 4X4 Of The Year award.
But that was 10 years ago and
