I drive what, in it’s day, was considered a midsized sedan. I was stopped at a light the other day. Out my left window I was nearly eye-level with the rocker panel on a newer F150. On my right, I was eye-level with the front bumper of a Ram. In my rear view, all I could see was the front bumper of a Wrangler. It’s…

I mean, in my 4Runners you can only lock the rear in 4-low too... from the factory.

Probably done via machine. Ref: the first recall... considering the 2018 JL already has 7 recalls, some of which came out within a few months of release... and considering how much the JT shares with the JL Wrangler... If this thing doesn’t ship on day 1 with open recalls, I’ll be shocked.

I’m partial to this, personally.

Obviously that will have lockers but I’m more curious about their availability as an option on the more... modestly priced trims.

I agree. If I were made of money and bought one, I’d have everything re-welded by someone who gives a few more F’s than the boys up in Toledo do. Its a Wrangler, you know these bits are going to be exposed (suspension mounting points, roof crossbar, etc), why not either design it so they aren’t exposed (i.e. so we…

To your knowledge, are all trims of the JT going to get those rails at the back to protect the rear overhang, or just the fancy Overland and beefy Rubicon trims?

Toyota lost money on the Prius for a few years, too. Thing is, Toyota could afford it.

Today I learned that I’m from Philadelphia, apparently.

Step 1: don’t be poor.

This is the correct take. Gorgeous shot (& truck), btw.

Getting a 404 on your “Truck Trend” link from the story

Despite the fact that my entire family and literally everyone I know who has bought one has had awful luck with FCA vehicles... I may look into one of these purely for the diesel/manual/convertible/4x4/pickup aspect.

It’s nice to see the Wildpeak A/T getting some OEM love. Have these on the wife’s 5th gen 4Runner and have been really impressed so far.

Hate it when some moron in post adds in “tire squealing on pavement” audio tracks over cars driving on snow/ice/dirt.

My take from last week stands. This looks like the generic luxury car from the Grand Theft Auto games. Cobbling together styling languages from your major competitors and throwing them at this thing does not an attractive car make.

Isn’t it amazing that all of those elements make for decently attractive cars (not the Acura) on their source vehicles... but when you smash them all together on this thing, it looks this bad?

Front looks like a Volvo S90 hit with an ugly stick and a bit of Acura (grille), rear looks like a ‘93 Towncar. Not attractive.

Still sound like a dying giraffe? BMW can make 6 cylinders sound sexy, why can’t Ford?

That last image you dropped looks like it’s from the Bison (Goodyear duratrac tires, DSSV/multimatic shock in the background, etc).