The 2018 Jeep Wrangler is a completely new vehicle, and the company has applied the old Willys DNA to a completely new generation of vehicle. Like the last Wrangler, this generation is the best off-road sport-utility vehicle you’re ever likely to set eyes on, and it has a lot of features that set it apart from all its competition, including other Jeep SUVs.
The Removable Roof and Doors
If you want to take the doors off an ordinary vehicle, you need some specialized tools, a strong understanding of what you’re doing, or at least a few hours and some replacement parts. Plus when you’re done you’ll have a vehicle that really expects you to have a door there and has trouble with the fact that it isn’t. To take the door or the roof off a Wrangler, all you need is the tool that comes with the vehicle and a basic instruction book. This drops weight off the frame and gives the Wrangler that open-air, adventurous feel.
The doors come in two versions: a full-size door like normal or a half-size steel door that leaves the top half open but protects your feet from mud and water. The roof gives you three options: there’s the standard hardtop roof, which takes a lot of punishment but needs to be stored somewhere, a soft top that isn’t as tough but stores easily in the back, and a new power sliding top that retracts just like a convertible.
The Tow-Ready Steel Bumpers
Not every trim of the 2018 Wrangler comes with steel bumpers, but it’s an impressive sight on the ones that do. Jeep welds these bumpers directly to the frame for added support and strength, and you’ll need them since red tow hooks sit right on the sides of each bumper. The bumper also comes with removable side caps to make it easier to install a winch on the front of the vehicle.
The Auxiliary Power Controls
Winches need power, and so do many of the other accessories people love attaching to their vehicle like extra lights and drink coolers that protect your beverages of choice from the dirt and mud of the road. However, all these accessories need power to work, and so that’s why Jeep offers an option that gives you a more powerful battery and auxiliary control switches you can use to turn each accessory on or off. The rest of the infotainment system gets an upgrade, too, with a 6.5-inch touchscreen and available satellite radio and navigation.
This list barely touches on all the features and systems the new 2018 Jeep Wrangler uses to cross rocky terrain or the new engine under the hood. Other coveted features include the traction control setting, standard four-wheel drive with terrain selector, and crawl gear that gets you where you want even if the surface is very slippery or barely there. You’ll also get enough towing power to move up to 3,500 pounds of trailers, other less fortunate vehicles, or even the Wrangler itself when you need to get up a hill.
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