Two Good Wrangler Walkthrough Videos

[enright]

Howdy All - here are two fairly thorough walkthrough videos from the event this week.

The first is a detailed overview of design / functional elements with Mark Allen - including some hands on with the half-doors that dispels rumors like "the half doors have no uppers" - he also mentions looking out of the doughnut from the back seat - in case there was any doubt about the four-door having half-doors as an option. Lots of great insight on design decisions and challenges. I especially like the internal corporate battle over the folding windshield - engineering didn't want it, legal didn't want it, manufacturing didn't want it, and customers certainly weren't asking for it. I'm glad he fought for it:



The second is a more general overview from Sofyan Bey - who I usually agree with in terms of style and quality critiques:



Enjoy!

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[nowandthen]

The first one is very informative. Thanks for posting!

 

[freegld]

Molle webbing only available on Rubicon

 

[Weedwacker]

The guy from FCA said that the color dash is optional and that you could PICK which color you wanted. Jay, you need to get more intel on this.

 

[Billy]

There's a lock ring (yes, i said LOCK ring) you have to pull up to get into reverse.

 

[Billy]

Yes

 

[BillyHW]

At 3:59 of the second video there's a good shot of the engine compartment. I do think there is enough room in there for a dual battery kit.

 

[jeppesen.io]

At 3:59 of the second video there's a good shot of the engine compartment. I do think there is enough room in there for a dual battery kit.

Very cool!

are you thinking rotating the existing battery 90 degrees then fitting a second in there?

 

[MattK]

Yes

There's a lock ring (yes, i said LOCK ring) you have to pull up to get into reverse.

Like my old '67 VW bug! Had a trigger to get into reverse.

At 3:59 of the second video there's a good shot of the engine compartment. I do think there is enough room in there for a dual battery kit.

Some post on here I saw stated that the stop/start engine would have dual batteries. Maybe it was the thread with the sticker price and details?

 

[MattK]

Does anyone know why you won't be able to get the 2-door with a diesel when that's available?

 

[BillyHW]

Like my old '67 VW bug! Had a trigger to get into reverse.

Some post on here I saw stated that the stop/start engine would have dual batteries. Maybe it was the thread with the sticker price and details?

They are all start/stop. The Turbo 2.0 will have 48V and 12V batteries.

 

[PhoenixM3]

Does anyone know why you won't be able to get the 2-door with a diesel when that's available?

No. No plan for the diesel in the two door.

 

[MattK]

No. No plan for the diesel in the two door.

The question was do we know why?

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