Anyone else see @jeep tweet "40.4" today? Guesses as to what it means?

[Cypher]

Excited to see a upgraded Rubicon with lower gears and a little more height. But did they have to call the thing "Xtreme" Recon? Reminds me of the God Awful S-10 trucks from the early 00s

I have a feeling the name is not real. Maybe extreme Recon, but I bet GM still has Xtreme trademarked in case they want to bring it back. (I actually had an S10 and Blazer Xtreme lol)

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[Thdoors]

Excited to see a upgraded Rubicon with lower gears and a little more height. But did they have to call the thing "Xtreme" Recon? Reminds me of the God Awful S-10 trucks from the early 00s

My first vehicle I purchased (spanking new Army private) was a base model 90’ S-10…no ac, no stereo or power windows. They actually had that model at a dealership…in Texas. Paid 10 large before I got raped on financing. Just glad I don’t remember the rates was

 

[Rob97RR]

My first vehicle I purchased (spanking new Army private) was a base model 90’ S-10…no ac, no stereo or power windows. They actually had that model at a dealership…in Texas. Paid 10 large before I got raped on financing. Just glad I don’t remember the rates was

Agreed, those rates are definitely worth forgetting, yikes.

 

[JDChris]

https://webcache.googleusercontent....kage-details-specs+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

New Xtreme Recon Package. As they said in the article, let the 4x4 wars begin!

I'm going to be a Sad Panda if this only available on 4 doors models. I have a '16 JKU and was originally hoping we'd see the Wrangler Mojave in the '22 MY. If this Recon comes to fruition I hope it's available on the Mojave and/or 2 doors.

 

[displayname]

More evidence potentially supporting factory 35s and a rival to the Ford Sasquatch package.

 

[TXRubicon]

It's real. I've had the embargoed info sitting in my inbox since Monday.

I have a feeling the name is not real. Maybe extreme Recon, but I bet GM still has Xtreme trademarked in case they want to bring it back. (I actually had an S10 and Blazer Xtreme lol)

 

[RedundanT]

More evidence potentially supporting factory 35s and a rival to the Ford Sasquatch package.

That's a 265/70-18 or 33" tire

 

[PocketsEmptied]

That's a 265/70-18 or 33" tire

They're still playing number clues probably not ready to give it away yet.

 

[bigbaozi]

It's real. I've had the embargoed info sitting in my inbox since Monday.

I'm a little surprised nobody else has published since Overland Expo already spilled the beans.

 

[bjm00se]

There's an update this morning:

 

[bjm00se]

And between the two, that's a pretty strong tip that what we're talking about is the upcoming fleet average fuel economy. Towards the end of 2019, the EPA released guidelines for fleet fuel average requirements, which they called the SAFE standards, and they rolled back the previously published upcoming fleet standards.

Under the 2019 guidance, corporate fleets would have to have an average mileage of 40.4 by the Model Year (MY) 2026.

Now, those 2019 revisions are under review. The original standards which they replaced may possibly be re-imposed. If that were to be the case, a table similar to the following might be used:

Which has the "47.4" number as a fleet requirement beginning in 2025.
source: https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...ouse-gas-emissions-and-corporate-average-fuel

Note that this is an OLDER document, but that's exactly what's under review - whether earlier more stringent standards will be re-applied.

Sooooo, my guess continues to be that these cryptic tweets are hints at the future of jeeping which will need to be more fuel efficient.

 

[Cypher]

There's an update this morning:

Both the Approach and Departure angles for a Rubicon are roughly 3 degrees less than those numbers. A small lift and 35" tires would definitely put a JLUR right about there and take bragging rights back from the Bronco.

Not thrilled with the trim name based on what @TXRubicon said, but badges are easy to remove

If this is available to order prior to end of year, and we get official details before my 2021 is built I will for sure cancel and order this. Starting to get excited now.

 

[jeepingib]

It's real. I've had the embargoed info sitting in my inbox since Monday.

I am so disappointed in Jeep for this. They wasted a lot of good Wrangler/CJ trim names on compact car based SUVs.

 

[aldo98229]

Sounds to me Jeep is making shit up on Tweeter just to rain on Bronco’s parade.

Given how Ford has manipulated the flow of Bronco information, I think fair’s fair.

 

[Lapis]

I'm a little surprised nobody else has published since Overland Expo already spilled the beans.

The link posted in this forum is for a cached version, and the original is now gone from Overland Expo's site. I think they accidentally posted it too early.

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