viper88
Well-Known Member
You need to consider the entire package. The JL has greater efficiency and power. My old TJ got 15 mpg and was a dog. My JK got 18 mpg and was ok power wise. My '19 JLR 2.0T was a rocket compared to the TJ and JK and got 23 mpg! A lot to do with the The ZF 8-Speed transmission which is light years ahead of the transmissions in any of the JKs. The ZF 8-speed adds $2.5K alone. The JL is LOT more refine. Factor in inflation and the JL is not that much more. It is a lot more Wrangler.I think more to the OP’s point is that the prices on Wranglers keep increasing & for what? It’s not like the Wrangler is getting drastically redesigned, being loaded with all new tech, etc.
The ‘22 JLU we have on order is optioned pretty closely to our current ‘16 JKU.
The differences being our ‘16 has the locking axles, 3.73 gears front/rear & factory steel bumpers. The ‘22 has the LED lighting pkg.
All other option pkgs are the same between the two & the ‘22 has a MSRP of $10k more than the ‘16 did. Less standard equipment, pretty much the same vehicle & price increase of $10k.
If we weren’t getting such a great trade-in value, we’d have just kept the ‘16. It is amazing what Chevrolet has done with the Corvette and keeping the price down. For comparisons sake a 2016 Corvette Stingray had an MSRP of $56,500, the ‘2020 Stingray had an MSRP of $59,995.
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