JL vs JK pricing approaching parity

[wcjeep]

Noticed 2018, 2019 and some 2020's JL Unlimited pricing approaching JK pricing. Is the older JK more desirable? Older JL seems to be about $6000 more than comparable JK. About $125 per month difference over 5yrs. Have a 2dr JL Sport. Thinking about adding a Rubicon to the fleet. Should I skip the JL. Odd the older model holding its value better. One would think newer model with better crash protection and improved airbags would hold its value.

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[TheRaven]

Noticed 2018, 2019 and some 2020's JL Unlimited pricing approaching JK pricing. Is the older JK more desirable? Older JL seems to be about $6000 more than comparable JK. About $125 per month difference over 5yrs. Have a 2dr JL Sport. Thinking about adding a Rubicon to the fleet. Should I skip the JL. Odd the older model holding its value better. One would think newer model with better crash protection and improved airbags would hold its value.

JLs are far more common than JKs ever were, and JKs will last, JLs won't.

 

[Stetson]

The interiors of a JL vs JK are huge differences.

 

[Ratbert]

About $125 per month difference over 5yrs.

Sorry, but people that shop for vehicles based on monthly payments are a salesman's wet dream.

 

[GATORB8]

Same as the old corvette adage. Buy the newest one you can afford.

 

[GATORB8]

Sorry, but people that shop for vehicles based on monthly payments are a salesman's wet dream.

Yup. $6k price, $125x60 = $7,500.

 

[carlos c]

I own 17 JK and 18 JL they both my jeeps have problems, JK valve seat, JL bad cams but Jl is from night and day better than the JK, my opinion.

 

[carlos c]

Not to mention the crap paint that I already fixed on the JL.

 

[Old Dogger]

We have them both in our Family. The JKR and JLR, each have their pluses and minuses, but I like them both.

 

[Heimkehr]

I test drove a JKU as part of my pre-purchase due diligence, followed shortly thereafter by several JLU test drives. My takeaway was that the former is to the latter as a carbureted dual sport is to an injected sport tourer. The substantive contrasts in those adjacent Jeep generations really surprised me.

The informed buyer should purchase the newest Wrangler that he can reasonably afford.

 

[wcjeep]

Appreciate the responses. Amazed the pricing between the two is minor.

 

[TheRaven]

Sorry, but people that shop for vehicles based on monthly payments are a salesman's wet dream.

Unless you are good enough at math that you can translate monthly payments into total cost on the fly.

I've learned that this is a great way to work with dealers that have what I want but refuse to deal in anything but monthly payments. I just do my research going in so I know what monthly payment at what term gets me the price I want. Then I can play on their playing field, and they don't immediately see me as a hardballer and shut down. They figure it out at some point, of course, and then the manager comes out to "introduce himself"...but that's what I want anyway.

 

[kah.mun.rah]

I would take a 2018 JK over a 2018 JL all day; however I would take a 2021 JL over a 2018 JK.

 

[GATORB8]

Unless you are good enough at math that you can translate monthly payments into total cost on the fly.

I've learned that this is a great way to work with dealers that have what I want but refuse to deal in anything but monthly payments. I just do my research going in so I know what monthly payment at what term gets me the price I want. Then I can play on their playing field, and they don't immediately see me as a hardballer and shut down. They figure it out at some point, of course, and then the manager comes out to "introduce himself"...but that's what I want anyway.

This is EXTREMELY important. Do not think it's below a dealer to lie about the rate that the payment is based on, it has specifically happened to me more than once. Be prepared to say "that is not how X.X% calculates out."

I'd always walk in knowing what rate the credit union will give you and make them beat it.

 

[TheRaven]

This is EXTREMELY important. Do not think it's below a dealer to lie about the rate that the payment is based on, it has specifically happened to me more than once. Be prepared to say "that is not how X.X% calculates out."

I'd always walk in knowing what rate the credit union will give you and make them beat it.

That's why they only show you the payment. You have to ask for the term and rate, and then their answer is generally something along the lines of "we would have to run your credit to find out". Then you sign for them to do that, and they come back telling you it's worse than it actually is and pad the rate...then any "discount" from there looks like they're doing you a favor when really it's just arriving back at MSRP and/or the rate you actually qualify for.

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