Stuckinthesand
Well-Known Member
Not sure where everyone is getting this Rubicon resale value is higher than a sport. Please look at the statistics for the last dozen years. Sport not only has a higher resale value but also comes out ahead in dealer and private party sale.
Check the historical Wrangler lease residuals. Over 36 months, a Sport generally retains about 71% of MSRP, a Rubicon 69%, and the Sahara (Overland), about 67%, depending on mileage variables. There are however certain options which work toward lease residuals which have no actual value on the second hand private market (blue tooth speaker for one). When people are evaluating used vehicles, generally the only things they consider important are transmission, AC (which they all have now), leather, and power windows/locks. The rest of the options lose value there. Rubicon also has lower residual values so they don't lease quite as well either.
Unless you do hard core rock crawling you donāt need a Rubicon. Get a sport with LSD and youāll be fine. I donāt know how people spend 60k plus and beat the shit out of it on rocks but to each their own. I go monthly to Raush creek or AOAA and have not come across a trail I couldnāt handle with my sport s with the LSD. I run 35ās just fine on a 2.5ā budget boost and some aftermarket shocks. Are the Rubiconās nice. Hell yeah but Iām not paying for something I donāt need. My sport s is well equipped and with my upgrades Iām barely touching 40k.
Check the historical Wrangler lease residuals. Over 36 months, a Sport generally retains about 71% of MSRP, a Rubicon 69%, and the Sahara (Overland), about 67%, depending on mileage variables. There are however certain options which work toward lease residuals which have no actual value on the second hand private market (blue tooth speaker for one). When people are evaluating used vehicles, generally the only things they consider important are transmission, AC (which they all have now), leather, and power windows/locks. The rest of the options lose value there. Rubicon also has lower residual values so they don't lease quite as well either.
Unless you do hard core rock crawling you donāt need a Rubicon. Get a sport with LSD and youāll be fine. I donāt know how people spend 60k plus and beat the shit out of it on rocks but to each their own. I go monthly to Raush creek or AOAA and have not come across a trail I couldnāt handle with my sport s with the LSD. I run 35ās just fine on a 2.5ā budget boost and some aftermarket shocks. Are the Rubiconās nice. Hell yeah but Iām not paying for something I donāt need. My sport s is well equipped and with my upgrades Iām barely touching 40k.
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