For the first time the
Jeep brand was represented at the Wrooom Press Ski meet
with a Wrangler taking part in a photoshoot with the
Scuderia Ferrari drivers', Fernando Alonso and Felipe
Massa, behind the wheel. The shoot was one of the many
initiatives of Wrooom 2011 – F1 & MotoGP Press Ski
Meeting, the traditional January event organised in
Madonna di Campiglio (Trento) in which Fiat Group
Automobiles was participating as both a sponsor and
providing the official cars.
The Jeep Wrangler vehicle
photographed was in the Rubicon trim level and equipped
with the VM Motori-sourced 2.8 litre turbodiesel common-rail
and now-Euro 5
compliant engine with DPF as standard. The 2.8 delivers 200 HP
at 3600 rpm and 410 Nm of torque at 2000-3200 rpm on
models with manual six-speed gearbox and 460 Nm at
1600-2600 rpm when combined with the new five-speed
automatic gearbox.
Presented as a
national preview at the recent Bologna Motor Show, the
2011 Model Year Jeep has an extra feature added to its
off-road capabilities, the functionality of the
long-serving VM Motori 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine complete with Stop/Start
technology, a tweaked interior, enhanced comfort and
reduced noise thanks to interventions on the gearbox and
sound insulation, and a body-coloured hard top on the
Sahara version.
With about 70 years of
history behind it, the Jeep Wrangler gave birth to
off-road driving, to become an archetype of the
automotive industry. A direct descendent of the original
Willys MB of 1941, the Jeep Wrangler is the original and
authentic 4x4. Today the new Model Year Wrangler and
Jeep Wrangler Unlimited range try to express the two
souls that have always coexisted within the American
brand: the purely off-road soul of the Wrangler Rubicon,
the genuine technological manifesto of off-road driving,
and the soul closer to the SUV set-up and therefore
better equipped for greater comfort on the road, the
Sahara version.
In Italy (the Jeep
brand now falls under the control of Fiat Group
Automobiles on European markets) the Model Year 2011
Wrangler range is available in the Sport, Sahara and
Rubicon trim levels with improved interiors and the
2.8-litre Euro 5 common rail turbo diesel engine with
DPF fitted as standard, teamed up with a manual
six-speed gearbox or the new five-speed automatic
gearbox. The four-door Wrangler Unlimited is sold in the
Sahara and Rubicon trim levels, equipped with the 2.8-litre engine and similar interior tweaks. The
3.8-litre Euro 5 V6 petrol engine version is available
exclusively on the Rubicon version of the Wrangler and
Wrangler Unlimited.
Jeep's history, which
started about 70 years ago with the production of the
first 4x4 vehicle, continues in 2011 with its updated
range and the introduction of the new Grand Cherokee
equipped with a turbo diesel engine as well as refreshes
for the Patriot and Compass.
