Jeep® Wrangler Wins Overlander 'Best Off Road' Award
The iconic Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon has just been voted Best Off Road Vehicle in Australia for the third consecutive year in Overlander Magazine's Best of the Best 2010 awards.
Not just limited to vehicles launched in 2010, the award was up for grabs to any 4WD currently on the market, making the Jeep Wrangler a true winner with its awesome off-road capabilities.
“We wanted to nominate the vehicle that can be driven straight out of a showroom into a difficult off-road environment and perform better than any others," said the team at Overlander Magazine.
“And since we initiated this award, nothing has managed to topple Jeep's iconic Wrangler Rubicon."
This latest award comes on the back of the Wrangler being named the Best and Most Significant 4x4 of the last Decade by influential American magazine Four Wheeler.
The magazine named the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon as the two-door Best 4x4 Vehicle of the Decade, and the four-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon as the Most Significant 4x4 vehicle.
The Jeep Wrangler Unlimited remains the only true convertible four-door vehicle on the market and even the hard-top version can open up to the fresh air thanks to removable panels in the front and rear sections of the roof. Similarly, the two-door Wrangler is available as both a soft-top and a hard-top with removable panels.
Todd Groves, Divisional Manager, Chrysler Group at Sime Darby Automobiles NZ, says the Jeep Wrangler continues to go from strength-to-strength and remains one of the most popular models in the line-up.
“There isn't another vehicle in the marketplace that compares with the Jeep Wrangler ," says Mr Groves.
“It's a testament to the design and popularity of the Wrangler that it delivers a such a unique blend of freedom, adventure and capability in a vehicle that just seems to suit the lifestyle of New Zealanders so well.
“And when you see the awards that the Wrangler continue to draw year-in, year-out, it's not hard to see why our products are so popular.
“As summer approaches and brings with it the appeal of open-top driving, we expect demand for the Jeep Wrangler to build even further."
The Wrangler can trace its history back almost 70 years to the birth of the very first Jeep, designed in 1941 to enable the US and Allied armies traverse the battlefields of World War Two like no other vehicle.
Seven decades later, the Wrangler still fulfils its original intentions, albeit in a far more peaceful role.
The latest Wrangle is available in 2-door and 4-door variants, powered by either a 3.8-litre V6 petrol engine or torquey 2.8-litre diesel, both matched to smooth automatic transmissions. All Wrangler models come with very capable four-wheel-drive systems that enable this Jeep to go explore off-road trails. But the top-of-the-range Rubicon is even more capable, featuring the off-road-designed ultra-low ratio Rock Trac transfer case, locking front and rear Dana 44 axles, an electronic sway bar disconnect, improved suspension and tougher tyres to enable this model to conquer the most demanding terrain.
And like every vehicle in the Jeep line-up, all Wrangler models feature and advanced Electronic Stability Control programme that makes them safer to drive on tar sealed roads.
The Jeep Wrangler range is priced from $47,990.