Jeep marks 80th birthday with special Renegade and Wrangler

Jeep has launched special edition variations of the Renegade and Wrangler SUVs to mark its 80th anniversary. Both equally can be purchased in the United kingdom from Spring, even though prices are yet to be verified.

The SUVs aspect commemorative “80th Anniversary” badging and unique 18-inch alloy wheels. Jeep has also finished both cars’ exterior trim in contrasting Granite Crystal paint – and the cabin capabilities a pair of new black leather seats which bear the brand’s “80th Anniversary” symbol.

Standard tools for the Jeep Renegade 80th Anniversary contains LED headlamps, LED fog lamps and rear privacy glass. Inside, customers get gloss black dashboard trim, special edition flooring mats and an 8.4-inch infotainment program, which has been reconfigured with a unique “Since 1941” graphics pack.

Purchasers have a decision of two turbocharged petrol engines – both a 1.-litre a few-cylinder unit with 118bhp and 190Nm of torque, or a 1.3-litre 4-cylinder unit with 148bhp and 270Nm of torque. Both equally engines are mated to a 6-velocity dual-clutch automatic gearbox as standard and both ship drive to the entrance wheels.

The Jeep Wrangler 80th Anniversary also arrives as standard with LED headlamps, even though they’re fitted with an automatic significant beam functionality. Other tweaks consist of a human body-coloured hardtop and a even more commemorative plaque for the off-roader’s rear swing gate.

Like the Renegade, the Wrangler’s cabin receives an 8.4-inch infotainment screen – but, it also receives a host of more tools. There is a 7-inch digital gauge cluster, a 9-speaker Alpine stereo program with a 552W subwoofer, deep-pile carpets and a leather-trimmed dash.

There is also a host of standard security tools, like a blind-location monitoring program, ahead collision warning, superior brake support and adaptive cruise control. Rear parking sensors also aspect, alongside with a rear parking digicam.

Jeep only delivers a person motor on the Wrangler 80th Anniversary – a turbocharged 2.-litre 4-cylinder petrol unit with 268bhp and 400Nm of torque. The motor is hitched to an 8-velocity automatic gearbox and, like just about every other product in the Wrangler line-up, it capabilities a everlasting 4-wheel drive program with a two-velocity transfer circumstance.

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