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Need to tote even more gear into the bush? Well, if you’re driving a Jeep, turn your spare tire into additional storage with the Roughrider spare tire organizer ($120). Two top side storage pockets, two hard-side pockets, a long horizontal pocket, and a whole bunch of straps to fit even … Read More
In many ways, this machine is deeply, comprehensively, wilfully stupid. Let me break it down for you: this is a Jeep wearing semi-slick road-tires, an off-road machine you can’t really take off-road, all suited-up for the track and with a 470hp, 6.4L V8 crammed in the nose. The fuel economy … Read More
I find few vehicles as much fun as a Jeep Wrangler. They’re unique. Imagine driving any other convertible up a defunct (albeit snowless) black diamond ski hill. Not that I took the hardtop roof off — it was December. Its Rubicon Trail rating means it can go nearly anywhere. Just … Read More
Though less obvious than Deadheads braying ‘Iko, iko’ out the window as they float past each other in psychedelic Westfalias, there’s a significant subculture of Jeep weenies in Wranglers who always salute each other in traffic. They simply love driving these mechanized Sherpas. Not that you’d have seen many other … Read More
Laredo’s got guts Unless you’re towing horses and boats, the Laredo sports more than enough power to haul you to work: Its 3.6L 6-cylinder VVT engine emits 290 ponies and 260lb. of torque. Sure, the Overland — DailyXY review here — has a 5.7L V8 engine but it’s not the size … Read More
