2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition First Drive: On the trail to six figures
, which can be approached from two angles. Looking uphill from the base, the right path appears more sheer; the left, broken but with a more gradual incline. You’d be forgiven for assuming the left path is the easier one just from a glance; it’s not, as our friend in the rental discovered above.
Being in the least “capable” of the rigs at our disposal, I opted for the easy line first. Having not ventured this way previously, this gave me the opportunity to scramble up quickly and then watch others as they climbed. In EV mode, the 4xe climbed the ravine in virtual silence; only the clunking of the driveline and the scruff of tires on slick rock broke the calm. The nose-mounted camera takes the stress out of losing visual on the horizon. Four-wheeling has never been this serene.
Hungry for more, I hopped into the Level II and signaled to the spotters that I wanted to take the tougher route, which actually is just as easy as it looks — at first. After being lured in, you're presented with a nasty bit of offset slick rock that requires delicate maneuvering. Easing the left-front corner up onto the ledge took some trial-and-error and some left-footto keep things extra smooth, but the Level II never once got spooky.
I spent the rest of the route swapping between standard 4xes and 392s, but as noted before, there’s really not much to talk about. While this package celebrates 20 years of Rubicon, the extra half-inch of ground clearance isn’t setting the world on fire. It gives Jeep either a slight edge over Bronco’s water fording and ground clearance figures, but its Raptor and Everglades models have something to say about both.
When the Bronco launched, I was excited not just for what Ford was going to build, but for what it would do for the market. Competition betters the breed, as the old saying goes. If it weren’t for Ford’s choice to revive its iconic 4x4, I doubt very seriously that I’d be writing about six-figure Wranglers in 2023. But here we are. Look out, Moby. The
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