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Three Jeeps off-road: Renegade to Wrangler
Feb 4, 2025
Comparing the Renegade, Cherokee, and Wrangler off-road ... a narrated Jeep drive
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because it has solid front rear axles
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you get a lot more wheel travel so when
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the one wheel's up the other one this is
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pretty extreme you'll get some lift
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let's get over here so we can see it
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better better shot so look at the front
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wheels at how they they get punched up
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see that wheel one's shoved way up in
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the whe well the other one is all the
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way still maintaining traction that is
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articulation the
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definition all four wheels on the ground
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all four wheels the entire time now
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watch this oh I love the
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angles what you
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do so here's a case where you're losing
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significant traction look at that 3 ft
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off the
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ground
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that works and so I've got it in four
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loow now I do not have this this Jeep is
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also equipped with a rear Locker too it
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really just make sure that you get 100%
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of the torque to the rear wheels 100% of
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the time not sure we're going to need it
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today but if we do we've got another
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level of capability we can also
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employ I just took a ram Rebel through
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here so
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that was impressive for a big pickup
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that is a big pickup and
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um it's got a little more ground
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clearance but uh it always comes down to
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traction too right
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so and the nice thing about this car is
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you can see where you're going
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[Music]
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yes that's the key is just keep momentum
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let the Jeep figure it out the jeep has
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a very sophisticated it's going to
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figure out which wheel has the absolute
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most traction and it's going to continue
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to move it around the power until it
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finds that traction so always a little
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bit of forward momentum is all you need
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to to keep
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going keep your keep just modulate the
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throttle a little bit it'll go right
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through
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it and that's the great part about a
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trail hog I mean this thing's got some
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the serious hardware and Mechanicals
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underneath but it's got a full
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compliment of skid light so transmission
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your oil pan your front rear death
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everything's completely covered so any
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banging and booming doesn't T it does
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not D
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it cuz the water's a little deeper than
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maybe what it appears on the
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surface yeah I wasn't sure if I was
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supposed to be taking the redel through
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it or not but apparently I was
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I might have been overly cautious
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too no I think we have a little extra
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water in here today with uh some rain
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overnight but that's
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okay
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hopefully he'll go over the articulation
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yeah that would be nice cuz inside the
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car you go oh that's neat the wheels are
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coming off I was behind the Wrangle came
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out really early to look at it oh
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they're about 3 ft off the ground so
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it's pretty
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dramatic I have to say that turn is a
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lot harder than the rebel I think than
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yeah I was SC to ask you was that a like
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a four-point turn you did or I just went
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straight on through it I must picked out
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the trail pretty well I was surprised
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yeah I would have thought that would
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been a multi multi multi- point
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turn you know lightweight again lot like
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Renegade short wheelbase lightweight
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good traction management system
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everything's a
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sled so if I was to get say a base model
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Cherokee or Renegade it would be
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basically the same body right I mean you
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don't reinforce the body it's the skid
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plates and yeah a lot of has to do with
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suspension and then the skid plates and
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in this case you've got the rear Locker
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so it's it's all purpose built so the
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additional content you'll get on
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Trailhawk is just pure capability pure
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capability even the hood decal you go
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well okay it's a it's it's a decal how
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is that capable but you know in Moab for
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example where we go every year if you
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get on some of the obstacles you're on a
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35 Dee incline in the sun hit your hood
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um I mean you get massive glare so it
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just away the clear so it's actually
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very functional yeah it's an aesthetic
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piece and it is a a styling queue of all
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the trail Hogs but it's also very
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functional but yeah you're right it's a
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suspension you get a higher ride height
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so the Renegade and the Cherokee are
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about an inch higher than the the other
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versions ride height different tires um
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rear Locker in this case and the skid
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blades that's a and the FAS is different
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as well too so you have a a better
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approach angle for Steep obstacles so
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you don't hit you can get you know a
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higher to approach angle on both both of
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the Renegade and the Cherokee so
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slightly different look but most of the
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story is in the
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hardware I think one of the issues is uh
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when you do the articulate when you do
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the test where you lift up one wheel and
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you drop the other wheel
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yes that's where the body strength and
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the design come
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in it is and that's where a stiff
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chassis uh makes a huge difference
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because you need that you got to be able
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to contain
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it uh
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okay just just not give it enough
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gas I didn't want to make this thing
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Lurch cuz that that's not that tricky
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right there but better to be
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cautious
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