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2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition First Drive: On the trail to six figures
MOAB, Utah – The special-edition 4×4 universe expanded yet again this year with the launch of the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Editions. A lot has changed since we last saw a commemorative Rubicon, and consequently the new effort bears only a passing physical resemblance to the 10th anniversary model of 2013. Bigger tires, longer wheelbases and exploding MSRPs have seen to that. But are we better off for it? I wrote up the details of the Anniversary Editions back when they were announced, but the gist is this: You take a standard Rubicon 4xe or 392 (No V6 or inline-four), add a unique grille treatment, various badges and decals,…
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Driving the Most Capable New Jeep Ever: 2023 Wrangler Rubicon 20th AEV Edition
As winter becomes spring, the Jeep community gathers in Moab, Utah, each year for Easter Jeep Safari. As a journalist, I usually end up in Moab before the crowds, to enjoy the latest that Jeep has to offer. Sure, the Jeep concepts each year are the big draw, but this year I also got a special treat, in the way of a drive of a full-production Jeep like no other. 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th 4xe, 4xe AEV, and 392; (photo/Bryon Dorr) I was lucky enough to drive nearly every version of the 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th anniversary on Moab’s famous sandstone, including on obstacles like Wipeout Hill, back…
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2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition 4xe and 392
Photograph: Jeep It’s been 20 yrs considering that Jeep slapped a “Rubicon” sticker on the Wrangler’s hood and generally launched the whole strategy of the manufacturing unit-constructed off-street special. The initially Rubicon, primarily based on the TJ-era Wrangler, appears to be practically quaint nowadays, its tiny 31-inch tires a whole 6 inches shorter than the manufacturing facility-suit rubber you can get on a best-spec Wrangler, Bronco or F-150 below in 2023. To celebrate 20 decades of Rubicon, now Jeep unveiled the Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition, which will come with stickers, steel bumpers, and an additional-toothy grille. Picture: Jeep Obtainable on either the plug-in-hybrid Rubicon 4xe or the V8-powered Rubicon 392,…
