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| myhotwheels22981 | Posted on: 2005/7/7 2:36 |
Home away from home   Joined: 2002/3/21 From: Posts: 183 |
Motor Trend reporting Wrangler TK info... On today's date, I read a snippet in the August (I think) Issue of MOTOR TREND, which reports the following info about the 2006 TK Wrangler...
Will have a fixed roof cage with removable panels, so hard top will come off in 5 pieces, and I am assuming there will also be a 5-panel soft top that will zip into place of the hard panels... Although the roof cage is fixed, the TK will still have a fold-down windshield... The TK WILL retain straight axles, although which brand is not mentioned...We have read that DANA is out, and AAM (American Axle and Manufacturing) is in...I have read that the base axle will be nearly as strong as a DANA 44, and definitely stronger than than the 30/35 combo...THe top of the line axle will be close in strength to a Dana 60, but we shall see.... JP magazine also reported that the TK apple will not fall far from the tree, and the Jeep heritage is very important to Daimler, so I can only intrepret that as convertible, fold down windshield, removable doors, or removable door panels with a fixed retention cage if they MUST, and straight axles are going to stay. |
| CJ_Jack | Posted on: 2005/7/8 9:15 |
Just popping in  Joined: 2005/7/8 From: Posts: 15 |
Re: Motor Trend reporting Wrangler TK info... Here are two links to threads from people who went to a survey clinic for the 2007 TK/Wrangler and Gladiator:
http://65.42.106.152/forums/showthread.php?p=5599949#post5599949 This one requires registration, but it's free and is a pretty good site: http://www.rubiconownersforum.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=20637 |
| pec5027484 | Posted on: 2005/7/15 16:25 |
Just popping in Joined: 2003/2/8 From: se az Posts: 12 |
Re: Motor Trend reporting Wrangler TK info... And, with the escalating cost of fuel, we can hope for the six speed manual with crd.
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| GregB | Posted on: 2005/7/27 19:04 |
Quite a regular   Joined: 2005/7/16 From: Central IL Posts: 70 |
Re: Motor Trend reporting Wrangler TK info... eh, give me the old 5 speed out of a YJ. Had one of those with 150,000 miles on the original clutch. Was pretty easy to pop through the gears, could even shift without the clutch if you had the right touch. Then again, if you asked my wife who I was trying to teach stick to at that time, the driving wasn't quite so smooth.
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| Josephus | Posted on: 2005/10/13 9:30 |
Home away from home Joined: 2005/7/18 From: Pennsylvania Posts: 243 |
Re: Motor Trend reporting Wrangler TK info... I agree Pec,
A diesel Rubicon Unlimited is what I will have. Either DCx/Jeep can built it, or I will Frankenstein it together. I'll wait until the 2007 comes out to see if it has the CRD option. Really, who can afford 16mpg anymore? |
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