[guigow]

This shows how this city SUV has some great potential when doing a little escape to the country.

Sorry about the potato recorder. :laugh:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xrVLxrFU8

The Specs:

Renegade Trailhawk 170hp 9-speed 4x4.

 

[guigow]

This one didn't have much luck on the mud. I totally blame the tires.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt5qWdM1Wt8

 

[fmunk]

If Jeep had made the diesel options available in the US, I wouldn't be on the fence about buying one at all.

 

[guigow]

If Jeep had made the diesel options available in the US, I wouldn't be on the fence about buying one at all.

I understand that many people "accept" the diesel option, especially the ones who tried diesel engines in europe and saw all benefits, the low fuel consumption for example, the torque at low revs.

But overall, the americans don't like diesel engines, that's why Jeep didn't offer the option i suppose. The Cherokee has the same diesel engine in europe and it's not available in US as well.

 

[Retiredguns]

I had a 1982 Toyota pickup with a diesel. It got 40+mpg. At the time, diesel was 77 cents a gallon and cheaper than gas. It pulled my heavy bass boat just fine and in 5 years the only thing I replaced was the $5 fuel filter.

I would have bought a diesel Renegade if it were offered in the USA.

 

[MJAB]

Maybe FCA will introduce in U.S.A. the new 2.2 diesel that they started to install in the Cherokee this month.

Here a little bit of red mud for the brazilian Jeep Renegade Sport 4x4 diesel (with 9 speed automatic gearbox).

Mud is a very difficult element to cross always... tyres but also weight and driver ability makes a huge difference.
For example: a Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross

 

[fmunk]

But overall, the americans don't like diesel engines

All American VW TDI owners would disagree. There are a good number of Americans who know and understand the benefits of diesel. Many manufacturers choose to ignore that demand.

 

[guigow]

A new video from adults playing like kids with the Renegade..

Both are DIESEL 170HP 9-speed automatic.

https://youtu.be/4t-zCltl6Lc?t=833

 

[syzygy]

Maybe FCA will introduce in U.S.A. the new 2.2 diesel that they started to install in the Cherokee this month.

Here a little bit of red mud for the brazilian Jeep Renegade Sport 4x4 diesel (with 9 speed automatic gearbox).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=136yjRBDFAc

Mud is a very difficult element to cross always... tyres but also weight and driver ability makes a huge difference.
For example: a Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qglqhHmbM6g

I love that Panda. It is just too small for me.

 

[syzygy]

A new video from adults playing like kids with the Renegade..

Both are DIESEL 170HP 9-speed automatic.

https://youtu.be/4t-zCltl6Lc?t=833

Wow very impressive indeed.

 

[guigow]

Yeah..

The tires are the BF Goodrich 225/75 R16

The perfect tires for the Renegade.

It's not my car, but i could hear the guy saying the specs.

 

[syzygy]

A new video from adults playing like kids with the Renegade..

Both are DIESEL 170HP 9-speed automatic.

https://youtu.be/4t-zCltl6Lc?t=833

It says it is a sport and a longitude, but one seems to have trail rated badges and both front bumpers look like trailhawks.
The red one has no roof rails though.

 

[ktranger]

In Brazil , all Renegade's diesel have the same suspension and front bumper , but only the TH come with the hooks

 

[Spitfire]

Maybe FCA will introduce in U.S.A. the new 2.2 diesel that they started to install in the Cherokee this month.

For example: a Fiat Panda 4x4 Cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qglqhHmbM6g

I owned a Dodge diesel pickup for a decade--a great truck, got better fuel mileage than my current SUV, and I'd buy a Renegade diesel in a heartbeat (with MT, of course).

I love that Panda! I'd never really seen one before. Makes you think about all the vehicles we don't see in North America.

 

[kevinfourlegs]

We had the older version of the Fiat Panda 4x4 in the UK as well. A lot of people laughed at it, myself included, but it was a capable little car when fitted with decent off road tyres. It could get where some of the heavier 4x4s couldn't.

 

[kevinfourlegs]

Here in the UK there is a tv programme called Wheeler Dealers, where Mike Brewer and Edd China buy, do up and sell on a classic car. Series 12 Episode 11 they do a Fiat Panda 4x4. I'm watching it now.

They did a Jeep CJ7 in series four

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wheeler_Dealers_episodes

 

[Spitfire]

We never had the Panda, nor the Suzuki Jimny here in Canada (AFAIK). We did have the Subaru Justy, which I assume is comparable.

Here's an interesting comparison between the Jimny and the Renegade:

http://youtu.be/tJMgie87afQ

 

[kevinfourlegs]

We have the latest Suzuki Jimny in the UK. I quite like the Jimny, but it is a smaller vehicle with no boot space unless you drop the rear
seats. I remember the Subaru Justy.