Of the dozens and dozens of vehicles I’ve owned in my life, it is by far my favorite daily driver. The hemi makes it a completely different vehicle.
I'm perfectly fine with that, just as long as they offer it to us early owners that were previously stuck with only 1 engine option, at a significant discount...And it's still covered under our factory warranty. Damn right I'll drive up to the nearest dealership and hand them the keys and say, "Call me when it's done..." Especially if they'll let me defer my payments on it (leased) until my lease is up and I can add it to the residual owed, with an agreement to purchase at a negotiated price.
Guess we’ll just have to wait and see eh. We’ll know more on Monday. I know lots of Jeepers (myself included) who are chomping at the bit for the new Bronco. It’s coming with the 2.7 which stomps the tired Pentastar in the dirt. Better remove those Jeep blinders!
We will see, no Jeep blinders here. I don't think it will even put a dent in Jeep sales but who knows, maybe Ford finally did something right after all their poor decision making. If they still had a V8 in the Raptor I'd still have my JKU and a Raptor parked in the yard, they screwed that up so no reason to believe all they Bronco Hype.
That's a solid point, buy what you want, but you could of had a Hemi put in a Sport for $100,000 or less. I'm definitely on board with a V8 JT
I had a 05 ram with the 4.7 V8 and the 3.6 penstar is way more powerful. Engines have come a long way since those days. At the end of the day we are either daily driving it or on the trail so worried about what everyone else's engine has is pointless unless your one of those tools who hangs out at Duncan Donuts to impress everyone and gets a ticket five times a year doing 80mph in a 30mph zone. I'm sure I'll get negs for the towing aspect but it's a mid sized truck common.
I don't want a 5.9 in JT, just saying if they could put a V8 in a Dakota they could put a 5.7 liter or 6.1 liter V8 in the JT. Both are Midsized trucks. Plus I'm not worried about what everyone else's engine has in, I'd would of loved the option of a V8 in my JT and if offered when I was purchasing that's the one I would own, for me not for whoever else cares. I have never bought a vehicle based on impressing anyone, I buy what I want.
Agreed, I usually go bigger engines because the heat here in AZ just destroys performance of 4 cylinders and some 6 cylinder engines. I talked my wife into the hemi in her Grand Cherokee and she loves the power and acceleration. I do agree, if a V8 was an option I would have definitely bought it!
