Amen that. I've had both 4.0L and 2.5L YJs and the 120 hp I squeezed out of
the 4-banger just didn't cut it, and the savings at the gas pump were
negligible. Off road the lack of power didn't matter, but forget towing
anything and expect to be flipped the bird a lot on a SoCal freeway. Of
course, the new 2.4L boasts 147 hp that could probably be tweaked to put out
even more, but I don't know anything about that.


"Ruel Smith" > wrote in message
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> Patrick wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Over here in old Europe ) wrangler jeeps are sold either with the 2.4
>> four cylinder or the 4.0 six cylinder engine.
>> Due to the high price of gas i'm enclined for the 2.4 version but the
>> retailer told me it does not worth it compared to the 4.0 !
>> Is the four cylinders a bad purchase considering the usage will be 1/3
>> only off road (to go fishing in remote access area) and it will be the
>> third vehicule in the family, for fun usage only ?
>
> I don't know the EPA estimates, but I'm inclined to think that with a 3.07
> for a 4.0 and a 4.10 for a 2.5, they ought to get about the same gas
> mileage.
>
> The 4.0 here in America is worth it based on resale alone. I've seen
> people
> try and sell 2.5 Jeeps here in America and have difficulty selling them.
> Seems everyone wants the 4.0.
>
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