ROLLIN' THROUGH THE DEEP

An American icon that has stood the test of time has come to India in its latest form. It still has immense presence on the road and it still loves to rock and roll

- Jim Gorde

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID something for the first time? Cliché apart, when was the last time you had fun in a car? A time when you felt invincible? The Jeep Wrangler is an answer to all those questions. It may seem intimidating at first with its huge wheels, mud-plugging tyres, and a front bumper up to there and a foot ahead, like an... never mind. The thing is, there's a lot going on with the new Wrangler and I say "new" because, although the powertrain is the same as in the outgoing model, there are a whole bunch of changes behind that new front grille and beyond it.

The Wrangler Rubicon we have here is the more off-road-oriented model, with the other one, the Unlimited, just as capable of going anywhere and doing anything as a normal buyer would subject it to and I say "normal" lightly. The Rubicon, named after the famed "Rubicon Trail", a pilgrimage of sorts for Wrangler owners who want to push themselves and their cars to do unbelievable things with insane articulation over properly big rocks and boulders other non-4x4 "SUV" models wouldn't even dream of trying. The Wrangler Rubicon is the hardest-core American series-production off-roader on sale today and it's got a load of optional equipment and accessories available, some of which are included as standard.