Jeep revealed Wednesday on the New York Worldwide Auto Present its 2024 Wrangler portfolio — a smorgasbord of off-roaders with new capabilities and options — and tucked into the combination is one other plug-in hybrid.
The Stellantis model stated it would add the 2024 Jeep Wrangler Sport S 4xe to its lineup, an entry stage plug-in hybrid that would assist keep its prime PHEV gross sales spot. The Jeep 4xe — the branding given to its PHEVs — has been successful in North America as fans and newcomers uncover the advantages of having the ability to off highway, or software round city, in all-electric mode.
The PHEVs are additionally half, however not all, of the mother or father firm’s strategic plan to spice up gross sales of electrified autos and minimize its international footprint 50% by the top of the last decade. Stellantis has stated by the top of 2025, all the North American Jeep model lineup will likely be electrified. By 2030, 50% of Jeep model gross sales in america will likely be battery-electric autos and 100% of Jeep autos in Europe will likely be absolutely electrical. (Subsequent yr, the corporate will introduce two all-electric autos, the Jeep Recon and Wagoneer S.)
A less expensive 4xe might assist it get there.
Jeep didn’t show the Sport S 4xe in New York. As a substitute, it confirmed off a number of different 2024 Wranglers, together with the brand new 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon pictured under and Willys variants.
New 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon X 4xe with obtainable factory-installed 8,000-lb.-capacity Warn winch. Picture credit score: Jeep
However Jeep did launch some particulars about this cheaper variant.
The 2024 Jeep Wrangler Sport S 4xe is the lightest within the lineup with a curb weight of 5,049 kilos. Like its 4xe siblings, the Sport S will likely be geared up with a 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine with an eTorque belt-start generator/motor and built-in transmission traction motor produces 375-horsepower and 470-pound-feet of torque. The Sport S may have 21 miles of all-electric vary and 49 MPGe.
The automobile will include entrance and rear third-generation Dana axles with a gear ratio of three.73 and the identical high-pressure gas-charged monotube shock absorbers discovered within the Willys 4xe, Sahara 4xe, Excessive Altitude 4xe.
The Sport S 4xe, which comes normal with 20-inch aluminum wheels, may have 10.1-inch floor clearance and talent to ford water as much as 30 inches — the identical because the Sahara and Excessive Altitude trims.
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Inside there will likely be a 12.3-inch digital touchscreen energy home windows and door locks, adaptive cruise management with cease, ahead collision warning, facet curtain airbags, distant keyless entry, premium soft-top, 20-inch aluminum wheels and Gorilla glass windshield.
In all, Jeep will supply 5 4xe trims: the Sport S, Willys, Sahara, Rubicon and Excessive Altitude. Whereas Jeep didn’t launch any pricing info but on any of the trims, the model has stated that the Sport S would be the entry stage 4xe possibility. In 2023, the least expensive 4xe was the Willys with a base value of $54,735.
Jeep can be including the Rubicon X, an elevated model of the Rubicon with normal 35-inch tires and both 2.0 or 3.6-liter automated powertrains, to its Wrangler portfolio in 2024.
The 2024 Jeep Wrangler will likely be obtainable in Sport, Willys, Sahara, Excessive Altitude, Rubicon and Rubicon 392 fashions. The corporate stated that ordering is open now and autos will begin to arrive in U.S. Jeep dealerships later in 2023.
