2o6 Quick Review - Jeep Renegade

[2o6]

+ tons of room
+ lots of gimmicky, but cute little designerly touches
+ good interior quality
+ shift quality is very good and the transmission is adept at being at the right place despite having nine gears to choose from

- crapola ride
- horrible handling (I know it's an SUV but the car feels like it's going to tip over with every mildly fast corner)
- slow as shit, this one is a 2.4L and it manages to feel even worse, with no torque and just bleh.
- 2.4 has a lot of NVH issues inside.
- horrible visibility out front
- gets really expensive really quickly

[AutobahnSHO]

seems they're aiming at the Kia soul crowd..

Jeep has really cut what their brand stands for the last 10yrs.

[giant_mtb]

What the hell is that thing. Never seen one. Looks pretty dumb for a Jeep.

[12,000 RPM]

They still make the Wrangler

I think they have managed the brand well. The Patriot was BASURA, but the GC has evolved into an American Range Rover, the Cherokee has become useful/relevant to normal people, etc. etc. Lotus stuck true to what their brand "stands for" and look where it got them....

[2o6]

seems they're aiming at the Kia soul crowd..

Jeep has really cut what their brand stands for the last 10yrs.

A Kia Soul that is competent off road...


No one gives Land Rover shit when the Evoque and Discovery Sport/Freelander/LR2 Are also FWD based cars

[AutobahnSHO]

When you say competent, how competent do you mean??

[12,000 RPM]

Yea the illusion of SUVs being bought to go off road has been long dead.

[2o6]

It's got a decent 4WD system, and decent approach and departure angles




Besides, most people use these to get out of sand/mud/snow. No one gives a shit bout rock climbing.

[giant_mtb]

It's often the case that the smaller, weaker 4WD will get a lot farther than the big ones with 35s and big engines.  Like a TRACKER.  Will it climb rocks and go through 2 feet of mud?  Of course not, but it can weasel its way around those obstacles because it's hardly bigger than a 2-seater side-by-side.

[2o6]

My basic verdict is that if you don't really need 4WD, just save some cash and buy a 1.6L Soul. The soul will return far better economy and is cheaper with a far better ride.


The 2.4L is a turd.

[CALL_911]

I love the way it looks, but I wouldn't want to spend money on a rolling caricature

[shp4man]

I think the thing is damned ugly, but that just my opinion.

[ifcar]

My basic verdict is that if you don't really need 4WD, just save some cash and buy a 1.6L Soul. The soul will return far better economy and is cheaper with a far better ride.

Or a Soul 2.0-liter, which has more features, more power, and the same fuel economy...

Which, by the way, is 26 mpg in mixed driving per EPA, compared to 25 mpg for a 2.4-liter FWD Renegade. The Soul is a pretty nice car, but gas mileage is a major flaw.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I am interested in the turbo 6-speed with "4WD".

[SVT666]

They still make the Wrangler

I think they have managed the brand well. The Patriot was BASURA, but the GC has evolved into an American Range Rover, the Cherokee has become useful/relevant to normal people, etc. etc. Lotus stuck true to what their brand "stands for" and look where it got them....

BASURA?

[CALL_911]

BASURA?

Español for garbage

[Madman]

I think the thing is damned ugly, but that just my opinion.

Ugliness hasn't stopped Nissan from selling a bazillion Jukes.  I expect to see a similar number of these little Jeeplets running around very soon.

Yea the illusion of SUVs being bought to go off road has been long dead.

Yep.  Nearly all the used Jeeps I come across are 2WD.

If the only people who bought SUVs were people who actually needed them, you would never see any.

[giant_mtb]

Español for garbage

Okay, good. So it's not one hell of an abbreviation.

[ifcar]

Okay, good. So it's not one hell of an abbreviation.

Oh please. Everyone knows Budget Activity Sport-Utility Radical Auto.

[SVT666]

Okay, good. So it's not one hell of an abbreviation.

I thought he invented another random abbreviation.

[68_427]

I love how the Renegade looks.

[CALL_911]

It looks like a real life version of a Jeep that would be rendered for The Sims

[CALL_911]

I only wish they reserved the name Renegade for something more serious

[12,000 RPM]

Yea the Renegade from the 80s was pretty tough

@ the basura explanation.

[2o6]

They could have called this car "Compass" and been done with it

[Speed_Racer]

I see a ton of college girls driving Libertys. Is this the Jeep for the current generation of HS/college girls?

[giant_mtb]

I see a ton of college girls driving Libertys. Is this the Jeep for the current generation of HS/college girls?

I could see that happening.

[MX793]

They still make the Wrangler

I think they have managed the brand well. The Patriot was BASURA, but the GC has evolved into an American Range Rover, the Cherokee has become useful/relevant to normal people, etc. etc. Lotus stuck true to what their brand "stands for" and look where it got them....

Lotus has never been much more than a boutique automaker with a very limited and low volume model range and very long model/platform life cycles.

Being owned by GM certainly didn't help them any, either.