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The things that set a Jeep apart from the SUV's out there are solid axles (not independant suspensions), removeable doors, a fold-down windsheild, rollbars, a real transfer case with low range and a manual shifter (not a switch on the dash), and the availablility of a stripped down model with bare steel floors. Not to mention the fact that...
You can take them out and run them up hills, over the rocks, across the creeks, through the mud and then hose them off inside and out after driving them home on the highway. The short wheelbased, narrow Jeeps will fit down trails cut by ATV's. With complete confidence I have taken an un-modified Wranger (it was a '92) to work during a blizzard, passing everything from cars to full size trucks that were abandonded on the sides of the highways. What else can you all do that with? Nuttin
With exception of a very few trucks, it is the last truly rugged 4WD. Ford had the early Bronco. International had the Scout. There were other rugged, capable on/off-road vehicles but they are all merely a memory and only Jeeps have stood the test of time.
I am of course, referring to the CJ's and Wranglers... with the newly re-designed Grand Cherokee, the Liberty, and now the Commander having an independant front suspension and luxury styling the Wrangler is the last Jeep not designed for the Soccer Mom
