Jim Morrison er leder af Jeep Brand for Nordamerika, og han ser ud til at være en rigtig sjov fyr. After recently mocking Ford’s issues with the Bronco’s hard top, now he’s taking aim at the Ford Explorer Timberline.
“I actually feel sorry for [Ford Explorer Timberline] customers that get tricked,” Morrison told Muskelbiler og lastbiler. “You can paint a tow hook red. It doesn’t mean that behind the tow hook it would even hold up in the right moment that it needs to.”
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That’s not all. During the discussion, he allegedly pegede på et billede af det nye Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk climbing an incline and said the Timberline wouldn’t be able to go nearly as high up the slope.
“We design all of those Trail Rated elements from the ground up… it’s not just a marketing term, it’s capability that’s bred in. You don’t just put stickers and paint on things. We build it in with incredible capability,” Morrison told Muskelbiler og lastbiler.
The new Grand Cherokee Trailhawk two-row doesn’t go on sale until late 2021, so right now we can only compare it against the Timberline on paper. It’s still months before the pair can really go head to head off-road.
Som en genopfriskning kommer Grand Cherokee Trailhawk med udstyr som Quadra-Lift luftaffjedringssystemet med op til 11.3 tommer (28.7 centimeter) frihøjde. Den har også Quadra-Drive II aktive overførselskuffert med et elektronisk styret differentiale med begrænset skridning bagpå. Den elektroniske svingstangsfrakobling giver forbedret affjedringsled.
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Three powertrains are available. There’s the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 with 293 horsepower (219 kilowatts and 260 pound-feet (348 Newton-meters) of torque. The 5.7-liter V8 has 357 hp (266 kW) and 390 lb-ft (528 Nm). Finally, the 4xe uses an electrically assisted 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 375 hp (280 kW) and 470 lb-ft (637 Nm).
Explorer Timberline tilbyder 8.7 tommer (22.1 centimeter) frihøjde, hvilket kommer fra at løfte affjedringen med 0.8 tommer (2.03 centimeter) mere end standardmodellen. Drivsystemet har firehjulstræk og et standard Torsen-grænsedifferentiale bagtil.
Timberline fås kun med en 2.3-liters turboladet firecylindret, der yder 300 hk (223 kW) og 310 lb-ft (420 Nm).
Kilde: https://www.motor1.com/news/538692/jeep-exec-mocks-ford-explorer/
