Jeep returns automatic transmission to Wrangler SUV after customer complaints

Just two months after stopping sales of two-pedal all-terrain vehicles with a naturally-aspirated Pentastar engine, the company reconsidered its decision. Since December, the Jeep Wrangler with a 3.6-liter engine still has an 8-speed automatic transmission, but the additional payment for such a transmission will be a respectable $4,500! Since the SUV starts at $32.7 thousand, the premium is impressive.

Initially, the 2025 Jeep Wrangler lineup had six-cylinder options available only with a manual transmission. The logic of the decision was not explained and they faced dissatisfaction: many customers asked to return the combination with the classic machine. The automaker has met halfway, although the pleasure will not come cheap.

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Otherwise, the list of Jeep Wrangler improvements has not changed: configurations with manual windows and without central locking remain in the past, olive protective body color `41 was added to the palette, and from now on, through the application, you can not only warm up the engine, but also start the interior ventilation. The range consists of a 2.0 turbo engine, naturally aspirated V6 3.6 and V8 6.4, as well as a 4xe hybrid system.

Confusion in the marketing strategy of Stellantis brands is becoming the norm, and customers don’t like it. For example, Dodge actively promoted the eight-cylinder Durango SRT Hellcat as a “farewell” version with a compressor engine, but in the end the 720-horsepower SUVs moved first to the 2023, then to 2024, and now to the 2025 model year.

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