Find Out How Well the Four Wheel Drive Wrangler Rates in Fuel Efficiency

The 2010 Jeep Wrangler is a four door sport utility vehicle with excellent off-road capabilities. The only engine option available on the This vehicle is a 3.8 liter six cylinder. The overhead valve unit features sequential fuel induction and a two valve per unit layout.

The engine produces two hundred-two horsepower at five thousand two hundred revolutions per minute, and torque output is two hundred thirty-seven pound feet at four thousand revolutions per minute. The engine can be mated to either a four speed automatic transmission or a six speed manual transmission. The automobile can be ordered with either a two wheel drive system or a four wheel drive system. The two vehicle returns fifteen miles per gallon in city driving, according the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. On the highway, the automobile returns twenty miles per gallon in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency testing. Outfitting the vehicle with the four wheel drive system barely reduces the Wrangler's fuel economy ratings.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rates the four wheel drive automobile at fifteen miles per gallon in city driving. On the highway, the offroad drive vehicle gets nineteen miles per gallon in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency testing. The maximum load rating for the automobile is one thousand one hundred fifty-five pounds; carrying any load larger than this rating will decrease the vehicles fuel economy. The automobile can tow up to five thousand pounds when equipped with a proper tow package; towing any item with the Wrangler will decrease its fuel economy rating.