Cars & Bikes
Jeep Reshapes Its Iconic Wrangler With Slippery Brick Styling
How do you tweak the boxiest SUV to help it slice through air?
The engineers of the Jeep Wrangler had a conundrum: How do you redesign one of the most iconic SUVs on the road to survive tougher fuel economy standards without abandoning the brick-like shape that’s essential to its appeal?
At first glance, the styling of the next-generation Wrangler doesn’t appear to have changed all that much. But a bend here and a curve there improved aerodynamics by 9 percent, according to Mike Manley, Jeep’s brand chief.