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The New Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Is Like Old Faithful on Viagra

Jeep’s first V-8 Wrangler in 40 years packs a potent punch, on- and off-road

The 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392

Photographer: Hannah Elliott/Bloomberg

The 2021 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 is expensive. With a starting price of $74,995 including destination charges, it costs as much as the most expensive variants of Land Rover’s new Defender. That’s $46,000 more than the price of a base Wrangler.

The Wrangler Rubicon 392 is loud. Speeding down a long two-lane highway near Moab, Utah, on March 30, it barked and belched like an angry junkyard pit bull. It reached 60 mph in 4.5 seconds, nearly a second faster than a Jaguar F-Type sports car.