Jeep Wrangler
That weird stick-axle shiver? Gone. The queasy body roll? Eliminated. Where the last-gen Rubicon was punishing on rough pavement, the new one is admirably compliant. The steering, a recirculating-ball setup with electro-hydraulic assist, is purposefully mushy at small angles, to cushion the dartiness out of this short-wheelbase barn at highway speed. At anything beyond a lane change, though, the wheel is firm and communicative. You still have to steer your way through panic braking—the nose pitches so far down, you'll worry about scraping the paint off the front bumper—and you wouldn't want to slalom the Rubicon. But this is the first off-road Wrangler that feels perfectly happy bounding down a winding country highway. Read more at www.oktilli.com
