2020 Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel First Drive: It’s All There, Except…

The diesel-engine version of the Jeep Wrangler has finally arrived. We headed to Utah to take the 2020 Jeep Wrangler EcoDiesel for a first drive

Springdale, Utah — The history of the Jeep Wrangler in North America is long and it’s rich, but nowhere in it will you find mention of the word diesel. That seems inconceivable, and yet it’s true. But that’s finally changing. For 2020, the story of the Wrangler gets a new chapter with the introduction of a diesel-powered variant.

This new version is significant, for at least two reasons. For one, the introduction of a diesel engine version at the start of a decade everyone agrees will belong to the electric vehicle is a bold manoeuvre by the automaker, to say the least.

That said, when it comes to a product like the Wrangler, this is less counter-intuitive than it might appear. While in most cases today’s diesel variants no longer deliver such major gains in terms of fuel consumption over their gasoline-powered equivalents as in the past, in the case of this Jeep the gains really are impressive – on the order of 30% to 35%.

There’s a second big reason why this move by Jeep is notable: fans of the models have been screaming for a diesel-powered version.

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