![]() ![]() ![]() Note that with both front wheels at lower limits of travel, they have undergone little or no camber changes. It’s also big enough for the whole family, and even the little lady wouldn’t be ashamed to drive it to her weekly bridge club. With the new Willys station wagon in the garage, the other car is no longer a necessity - this is one vehicle that’s equally at home anywhere. In most cases, true four-wheeling aficionados tow their rigs to the point where the modern highway stops and the real back country begins. Jeeps and other FWD vehicles are the greatest for tooling over cow trails or across uncharted deserts - but for the most part, they’re either too slow, or too cramped and uncomfortable for freeway cruising. Up to now, most four-wheel-drive enthusiasts (of which there are thousands) have been faced with the problem of two cars in the garage. Long a builder of strictly, almost starkly functional, utility-type vehicles, Willys adds a whole new dimension to the line with the Wagoneer. First Test: Willys Jeep Wagoneer The Jeep Becomes A Gentleman: New Turnpike Engine and Country Club Look - Same Old Backroad Dependability If you want to skim or skip the article text, just scroll down past the charts. I’ll put my commentary after the article so you don’t have to search within it. The test starts below and runs continuously to the specification charts. The road test text is in italics as are the captions, which are the original Motor Trend captions. Since I don’t have a physical copy of the magazine to scan, I have the full text and pictures entered below. worked and how much of a breath of fresh air the Wagoneer was when it first came out. This article sheds light on both how well the i.f.s. The questions greatly outnumbered the answers, which got me searching deep into the World Wide Web where I was able to find Motor Trend’s first road test of Jeep’s newest creation. In the article and comments there was speculation about how well it worked and why it was only offered so briefly. I recently ran a very full CC on the Grand Wagoneer, which included a brief overview of the novel Independent Front Suspension that was available for the first five years of the Waggy’s long life. If you’re like me and just can’t get you enough Wagoneer, you might be interested in this. ![]()
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