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Originally Posted by thatoneguy
The 5th gen earned its great reputation, but even in 2010 with that new body it was running several year old powertrains that it kept. The next generation is comparatively going to be a quantum leap forward, in my opinion. 17mpg with a modest amount of 4400RPM torque, going through five forward gears? That's going to be replaced with 23mpg with 50% more torque at less than half the RPM going through eight gears. Crash structure should be dramatically safer as well, and it will be a dramatically more rigid vehicle. 15 years is a long time.
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Not contradicting you on the math, but it’s been my observation over the years that among off road vehicles, advances in efficiency come at the expense of capability and reliability. Maybe a quantum leap sideways.
