Trail Rated Question

[slickaz]

Are all Jeep's sold in Australia Trail Rated?

I have a 2014 Jeep GC Limited 4X4 and my cousin in the states got one also, his has a Trail Rated badge, but we dont get that badge here.
so are we all TR trucks or none TR

[AV8]

Yes, especially the GC :" Fire-trail " rated! Dont worry, I've got one.

[Wolfe]

More importantly is it mall rated?

[shefy]

Just join the club, you get a SJC sticker.............

[AV8]

More importantly is it mall rated?

Expect nothing less

[Paul-JK]

I'm not personally a fan of the bling, rubber band tyres & huge wheels but I can understand that there are some that like that sort of thing.....each to their own.....whatever floats your boat. What really stumps me though is why the hell would ever need a winch on the front of something like that? What's he gonna do, winch himself over the speed bumps? Weird!

[Dieselcon]

Are all Jeep's sold in Australia Trail Rated?

I have a 2014 Jeep GC Limited 4X4 and my cousin in the states got one also, his has a Trail Rated badge, but we dont get that badge here.
so are we all TR trucks or none TR

Yes I believe that all jeeps with 4wd are trail rated... Heard it on a doco

[Wolfe]

Yes I believe that all jeeps with 4wd are trail rated... Heard it on a doco

I dont think the compass is.

[Paul-JK]

I think it's probably more if a marketing exercise to be honest, but one that has more meaning in the states than it does here so they don't use it here (or as much).

Not sure where the origins of it came from and whether it was originally to do with the Rubicon Trail but I'm guessing it probably started before Jeep were making passenger cars though. Their website states "Jeep® Trail Rated® vehicles pass a series of grueling tests designed to prove off-road performance on the world's most demanding terrain". Obviously a grueling test for Patriot or even a Cherokee is probably not so grueling for a Wrangler so the severity of the tests must change for each model and therefore what the trail rated moniker means in terms of capability will change with each model.

That said, the vehicles we get here are basically the same vehicles available in the states (slight differences in accessories aside perhaps), so what is trail rated there would/should be equally trail rated here......i would have thought.

[Paul-JK]

I dont think the compass is.

Just looked at the Jeep website (http://www.jeep.com/en/jeep_capabilities/trail_rated/) and they have videos for each vehicle type explaining the 5 key aspects of what it is to be trail rated........and even the Compass is in there!