The new Tamiya re-re Jeep Wrangler has a new brackets (YJ) by the name 'Jeep' on the box, for pepole like myself know very little about the Wrangler may wonder what it is, as you dont find it on the original 58141. It is quite straight forward actually, quoted from Wikipedia as follow:
'The Wrangler (also known as the YJ, TJ, and JK, as explained below) is an SUV produced by American automaker Chrysler under its Jeep marque. It is a successor to the famous World War II 'Jeep' vehicle by way of the Willys civilian Jeep (CJ) in the 1950s, later produced by Kaiser-Jeep and by American Motors (AMC). The Wrangler debuted in 1987, was updated in 1997 and again in 2007, and is still popular today. A defining feature of all Wranglers is that they continue to use live axles both front and rear like their forefather, the CJ.
From 1987 until 1992 the Wrangler/YJ was built in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It was then built in the Toledo South Assembly plant until mid-2006, after which the plant was slowly torn down. The Wrangler is currently produced at Jeep's Toledo North Assembly plant in Toledo, Ohio.
The Wrangler name was not used in Canada, as it was a trim level of Chevrolet pickup in that market. Instead, 1987 to 1995 models were sold as YJ, and 1997 to 2006 models were sold as TJ. The model designations of YJ and TJ are used throughout the world in the Jeep enthusiast community to differentiate which model is being spoken of instead of using the more ambiguous term "Wrangler".'
Interesting! I remember one of my college friends in the US bought a new YJ. He drove up the freeway (didn't have top down). I was a passenger, there was only one word in my mind: "Noisy"! We couldn't talk! A few years later I had a chance to drive one, it was a friend's friend's Wrangler. And there was another word in my mind: "Heavy"! I suppose the Wrangler serves a different purpose than the typical passenger car, but I wonder what percentage of the Wrangler owners ever take it off the paved road? I doubt if it's even reliable? The Wrangler does look really cool, however.
Posted by blackdogbro
at June 22,2009 09:49
Hello BDB
Thanks for the comment, as I mentioned in the article I know very little about the full size JW. RC model is charming because you can hold it in your hands and watch it run room to room in the house, no buring sunshine or toxic rain drops not even dusted. I am too lazy to run RC stuffs outdoors, not to mention the real off-road sports...very bad >_<
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