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Jeep Renegade test drive at the Chicago Auto Show #CAIS15
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four cylinder all right tiger shark
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engine so it's 180 horsepower 175 foot
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PBS of torque up to 31 MP gallon on the
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highway and then we've got the 9-speed
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automatic transmission
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also part of that Trail Hawk package you
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get um some Ultra alteran tires it's got
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skid plates covering you
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know all right like roller coaster
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that's right get a good view of the show
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from here absolutely the new Renegade
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Works a little differently than the
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other Jeeps I hit it and then I set my
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descent speed by holding the brake so
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I'm going to hold the brake
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down set a speed and I'm going to let it
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go and it's going to continue to do the
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breaking automatically at that speed and
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then I can leave it on I can override it
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by hitting the gas pedal just going to
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go forward well these are just get these
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are just starting to arrive here in the
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states
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um you're going to between now and
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mid-march is when you're going to start
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to see them at the
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dealerships
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so you know sport latitude limited and
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then Trail Hawk so the Sport's going to
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start
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$179.95 for price and the Trail Hawk
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package starts just under
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26 all right this is 30°
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here nice nice and stable low center of
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gravity feel on two wheels there a
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little
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bit all right it is a uh fully automatic
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uh it's called a PTU power transfer unit
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it's not exactly a transfer case but it
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is fully automatic and uh can transfer
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100% of the torque to any one wheel or
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any combination of all four
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basically uses the uh brake it's called
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brake lock differential any tire that's
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up in the air spinning or not getting
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traction squeeze the disc brake on that
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wheel transfer the power across the
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the those skid plates provide a little
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piece of Mind through that rock garden
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yep and the Trail Hawk also sits about
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almost an inch taller than the other
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trim levels that's mostly due to larger
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tires
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all right I swe
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[Music]
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it is a very tough Trail matches to the
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capability shooting for
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