The 2016 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is made to head off-road. Tegan Lawson recently caught up with the Sydney Jeep Club and joined them on a run in the Hampton State Forest, following fire-trails heading up and around Mt Bonfire.
It wasn’t supposed to be a difficult run, but promised enough mud, ruts, rocks and hill climbs to challenge this unmodified Jeep. It turned out to be much more than expected, with plenty of obstacles and challenges along the way.
The Renegade Trailhawk is trail-rated and has Jeep Active Drive Low, which is a four-wheel drive system with a single-speed power transfer unit, also among its off-road suite of features is hill descent control and terrain select. It rides on 17-inch off-road wheels and features underbody skid plates.
The convoy of around 16 Jeep’s set off, and barely a few minutes into the drive came across a large tree that had fallen across the track. With no way to go around, the problem was solved by chopping it down, then rigging it up and towing it out of the way.
Continuing higher up the mountain, the group came to a three-pronged fork in the road. The decision was made to test the Renegade on the difficult steep and loose track that a number of modified Jeeps had already fallen short of conquering. The Renegade didn’t make it to the top, but it sure performed impressively.
Further along the trail they came across yet another fallen tree, and this time used logs and rocks to build a bridge over the obstacle.
The 2016 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is made of tough stuff, it kept up with the Sydney Jeep Club on this run, but it looks like they managed to find its limits.
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