2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Backcountry makes Sahara extra succesful
Jeep is including a restricted version of the Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid that provides functionality to the mid-level Sahara grade.
The 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Backcountry is primarily based on the Sahara, which is 2 steps up from the bottom Sport S trim degree however not fairly as off-road-capable because the Wrangler 4xe Rubicon.
As a substitute of the Sahara’s all-season tires, the Backcountry wears 275/55R20 Common Grabber all-terrains. They’re nonetheless mounted to 20-inch wheels, however with a singular end.
The Wrangler 4xe Backcountry receives entrance and rear metal bumpers, rock rails, a grille guard, and special-edition decals for the hood, fender, and tailgate. Like different 4xe fashions, the Backcountry is barely obtainable in four-door kind, with a body-color hardtop.
2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Backcountry
Additionally included are some comfort and tech options usually non-compulsory on the Sahara grade, equivalent to a front-view digital camera for off-road use, the towing bundle, a nine-speaker Alpine audio system, navigation, and an off-road path information app.
The Backcountry version additionally will get the Jeep Energy Field auxiliary energy unit that was first obtainable for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. It attracts energy from the 4xe’s 17-kwh battery pack, with twin 120-volt, 15-amp retailers to energy small home equipment and different electrical devices.
As earlier than, the Wrangler 4xe powertrain consists of a 2.0-liter turbo-4 and a pair of electrical motors, altogether sending 375 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque to all 4 wheels via an 8-speed automated transmission and mechanical four-wheel drive system. The 4xe offers an EPA-rated 21 miles of electrical vary, however simply 20 mpg mixed in hybrid mode.
2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Backcountry
At $66,185 (together with $1,895 vacation spot), the Backcountry version prices about $7,000 greater than the Wrangler 4xe Sahara grade on which it is primarily based. That is just a few grand greater than the Wrangler 4xe Rubicon.
The Backcountry is not the one special-edition Wrangler for 2025. A Willys ’41 version impressed by World Conflict II Jeeps, additionally supplied solely with the 4xe plug-in hybrid powertrain, joins the lineup. Different modifications for the 2025 mannequin 12 months are gentle, and notably the Wrangler can nonetheless be had with both a guide transmission or a V-8 engine.
