Will Sable Courtney
Turn on an NFL game (or whatever form of mainstream network television you still watch) anytime in the latter half of 2021, and odds are good it wouldn’t be long before you caught one of those super-patriotic, quasi -the jingoistic ads for the new Jeep Wagoneer / Grand Wagoneer twins. You know, the ones about how “the best things America does are the things America does out here” and how the flag on the passenger side isn’t facing backwards, it “turns this way because it’s moving forward just like the men and women who carry it their uniforms.”
But, like most SUVs, these all-American mega-Jeeps won’t spend much of their lives climbing purple mountain majesty or traversing the glittering sands of diamond deserts, much less getting into battle with Stars and Stripes refrains. (Though, to be fair, I feel that Patton probably would have loved to drive across Europe in one of these beasts.) No, most Wagoneers and Grand Wagoneers will spend their lives performing more proletarian but no less important tasks: taking kids to and from school, bringing home loads from Costco and Ikea big enough to qualify for C-17 airlift, taking long vacations to see long-awaited destinations (maybe with a camper trailer in tow).
And, of course, drive to see family on vacation. Which is exactly what I ended up using the Grand Wagoneer for.
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