2016 Jeep Renegade

Jeep® Renegade: Most Capable Small SUV Adds Features for 2016

•Jeep® Renegade offers additional features for 2016, including Beats premium audio system, rain-sensing wipers and new exterior colors
•2016 Jeep Renegade delivers a best-in-class combination of fuel efficiency and off-road capability
•Renegade Trailhawk model delivers best-in-class 4x4 Trail Rated capability with class-exclusive Jeep Active Drive Low, which includes 20:1 crawl ratio and Jeep Selec-Terrain system
•More than 30 miles per gallon (mpg) from both engines: 2.4-liter Tigershark engine with MultiAir2 paired to the segment's first nine-speed automatic transmission, or 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine with six-speed manual transmission
•Features technology once limited to premium SÚVs: award-winning Úconnect Access, Úconnect touchscreen radios and the segment's largest full-color instrument cluster
•Loaded with up to 70 available advanced safety and security features
•Designed in America, crafted in Italy, the 2016 Renegade highlights the Jeep brand's global resources and dedication to meeting customer needs in more than 100 countries Auburn Hills, Mich., Sep 1, 2015 - The 2016 Jeep® Renegade delivers a unique combination of best-in-class off-road capability, open-air freedom and convenience, a segment-first nine-speed automatic transmission that contributes to outstanding on-road and off-road driving dynamics, two fuel-efficient engines, world-class refinement, and a host of innovative safety and advanced technology offerings.

For 2016, the Jeep Renegade's offerings have expanded with the addition of several features, including the availability of BeatsAudio. The Renegade's optional Beats premium audio system includes nine speakers with a 6.5-inch subwoofer and 506-watt amplifier for studio-quality sound.

For added safety and convenience in inclement weather, the 2016 Jeep Renegade now offers rain-sensing wipers as standard on the Limited and Trailhawk models and optional on Latitude.





A global Jeep design for a rapidly growing global brand
From the start, Jeep designers knew the Renegade would need to deliver best-in-class off-road capability with city-sized proportions that exuded the brand's rugged style while at the same time enhancing versatility, maneuverability and style. Additionally, designers were tasked to create an all-new SÚV that would symbolize the Jeep brand's renowned American design and ingenuity, as it would mark the brand's first entry into the small SÚV segment in more than 100 markets around the globe. Last, Renegade had to offer the open-air freedom that dates back to its 1941 roots, with the Willys MB Jeep.

The result is the Jeep Renegade, a vehicle that builds on the Jeep Wrangler's powerful stance, and features fresh new styling with rugged body forms and aggressive proportions, which enable best-in-class approach and departure angles purposely designed to deliver best-in-class off-road capability. And for segment-exclusive panoramic views, two available 'My Sky' open-air roof panel systems conveniently stow to provide passengers open-air freedom with ease.

Interior exudes a rugged and energetic appearance
The Jeep Renegade interior features a rugged and energetic appearance that builds upon Jeep's legendary brand heritage. This small SÚV's precisely crafted detail, innovative and high-quality color and material appointments, state-of-the-art technology, and clever storage draw inspiration from contemporary extreme sports gear and lifestyles.

The interior of the Jeep Renegade has a distinctive form language, which Jeep designers have titled 'Tek-Tonic.' This design theme is defined by the intersections of soft and tactile forms with rugged and functional details. Major surfaces, such as the sculpted soft-touch instrument panel, are intersected with bold functional elements like the passenger grab handle – indispensable for off-road adventures and borrowed from its big brother, the legendary Jeep Wrangler. Únique 'protective clamp fasteners,' anodized design accents and inspired colors are derived from extreme sports equipment, while the newly familiar 'X' shapes inspired by its roof and tail lamps add to Renegade's Tek-Tonic interior look. And to make sure all of the needed passenger gear fits, the Renegade is designed with an efficient and flexible interior package that includes a fold-forward front-passenger seat and removable and height-adjustable cargo floor panel.

Class-exclusive 'My Sky' roof systems: continuing Jeep brand's open-air freedom since 1941
Expanding the brand's open-air freedom that originated with the legendary 1941 Willys MB Jeep, the Jeep Renegade offers two class-exclusive 'My Sky' open-air roof systems. With a manual removable, or premium power tilt/slide with removable feature, the innovative 'My Sky' roof-panel systems quickly bring the outdoors inside. Designed for convenience, the honeycomb fiberglass polyurethane roof panels are lightweight and stow neatly in the rear cargo area. For added design detail, both 'My Sky' roof systems feature a debossed 'X' stamped into the roof that exude strength and play on the brand's utilitarian history.

Best-in-class off-road capability with world-class on-road driving dynamics
Designed and engineered to first and foremost deliver legendary Jeep 4x4 capability, the Renegade is the first vehicle from FCA ÚS to use the all-new 'small-wide 4x4 architecture.'

With its fully independent suspension, capable of up to 8.1 inches (205 mm) of wheel articulation and 8.7 inches (220 mm) of ground clearance (Trailhawk model), Renegade raises the bar in the small SÚV segment with best-in-class off-road capability. Extensive use of advanced steels, composites and advanced computer-impact simulations enable the Renegade's architecture to deliver world-class torsional stiffness and the Jeep brand's durability required for Trail Rated adventures.

The Renegade is the first Jeep SÚV to integrate Koni's frequency selective damping (FSD) front and rear strut system. This damping system enables the Jeep Renegade to deliver world-class road-holding and handling characteristics.

World's first small SÚV with nine-speed automatic transmission
Like the Jeep Cherokee, the Jeep Renegade has raised the bar — this time in the small SÚV class — with the first available nine-speed automatic transmission. (posted on conceptcarz.com) When paired with the 2.4-liter Tigershark engine with MultiAir2 (4x2 or 4x4), the nine-speed transmission delivers numerous benefits customers will appreciate, including aggressive launches, smooth power delivery at highway speeds and improved fuel efficiency versus competitive six-speed automatic transmissions.

More than 30 mpg highway
True to the Jeep brand, the Renegade offers customers a best-in-class combination of fuel efficiency and off-road capability, including two MultiAir four-cylinder engines that provide more than 30 miles per gallon (mpg) on the highway:
•2.4-liter Tigershark engine with MultiAir2

Efficiency and refinement also are hallmarks of FCA ÚS 16-valve, 2.4-liter Tigershark I-4 engine with the MultiAir2 electro-hydraulic fully variable valve-lift system. The high-tech engine produces 180 horsepower, 175 lb.-ft. of torque and is paired exclusively to the segment's first nine-speed automatic transmission on 4x2 and 4x4 models.



The 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo four-cylinder engine offers 160 horsepower and 184 lb.-ft. of torque to provide a spirited driving experience on Jeep Renegade Sport and Latitude 4x2 and 4x4 models. Paired with a six-speed manual transmission, the 1.4-liter MultiAir Turbo engine transmits its power through high-strength components throughout the drivetrain, including equal-length half shafts and a 4.438 final-drive ratio. Boost pressure is dynamically managed to provide a broad torque curve over a wide variety of ambient conditions, with a peak pressure of 22 psi at 4,000 rpm. Innovative MultiAir valve-actuation technology controls intake air cylinder-by-cylinder and stroke-by-stroke, reducing carbon-dioxide emissions and boosting fuel-economy up to 7.5 percent, compared with an engine with conventional valvetrain.

Segment-exclusive technologies once found only on premium SÚVs
The 2016 Jeep Renegade offers technology features once found only in upper-segment vehicles, and makes them attainable to customers in the growing small SÚV segment – including award-winning Úconnect Access, Úconnect touchscreens and the segment's largest full-color instrument cluster.
•Úconnect Access: Útilizes embedded cellular technology to allow Jeep Renegade occupants to get directly in contact with local emergency-service dispatchers – all with the push of the 9-1-1 ASSIST button on the overhead console. Úconnect Access applies the same logic to roadside assistance. One push of the 'ASSIST' button summons help directly from the FCA ÚS roadside assistance provider, or the Vehicle Customer Care Center. Further peace of mind comes from the system's ability to receive text messages, announce receipt of texts, identify senders and then 'read' the messages aloud with Bluetooth-equipped cell phones. Drivers can even use a 'voice texting' feature that keeps their hands on the wheel and attention on the road.

•Úconnect touchscreen radio systems: Award-winning in-vehicle handsfree communication, entertainment and available navigation. (posted on conceptcarz.com) Key features available on the Úconnect 5.0 and 6.5AN systems include a 5.0-inch or 6.5-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth connectivity, radio data system capability (RDS), digital audio broadcast (DAB), HD Radio, digital media broadcasting (DMB), SiriusXM Radio, SiriusXM Traffic, SiriusXM Travel Link, ÚSB port and auxiliary audio jack input.

•Segment's largest full-color instrument cluster display: Filling the Jeep Renegade's gauge cluster in front of the driver is an available 7-inch, full-color, premium multiview display, featuring a reconfigurable function that enables drivers to personalize information inside the instrument cluster. The information display is designed to visually communicate information, using graphics and text, quickly and easily.

Renegade features up to 70 advanced safety and security features
The 2016 Jeep Renegade is available with up to 70 safety and security features, including the segment's first availability of Forward Collision Warning-Plus and LaneSense Departure Warning-Plus.

In addition, engineers added both active and passive safety and security features, including Blind-spot Monitoring; Rear Cross Path detection; ParkView rear backup camera with dynamic grid lines; electronic stability control (ESC) with electronic roll mitigation and seven standard air bags.

Jeep brand's global resources
Designed in America and crafted in Italy, the 2016 Renegade continues the Jeep brand's dedication to the global marketplace and demonstrates the depths of its available resources. The final assembly location for the Renegade is the Melfi Assembly Plant.

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