2018 Jeep Wrangler: What's the Cost of a Fill-Up?

CARS.COM — It took forever to get here, but the wait is over: Jeep finally dropped the new 2018 Jeep Wrangler “JL” on us at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show, and there’s a great deal to admire. Whether it’s details like the Jeep logo returning to the side of the front fenders or engineering enhancements like the Jeep Wrangler JL’s Sky One-Touch power top, you’re getting an update of an iconic vehicle. That includes the Jeep Wrangler’s powertrain — and its fuel economy.

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So, what does the cost of the new Jeep Wrangler gas tank fill-up look like? That depends on whether you’ve got the two-door Jeep Wrangler or the four-door Unlimited version Jeep, though EPA numbers suggest you’ll be going farther than any previous generation Jeep Wrangler before you have to pull over: The Wrangler’s six-speed manual transmission for either body style gets 17/23/19 mpg city/highway/combined, while the new eight-speed automatic gets 18/23/20 mpg. 

The difference is in size of the Jeep Wrangler’s gas tank. The two-door Jeep variant takes 18.5 gallons, but the four-door Unlimited trim  Jeep takes 21.5 gallons.

No matter your vehicle space needs, topping off the gas tank would cost you less this week. According to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report, the average price nationally of regular gas dropped 2 cents week over week to $2.50, continuing a slow decline that started before Thanksgiving.

• Per the nationwide vehicle average, then, you’re looking at paying $46.25 to fill up a two-door 2018 Wrangler JL and $53.75 to fill up a four-door Wrangler JL Unlimited.
• On the high end, Alaska and Hawaii led the way with regular octane gas at $3.25 a gallon. In a two-door Wrangler, that means you’ll shell out $60.13 to fill up; in an Unlimited, you’ll pay $69.88.
• At the other end is what you’d pay in Alabama, where the statewide average for regular octane gas is $2.23 this week: In a two-door Wrangler, you’ll fill up the tank for $41.26; in the tank of an Unlimited trim Jeep Wrangler, it would cost $47.95.

Pump prices on a whole declined in most states this week (premium fell 3 cents on average, though diesel remains unchanged), and AAA said in a release that prices could continue to drop through the end of the year, with some motorists seeing declines as high as 20 cents.

GasBuddy.com analyst Patrick DeHaan, though, said in a blog post that pump prices will hinge on whether production cuts instituted earlier this year are extended by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major oil producers. OPEC is meeting this week in Vienna. Oil prices have climbed recently in anticipation that OPEC will continue to restrict production.

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