The electric vehicle era is prodding Stellantis to wind down production of its snorting Hemi V-8 engines. Things got crazy there for a while. Some of the last Hemis off the assembly line are going into the 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Final Edition.
To commemorate its wildest years of the internal combustion era, the Wrangler Rubicon 392 Final Edition wears exclusive black hood and fender decals, black badging and bronze trim accents. Inside, the black Nappa leather seats are trimmed with gold accents. Special monogrammed medallions are fitted to the shifter and rear swing gate.
There are functional upgrades, too: a unique front bumper with a bull bar and 8,000-pound capacity Warn winch, heavy-duty rock sliders (metal bars under the doors that protect the body work from damage when your Jeep crashes down on a rock off-road) and a half-inch lift. That’s on top of the 2-inch lift the Rubicon 392 already gets over other Wranglers and the Rubicon 392’s standard Xtreme 35 tire package, which adds 17-inch beadlock wheels (bronze on the Final Edition, of course) and 35-inch all-terrain tires. All of that rubber endows the Final Edition with 11.6 inches of ground clearance and the ability to ford up to 34.5 inches of water.
The “392” in the name refers to the cubic-inch displacement of the 6.4-liter V-8 punishing the Wrangler’s driveline with 470 horsepower and 470 pounds-feet of torque, which makes this Jeep a rocket-propelled mountain goat. The brand claims the Rubicon 392 can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and clear the quarter-mile in 13 seconds flat.
Jeep will build only 3,300 2024 Wrangler Rubicon 392 Final Editions destined for sale in the U.S. Dealers are taking orders now, and in a final twist of absurdity, the last V-8 Wrangler costs $101,890 (including $1,895 destination). That’s a premium of around $8,000 over the regular Rubicon 392 and $63,400 over the price of the base four-door Wrangler.
