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Originally posted by shovelhead:
Personal opinion, stay away from the 4 cylinder Jeep, they require Premium fuel. I test drove one and while it wasn’t bad my concern is the power and, it seemed peaky to me, I’d rather have torque than HP in that scenario.

Interesting. All 7 turbo charger vehicles I have/had, 5 of which were/are inline 4s, had/have small turbo chargers to have wide flat torque curves. They 4s started making torque at 2,000rpm, and had virtually flat curves between 2,500 rpm and redline. All produced more torque from 2,500 rpm to redline than the 304 V8 in my 1978 CJ7 did over the same range.

I wonder what Chrysler does different than Ford, Mazda, and VW to make it seem peaky?