One of the reasons Cars.com bought a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk 4xe as a long-term test vehicle is simply that it has so many facets to evaluate, and one of those facets is off-road capability. The Trailhawk (which now comes exclusively as a 4xe plug-in hybrid) is the top off-road model in the Grand Cherokee lineup, so we wanted to see how its rough-terrain prowess stacks up against the top off-road version of Jeep’s other plug-in hybrid: the Wrangler Rubicon 4xe.

To do that, we took both vehicles to a Jeep Jamboree event at the Badlands Off Road Park in Attica, Ind., which enabled us to answer a couple more questions: What is a Jeep Jamboree, and what’s it like to attend your first one? To find out, follow along with Cars.com’s Detroit Bureau Chief Aaron Bragman and Senior Research Editor Damon Bell as they both attend their first Jeep Jamboree.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:31 Jeep Jamboree overview
2:08 Attendee impressions
3:04 Badlands Off Road Park features
3:20 Jeep Jamboree benefits and details
4:25 Trail impressions
4:55 Jeep Jamboree atmosphere and organization
5:47 Is a Jeep Jamboree worth attending?
6:26 For more info

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