Wrangler or unlimited

TJ or earlier are real Jeeps. If youre gonna get a JK, it dont matter. Two doors or four, its a fucking JK. Paint it pink and hang streamers off the bars if you want to.

Since almost everyone in here isn't answering your question, I'll tell you that I prefer the Unlimited and plan on buying one this year.

The Unlimited is my preference because of size. More room all around. The trunk in the 2 door is tiny when the back seats aren't down, and the leg room for the back seats is smaller too.

Also, Wranglers, due to their design, have pretty poor stability and road manners at higher speeds. The unlimited is more stable than the 2 door due to a lower center of gravity. However, this makes the unlimited not quite as good as the 2 door off road due to a worse break over angle, but that just depends on what you want to use the jeep for.

Unlimited: more practical, more family friendly, more stable on road.
2 Door: more traditional, slightly better off road.

Whatever you plan to use it for, man. Ignore the people who call the Unlimited a mom mobile and turn around and suggest you buy a 4runner or an FJ which are almost exclusively driven by middle aged women. They're nice, but you'll look like a massive cuck taking a shiny on-road SUV out into the woods.

>will put any stock wrangler to shame

if youre talking about the FJ in your pic, then probably. a stock rubicon would annihilate a stock FJ off road. Plus the rubicon objectively looks better.

First off a Rubicon Unlimited > then an FJ in all respects in stock trim except for on the street.
I am not a Jeep fan boy either.
I own a 2014 4Runner Trail and a 2015 Unlimited Rubicon.
I was in the market for a Manual FJ cruiser and I checked them out thoroughly and researched all the issues. From everything i have found out the only really issue JKs have is their automatic transmission line was poorly placed and could melt itself (a non issue for me due to wanting a manual) and the possibility of death wobble.
The FJ on the other hand has known to have a faulty manual transmission that gets replaced with under 80k miles. mid 100s if you are lucky and body warp with off-road use. (google it if you think im wrong).

To answer your question though op the 2 door was too small for me as im always carry shit. The 2 door is much better for a day romping around on trails but if you are doing serious climbing most prefer the 4 door due to its longer wheel base adds more stability.
So if you can live with less cargo and want to do more trails then rock crawling the 2 door might suit you better and is cheaper.
For trim levels If you plan on going 37 or bigger you might as well get a sport as your gonna want better axles. The dana 44s on the rubicon are great until you get close to 35s then the start snapping like twigs. If you want to go 33s and under or very light offroad use with 35s the electronic front and rear lockers on the rubicon are fucking boss. Also auto swaybar disconnect is pretty cool imo.
Dont get a jk Sahara- they are bitch mode.

Will answer any questions about my Unlimited Rubicon or 4 Runner.

Just get an LJ you pussy

Though i should also add-
The older 3.8L that came pre 2012 is a dog. It doesn't really have the power it needs for the unlimited but can manage in the 2 door.
The 3.6 is much better all around with fewer reported problems and over 80 more hp and 30lbs of torque.
The down side is its only 5 years old so there are not that many with 150k miles so we dont know how long the engine will actually last. So far it seems to be much more reliable then 3.6 even with more miles.

The wrangler isn't made for (family) cruising.

Mercedes were the ones to fuck everything up. Bob Eaton just gave them the chance to do it by selling Chrysler to them in the first place.
Chrysler had no reason to sell. They were the most profitable American car company at the time and had some of the highest quality American cars. Had Bob Lutz been CEO, it never would've happened and We would sing praises to Chrysler for bringing the Howler to market and introducing the Dodge Razor to kill the Miata, S2000, and 350Z.

I like how you included info on their reliability. People on Veeky Forums think "its chrysler, so it HAS to be an unreliable piece of shit." I've been doing research on JKs for a while now since I've been wanting one. They are actually quite sound from a reliability standpoint. Death wobble is the most common complaint but that is easily remedied. Everyone I know who has a JK loves it. But as soon as you get on Veeky Forums suddenly they are the worst car ever made.

And you'll always get that autist on here who puts the pics of the 20+ year old jeeps in these threads with oversized tires on stock axles with the axles broken saying "HURR DURR HEEP THEY SUCK"

>blame the Germans for your shortcomings
>oi vey if good Jew Lutz had been promoted, none of ziss would have happened!