In a recent (or kinda recent) lengthy discussion on here with some off-road guru who has built his own custom rigs, the point of what the hurrincane eludes to was totally lost, maybe with the exception of Yetti. I don't remember the user or what thread it was in but it was the decades old argument of IFS and independent suspensions all together. The argument was that to be a true off-roader you had to have solid axles. I waited, while succinctly arguing with the guy, for someone to bring up the Hurricane when I mentioned how Jeep was headed in the direction of full independent suspensions because, if applied correctly, offer much more potential than the standard solid axle setup.
While the Hurricane will never be produced. Hell, it has 2 V-8s in it. The technology and testing I alluded to in that thread was applied to the Hurricane. I thought it was quite obvious but the "expert" just didn't get it and went so far as to say something along the lines of "why would Jeep ruin their flagship," the Wrangler he said, "by doing away with solid axles."
Phil's post about the Hurricane reminded me about that. The Hurricane has a four corner independent uneven-length-arm suspension system, with coilovers, and unique split axle design that means it has 4 drive shafts. One for each wheel instead of 2 that's split between differentials. The transfer case sends power to each individual wheel. It has an approach angle of 64 degrees and departure angle of 86 degrees. It has 14 inches of ground clearance and over 20 inches of wheel travel at each corner. Of course, it has the 4 wheel steering, 2 hemis, etc but who knows if they will be applied to anything in the future.
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