After a heavy refresh in 2023, Jeep is back with some minor changes to its rock-crawling Wrangler for the 2025 model year, and a missing transmission is catching the attention of enthusiasts.

To be sure, not only is the number of cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles available with a stick shift dwindling, few young drivers are learning how to shift for themselves these days.

But more importantly, van Doveren wants this Jeep to prove how engaging a 1975 ... the Hemi sounds even better—but the switch to a stick-shift transmission and suspension revisions make this ...