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The Jeep Wrangler Pickup Truck is Finally Going to Happen
autoguide.com ^ | 10-1-15 | Stephen Elmer

Posted on 09/02/2015 4:22:55 PM PDT by FlJoePa

By Sep 01, 2015

The Jeep Wrangler Pickup Truck is Finally Going to Happen

A pickup truck based on the Jeep Wrangler is under development and should arrive on the market by 2017 or 2018. 

According to Automotive News, production of the Wrangler will stay in Toledo, Ohio, which is also where Jeep will be building a new pickup truck based on the Wrangler. The fate of Wrangler production has been up in the air for nearly a year, but today Jeep execs revealed these plans to plant management. They also revealed that production of the Cherokee will be leaving Ohio for a nearby State, likely Michigan or Illinois.

Details on the Jeep Wrangler pickup truck are still unknown, besides the fact that it will be based on the next-generation Wrangler which will use some aluminum parts to cut weight while it will also likely adopt a diesel and or a small turbocharged gasoline motor to get good fuel economy ratings. It is likely that the truck will be a midsize to compete with the new Chevy Colorado along with the redesigned Toyota Tacoma.

SEE ALSO: Next-Gen Jeep Wrangler Stays ‘True to its Current Form’

A modern Jeep Wrangler pickup was teased back in 2005 with the Gladiator concept (seen above) though that truck was based off the larger Ram 1500 frame.

Having a new pickup to build in Toledo will help to negate the loss of the Cherokee, which is Jeep’s best-selling vehicle. Combined, FCA wants the redesigned 2018 Wrangler along with the pickup to move 350,000 units a year.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: 4wd; jeep
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To: Still Thinking

When Chrysler acquired Jeep, they killed it because it competed with the small dodge pick up (whatever it was called).


61 posted on 09/02/2015 6:21:46 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

I agree with you, in that I bought my Jeeps regardless of Consumer Reports, which I had researched.

The one thing CR got right is stating that the Jeep Wrangle series is a very crude design.


62 posted on 09/02/2015 6:23:53 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: FlJoePa
Meh. Not interested in that. AM interested in THIS:


63 posted on 09/02/2015 6:36:11 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: FlJoePa
That cab sure looks stupid.
(shrug)
64 posted on 09/02/2015 6:39:47 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: JimSEA
Actually a two wheel drive Ford pickup could get you most of the places the jeep could go. The jeep had the advantage on very rocky roads but the Ford was a better “mudder”.
I tend to buy older ford 4x4's and patch them up to drive. Simple, cheap parts, tons of them still around. Wife hates it. I remind her what she pays in 3 months for her newer Rav 4, just paid for my pickup.
65 posted on 09/02/2015 6:43:25 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I love my dog, but a .45 is man's best friend...)
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To: Aut Pax Aut Bellum

My 54 Ford up was my baby.


66 posted on 09/02/2015 6:46:36 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Baynative

Please oh please!! I’ll even get rid of my BMW cabrio to get my hands on one of these. I’d do it tomorrow even.


67 posted on 09/02/2015 6:50:25 PM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: G Larry
For 20 years Jeep has had a Consumer Reports Reliability rating below average.

Consumer Reports rated my 1996 Jeep Cherokee Country as one of the absolute worst vehicles for reliability.

I sold it in 2007 with just over 100,000 miles on it. Ran like a top, never failed or let me down. I kept the exterior up and it didn't have a spec of rust on it, or a tear in the interior.

The only thing I ever had to do to it was replace the battery (twice) do the brakes (once) and put new tires on it in addition to changing the oil every 5000 miles.

That was it. Absolutely the most reliable vehicle I ever owned. Took it off road a few times, once getting it up to the axles in mud. Put it in 4WD High and it pulled itself right out.

I wish I had kept it. The vehicle I purchased in it's place was a GMC Envoy Denali. Now THAT's one unreliable piece of shit!

68 posted on 09/02/2015 6:50:40 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: FlJoePa

I’d like it if someone other than Chrysler would build it.


69 posted on 09/02/2015 6:53:57 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
I’d like it if someone other than Chrysler would build it.

Well there's always the Beijing Auto version:


70 posted on 09/02/2015 7:00:59 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Erik Latranyi

First, its called Consumer Reports because they are compiling the data as reported by consumers.

Second, Edmonds reviews support the poor reliability conclusion.


71 posted on 09/02/2015 7:02:33 PM PDT by G Larry (Obama is replicating the instruments of the fall of Rome)
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To: PhiloBedo

Dakota, I think. I think I’d rather have a Comanche.


72 posted on 09/02/2015 7:07:47 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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To: G Larry

Jeep owners are devoted, I’m not calling it a cult, because it’s not, but they have a brand attachment similar to Corvette, or BMW, or similar.

Despite being passed around like an old girlfriend (Willys>Kaiser>AMC>Renault>Chrysler>Daimler>Cerberus>Fiat) the brand just keeps chugging along.


73 posted on 09/02/2015 7:10:33 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: FlJoePa

So the Jeep Pickup, which was killed when Dodge and Jeep merged will return....


74 posted on 09/02/2015 7:12:21 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Wow, you are definitely not kidding. Unfortunately.


75 posted on 09/02/2015 7:14:49 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
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To: G Larry
"For 20 years Jeep has had a Consumer Reports Reliability rating below average. How do they stay in business?"

The first Jeep I bought was a brand new '94 Grand Cherokee. I got over 220K miles on it with the only maintenance ever being oil changes, and replacing tires, wiper blades and bulbs.

10 years later, I traded it in against an '04 Grand Cherokee which lasted me another 10 years with similar maintenance requirements (although I did have to replace the water pump at about 180K miles, and one of the tail lamp units at about 190K).

Traded it in against a 2014 Rubicon which is sitting proudly in my drive way now, which I plan on probably having another 10 years, and which I expect to still retain a very high trade-in value at that time.

Apparently, none of my vehicles read Consumer Reports.

76 posted on 09/02/2015 7:20:31 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: FlJoePa

I LOVED my Scrambler but it was the biggest piece of sh!t. Getting it away from AMC was the best thing that ever happened. Harley Davidson too.


77 posted on 09/02/2015 7:27:30 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: FlJoePa

Way Too Late

Don’t want any of the BS ...

I will make my own, with windows that roll up by hand and no smog control, manual Tranny ... maybe a 4BT


78 posted on 09/02/2015 9:18:24 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: FlJoePa

If I put that much money into my 1980 CJ... I could get a million miles out of it, then again my back would give out far before then


79 posted on 09/02/2015 9:34:35 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: PhiloBedo

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You are entitled to hold and express your opinions, regardless of their gross inaccuracies.

Unmodified CJ3s and CJ5s have always outperformed any other unmodified production vehicles on the Rubicon.

The Toy Fake Jeep is way too wide and tender for serious off road travel.


80 posted on 09/03/2015 9:09:45 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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