How the Jeep Evolved From Military Vehicle to Today's Wrangler

www.popularmechanics.com ^ | Nov 14, 2017 | By Chris Perkins

[wardaddy]

I’d never heard of that

Saab had some two strokes back in the late 50s I think

Citroen too

I didn’t know about Subaru

Fj40 today ain’t cheep

We have had a 2001 FJ100 almost since it was born in Toyota City

280,000 mikes and my son drives it now

Best car I ever owned

I have a 2010 FJ too

You just cannot do better hardly

We own two jeeps as well a two door and four door

No question the jeeps are better in tight or very rocky off road

But that FJ 100 is luxury and off-road in spades

[Yo-Yo]

It was the first vehicle to roll while going through their normal slalom course test.

They were so shocked that they subsequently put on those outrigger pontoons and duplicated the test, with similar results.

They gave the Samurai a 'not acceptable' and killed the brand.

[editor-surveyor]

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Today’s Jeeps have sadly devolved severely!

They “Look” like they should be impressive, but they don’t even offer a vehicle that can tackle the staging area of the Rubicon presently.

I own lots of Jeeps, but I won’t even ride in today’s jokes.
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[wardaddy]

Th old ones had a huge engine well for the motor

We had one at deer camp

Floor pedal starter

[riverrunner]

There is still a ton of used ones for sale in the snow bird states.

They are very popular tow behinds.

[wardaddy]

You haven’t driven one then

Best off-road vehicle for the money out there

[wardaddy]

Note the old Comanche grill

[wardaddy]

No it’s an add on

[Responsibility2nd]

As is the Jeep Compass.

[factoryrat]

Don’t know for sure, but it looks like a factory option.

[MosesKnows]

Any comparison that doesn't picture the "headlights" evolution is incomplete.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Yep Suzuki. 1974 Two cylinder, two cycle engine, Sounded like a motorcycle.

[Cold Heart]

I worked with the district forest ranger as a volunteer trail maker. They had a fleet of 4x4’s representing all the main US manufacturers. He said Jeep was the least reliable.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Found it!
http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/0302-4wd-1970-suzuki-lj10/

The Brute IV’s air-cooled, two-cylinder, two-stroke powerplant delivered 25 hp at 6,000 rpm. The engine featured a parallel twin alternate-firing two-stroke design, with 180-degree opposed crank throws. For the performance buffs, an optional bolt-on hop-up kit boosted the engine output by 6 hp. To say that this engine relied on a flat power curve for torque was a tongue-in-cheek understatement.

[oldtech]

I worked on both many of the Jeeps from the early CJs on up & also quite a few Toyota FJ Cruisers. The Toyota was by far better built. Jeeps were always overpriced for what you got which was usually ancient technology.

[katana]

That may be an optional rooftop exhaust configuration for the "Rubicon" model ... as in Caesar's river crossing. Going way off-road, that could be a very useful feature. Pity that Jeeps have a very poor reputation for overall quality.

[wardaddy]

I love two strokes in Race bikes

Cars I’m more suspect

[Hot Tabasco]

Just Enough Essential Parts........JEEP

[Red Badger]

Just
Enough
EXPENSIVE
Parts...................

[Wuli]

It’s on my “bucket list” for if I ever win the Lotto. I drove that Jeep on every kind of terrain in S. Korea and on it’s then latest (nearly deserted) “super highway” from just a mile or two south-east of Seoul down to Daegu. It’s really a vehicle like a race car in that you the driver and the vehicle are like a unit working together and you can feel it. No it will never win many kind of races, but the car-driver experience is very similar. It’s a raw connection.