Jeep News
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Development of the next-generation Jeep Wrangler is underway, and some big changes are expected for the iconic off-roader. However, Jeep will reportedly keep some elements of the current Wrangler, including its body-on-frame chassis. Surely a relief to Wrangler fans, this bit of information comes courtesy of Automotive News (subscription required), which also reports that the next Wrangler will be built in Toledo, Ohio, just like the current model and its predecessors. ALSO SEE: Dodge Viper ACR Concept Headlines Mopar's 2014 SEMA Fleet Previous reports suggested the Wrangler would switch to a...
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Mopar Offers Sneak Peek At 2014 SEMA Concepts, Includes Viper ACR, Poison Dart R/T
The tunerstravaganza that is the Specialty Equipment Market Association’s annual show (SEMA) will soon be upon us, running November 4-7 in Las Vegas. Among the first of the major manufacturers to preview its full onslaught for the show, Chrysler today gives us a sneak peek at several concept...
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Future Performance Jeeps To Use ‘Trackhawk’ Name?
Jeep still uses an SRT badge for its high-performance Grand Cherokee despite the SRT division recently returning to its roots as an in-house tuner for Dodge, but in the future we may see the vehicle—and others like it—wear a “Trackhawk” badge. Allpar has discovered that Fiat...
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2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Red Vapor Edition Debuts In Paris
Jeep’s Grand Cherokee SRT gets a few updates for the 2015 model year, including a bump in output to 475 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, up from the 2014 model’s 470 hp and 465 lb-ft. Also new is a special edition model called the Red Vapor, which made its debut last week at the...
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2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Gets Power Boost
Despite the repositioning of SRT as an official tuner to Dodge, the awesome Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT isn’t going anywhere and to really send the message home the performance SUV has been given a power boost for the latest model year. Yes, our favorite Jeep muscles into 2015 with output from...
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2018 Jeep Wrangler To Get Lighter, More Efficient
Worry not, Wrangler fans: The next generation of Jeep's iconic off-roader will retain all the abilities you know and love. That's the plan anyway, but Jeep also wants the new model to join the rest of the industry and aim for lighter weight and improved fuel economy. Speaking to Edmunds, Jeep boss...
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We’ve seen and heard a lot about all the cars featured in the latest Transformers movie, Transformers: Edge of Extinction, but now we have details on a very special vehicle that starred alongside Tom Cruise in the latest sci-fi flick Edge of Tomorrow. That vehicle is a bespoke Jeep Wrangler, built by British tuner and coachbuilder A. Kahn Design. The vehicle was built by A. Kahn’s Chelsea Truck Company, which specializes in off-road vehicles, and is known as the CJ300 LE. It’s based on a diesel-powered Jeep Wrangler Sahara but features a number of upgrades including a satin...
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Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT To Stay, Chrysler 300 SRT To Bow Out: Report
With SRT recently confirmed to be losing its standalone brand status and becoming an in-house tuner of Dodge, many are wondering what will happen to current SRT models sold by brands other than Dodge. We know the Viper supercar is returning to its Dodge roots, but what about the Chrysler 300 SRT...
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New Wrangler, Grand Wagoneer confirmed as part of Jeep’s global expansion
Jeep’s revival plans for its Grand Wagoneer nameplate date back all the way to 2011, but we now have confirmation of the vehicle’s development and a date of release. The confirmation was made during yesterday’s Fiat Chrysler Automobiles five-year strategy announcement, where we...
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Jeep Unveils Four New Design Concepts At 2014 Beijing Auto Show
The Jeep brand has been on a roll of late, pushing out new models at a rapid pace, though the controversial design of vehicles like the Cherokee and Renegade has some questioning the brand's direction. Jeep is committed to its path, however, and at this year's Beijing Auto Show, it's parading four...
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It's Nearly Easter, Which Means It's Time For Concept Jeeps
It's getting close to Easter, which means a few things. The Northeast can almost safely put away their snow shovels, the Cadburry egg commercial that's been running since the early '90s is on a nonstop loop, and it's time for Jeep to head to Moab. WATCH: Hear The Koenigsegg One:1's 1,340-HP Engine...
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Moab Easter Jeep Safari: Concept Teaser Images Revealed
Every Easter, Jeeps and other four-wheel-drive vehicles from around the country descend on Moab, Utah, for the Moab Easter Jeep Safari. Continuing an annual tradition, Jeep has teased two concept models of the six it plans to show at this year's event, which runs from April 12-20. The first...
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Jeep is charting new waters with its 2015 Renegade, which takes the SUV brand into subcompact territory. The vehicle will also be built in Italy and imported to the U.S., which is another first for Jeep, but the good news is that the Renegade should live up to Jeep’s reputation for toughness and off-road prowess. That’s because the 2015 Renegade will offer two of the most advanced and intelligent 4x4 systems in its class. Both systems can send up to 100 percent of engine torque through any wheel, for optimal grip. However, in normal driving the rear axle disconnects to help save...
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Mopar Accessories Already Announced For 2015 Jeep Renegade
The 2015 Jeep Renegade will be offered with a line of Mopar accessories.
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2015 Jeep Jeepster Spy Shots (With Interior)
Jeep’s long-awaited subcompact crossover has been spotted again, but this time as an actual prototype instead of the Fiat 500L-based test mules we saw earlier. The prototype gives us a much better idea as to what the final version will look like when it makes its debut at the 2014 Geneva...
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Jeep Launches Blacked-Out Altitude Special Editions
As most SUVs have grown a little softer in their styling over the years--a little less aggressive and confrontational, perhaps--Jeep still caters to the old-school with its seven-bar grilles and chunky off-road looks. With the new Altitude special editions, available on the 2014 Jeep Cherokee...
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2014 Jeep Wrangler Willys Wheeler Edition Goes Back To The Beginning
The latest special-edition Jeep Wrangler recalls the classic Willys models of the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Chrysler Reveals 2013 SEMA Lineup
Chrysler will bring 20 modified vehicles to the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas.
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The Polar Edition is the latest of a string of special-edition Wranglers.
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2014 Jeep Wrangler Dragon Edition Roaring Into Showrooms This Fall
Jeep is eager to appeal to the burgeoning Chinese automotive market. It's growing at an incredible pace, and the folks are eager for all sorts of cars. Back in 2012, the automaker went to the Beijing Auto Show and revealed a concept Wrangler dubbed the Dragon Edition. Now that concept is becoming a...
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Hennessey Turns Its Tuning Attention To 2013 Jeep SRT8
John Hennessey has an unabashed and unapologetic love of making fast cars even faster. He enjoys turning his power tricks on a wide variety of vehicles, from crushingly fast Cadillacs to crushingly fast exotics to... well, crushingly fast anything really. His latest high-speed shenanigans mobile is...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee Live Photos: 2013 New York Auto Show
One of the most anticipated introductions of the 2013 New York Auto Show wasn't a sports car, a convertible, or a high-priced luxury vehicle. It was the return of a familiar model name: the Jeep Cherokee. And here we have some of the first pictures of this new utility vehicle, live from the floor...
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2014 Jeep Cherokee preview
Here is the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee in all its glory. The vehicle debuted today at the 2013 New York Auto Show and will go on sale in the third quarter of the year as the replacement for the Liberty. Despite having adopted the car-based Compact U.S. Wide (CUSW) platform found in existing vehicles...
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Jeep And Mopar Show Their Moab Easter Jeep Safari Concepts
Just yesterday we bought you word that Jeep and Mopar would again collaborate on concepts for the 2013 Moab Easter Jeep Safari, complete with teaser images of the Jeep Trailhawk II and Jeep Wrangler Slim concepts. There wasn’t much to go on, but Chrysler did promise more details in the coming...
Kurt Ernst