Posted on September 22nd, 2010 • by David Zatz
Jeep claims that the Jeep J8, a variant of the Wrangler designed for certain military and commercial duties, was the first vehicle to be certified under BRV 2009 VR7 for ballistic protection using hot-formed steel technology to create an external, non-parasitic protective shell. Jeep J8 and more on the BRV 2009 standards
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Posted on June 23rd, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Rumors of a possible civilian Jeep pickup are making the rounds again. According to PickupTrucks.com, Jeep brand CEO Mike Manley is interested in the idea of a smaller pickup, not so much for the U.S., but for a wider global market where such a truck could compete with vehicles from Nissan and Toyota. Volkswagen is [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
The Jeep J8, the military version of the Jeep Wrangler, is on tour. Next stop, the FIDAE International Air & Space Show in Santiago, Chile where the Jeep will be displayed on Stand G4 from March 23-28. Then it’s off to Bucharest, Romania, for the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace show that runs from April [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
According to The Age, an Australian newspaper, Jeep is angling for a chance to re-enlist in its old outfit, the United States Army. While Jeep M175 trucks served in the military through the Vietnam War, the M38 Jeep, successor to the original “truck, 1/4-ton, reconnaissance” (general purpose came later) MA and GPW, was mustered out [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2009 • by Bill Cawthon
The folks over at Jalopnik recently sampled the capabilities of a civilian version of the military-sales-only Jeep J8 pickup at Island Lake State Park near Brighton, Michigan. Check out Ben Wojdyla’s review at AEV J8 Milspec: Offroading Jeep’s Forbidden Fruit
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Posted on September 5th, 2008 • by David Zatz
The Jeep J8, a heavy duty version of the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, is now available in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. It was engineered for military use, and is also appropriate for commercial, government, and humanitarian applications. Journalists who drove the J8 at Euro Camp Jeep were generally enthusiastic about the vehicle. [...]
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