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What can we expect from the future Jeep Wrangler “JL” and its pickup spinoff, the “JT”? According to Sergio Marchionne, the new Wrangler will start production at the end of this year, in the Toledo plant currently making the Cherokee. He expects to be able to pump out around 300,000 Wranglers...

The Jeep Wrangler will be getting the “special” treatment over its final year in JK form, with several named editions to be issued, according to Automotive News’ Larry Vellequette . The Wrangler JL is due in late 2017, as a 2018 model. Automotive News believes the current JK series will end in...

This may be the first photo released of the 2018 Jeep Wrangler “JL” with no camouflage.  Spy photographer Glenn Paulina wrote, “The images were displayed on a poster, at what was described as a dealer meeting.” The new Wrangler is expected to look much like the current model, though with a...

The AEV Conversions  forums have a photo of what some are calling 2018 Jeep Wrangler “JL” hood. A member had purchased the hood at a recycling yard in the Detroit region, thinking it was a 2014 Hard Rock part; it turns out to be around two inches longer than the stock hood, matching what has...

Today, we look at FCA Musical Factories, focusing on the cars. Cherokee, Compass, Patriot, and new Chrysler: The new Compass will be made in Mexico, while the Patriot is being replaced by the Italian-made Renegade. This lets the Cherokee can move to the Belvidere plant (which also made the...

Few vehicles are so eagerly anticipated and fought over as a new Wrangler, which are a fairly rare event.  Past updates have been hotly debated, and generally included more reliability and creature comforts or engine/transmission changes — mostly good ones (though the loss of the old 4.0 was...

The Jeep 75th Salute concept vehicle was shown last week as a  tribute to the modern Wrangler’s military heritage. Based on a two-door Wrangler Sport, it has no B-pillars or doors, and wears Army olive-drab. Allpar now has many more photos of the Salute, some posed with its distant...

A Jeep Wrangler pickup is to be unveiled in early 2018, according to Automotive News , which interviewed Jeep chief Mike Manley yesterday. The 2018 Jeep Wrangler is to be unveiled in the first half of 2017; Mr. Manley told Larry Vellequette that “I’m delighted in the way it’s turning...

The Jeep Wrangler is the sole FCA vehicle that still uses Takata airbags which use non-dessicated ammonium nitrate. Other cars that still use it include the Toyota 4Runner, Lexus GX460,  Mitsubishis, and Volkswagens. The airbag will go out of production for US-bound Wranglers by next week, and...

New spy shots have been taken of what seems to be the  2018 Jeep Wrangler  have been making the rounds, this time showing a two-door. They show nothing more than this earlier photo from an Allpar source — except for two sets of interior shots. The interior photos are interesting because the...

Numerous spy shots have been taken of what seems to be the 2018 Jeep Wrangler , but an Allpar member may have caught the best ones — if it is indeed a prototype. You can clearly see aspects of the new Jeep that were told to Allpar over the past year or two, including a tilted grille for...

Automotive News ' Larry Vellequette reported that FCA's will make  350,000 more Wranglers per year after it moves the Wrangler from one Toledo plant to the other.  That’s 50% more Jeep Wranglers than they make now. Internal files cited by Mr. Vellequette show that FCA will keep making the...

The Jeep Shortcut (and perhaps other Moab concepts) may contain sneak peeks at the 2018 Jeep Wrangler . “RedRiderBob” pointed out that the grille and windshield angle are both similar to drawings made by someone who has seen the actual 2018 Wrangler. The production car will have turn...

See this: http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/2017-range-rover-evoque-convertible-this-is-it-1741360855?trending_test_c&utm_expid=66866090-62.H_y_0o51QhmMY_tue7bevQ.3&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fjalopnik.com%2F%3Ftrending_test_c I know, I know. Not even in the same class. Probably closer...