[Adventurer55]

In a perfect world (for me), they’d offer Recon as a PHEV in addition to BEV, which in theory could lower the base price somewhat. I won’t hold my breath on that though, this is Jeep after all, and they believe premium pricing is the only way to go….unfortunately it mostly comes without the premium customer experience.

They better if they want to sell more then three of them.

 

[Adventurer55]

I suspect Recon will be BEV only in EMEA and PHEV/BEV in North America.

I hope you're right.

 

[Adventurer55]

FWIW... making the Recon in PHEV format would be a major cost booster overall, and would limit the potential off-road qualities.
Optimizing for BEV only makes more sense in the long run, and that's the run this vehicel will play in. You can get a Wrangler PHEV. Why make a Recon PHEV?
Scout is aiming at Bronco and Wrangler, Recon is aiming at Land/Range Rover apparently. I would not be surprised to see Wrangler prices fall over the next few years.

If they want to sell any here, making them all electric will make them doa.

 

[Adventurer55]

Someone was unreasonably cheep, in other words?

Or cheap.

 

[Adventurer55]

As an aside, it would not cost anything but time and money for Jeep to fix their manual transmission problems.

A lot of their problems stem from buying subpar parts. Like always, the cost of bad press, recalls, etc. bites them in the behind. They never learn a thing. I hope that smug overpaid executive that is in charge of purchasing the sub par clutch plate loses his bonus.

 

[Adventurer55]

If there was a talent drain, it was probably because the JK was done 10 years before the JL. Plenty of time for people to say adios and move on. Ford seemed happy to take on the talent that Chrysler let go.

 

[Adventurer55]

The 9sp in my Compass rental so far has behaved okay. But it's nowhere near the 8sp in Grand Cherokee L. That is the best shifting auto I've ever owned in a Chrysler product. Nothing, not even the old Torqueflights come close.