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#3243 of 23393 one more thing..... by lookin4sahara

Jul 01, 2001 (8:35 am)

From what I have read on this, the "new" jeep will be very similiar to the jeep icon (that thing in the picture) than it will be to the current wrangler. Maybe not as ugly? One thing is for certain, whatever DC produces will get the same V6 that is in the liberty. 2002 will probably be the last year for the inline 6.
 
Of course, like most of you, I hope DC just continues to tweak to wrangler.....

#3244 of 23393 2003 jeep by ottowrkr

Jul 01, 2001 (9:36 am)

For those of you wondering what the next generation jeep will look like all you have to do is look at the current Jeep liberty, it has been reported by DC that this is the future for the jeep Wrangler.

#3245 of 23393 future jeeps by saharanut

Jul 01, 2001 (10:04 am)

hey, are we sure that is the "future" wrangler
or just a concept Vehicle.. maybe they will take some aspects from that into future models.
I belive the modular hard top will be a GREAT idea. We all know that the internal conbustion engine will be replaced in the future.
While in my heart i hope they dont change the wrangler I know they will. you cant stop progress. If we dont want progress we might as well get our horse & buggy out..& turn off the COMPUTER..
  Look at it this way..All of us that have jeeps we will have the last of the lot.
Never live in the past so much so it limits your future
 
Got Jeep?
Snut
 PS..That is an UGLY JEEP!! What are they thinking?

#3246 of 23393 2003 "Wrangler" by saharagal

Jul 01, 2001 (10:42 am)

I don't lke the looks of it at all. I can't imagine that DC would actually make such a drastic design change on such a successful product. I would think they would make the changes more gradually over time. How reliable is this source??

#3247 of 23393 new jeep by lookin4sahara

Jul 01, 2001 (11:34 am)

sahargal: I don't know how reliable that source is. But I have read from other sources that all point to the jeep icon concept as the model idea for the new jeep. Hopefully it will not be as ugly as the one in the picture. I do know that the liberty is similiar to the concept version.
 
saharanut: I agree with you on the modular hard top being a great idea. It has been a long time coming.

Enjoy your jeeps while they last!!!

here is another link on this "thing"

http://www.jeepclub.co.uk/concepts/icon.html

#3248 of 23393 new jeep by nkelly1

Jul 01, 2001 (12:31 pm)

Improvements are one thing, coil springs, heaver duty soft tops, better seats and so on. The law has changed the engine a lot where it may have taken another direction other wise. Yesterday my mechanic told me that the engine has 4 O2 sensors, just what I need. I asked him about the distributor, lack of, he showed me how the "new improved" system works. It works really good…….. when it works. He also said it is very reliable, BUT When it does crap out it will leave you right where you are. You will not be able to nurse it home, call a tow truck.
 
Having said all that most of the improvements are probably for the better, insert hawking luggie here. I felt the same way, and still do, when they took the kick starter off the Harleys. If you can't kick it over buy a car. Change is inevitable, it is the way of things. But change just for the sake of change is counter productive, ask Smith Wesson.
 
All in all Jeep has a good thing going. But it is a jeep not a Lincoln Continental or Lamborghini and this prospective should be at the forefront of any "improvement". There are plenty of SUVs out there, but there is only one Jeep and it should stay the way. I would like to see them come out with a built in CB or ham radio, a good trailer, duel door option, a more compact dash board, (for those of us that are over 6 feet tall and eat our food with a knife and fork not chop sticks), ect.
 
One thing I did note was most, if not all, of the "improved jeeps" were all automatics… what's that all about? Its not that I don't like automatics I love them my 1911 .45 is my little sweetheart and my Desert Eagle (big sweetheart) is my companion when I am in the woods.
 
In a Jeep I want a stick! That is until I get to old and feeble to handle one, then just put me in a hole and shovel the dirt in.

#3250 of 23393 Know anything about the Dakar? by saharagal

Jul 01, 2001 (1:01 pm)

Did you guys see the Dakar shown on the same web site cited above? It's with the other concept Jeeps. I sure like the looks of that one! Basically a four door Wrangler. Cool! I'd like to know when it will be coming out.

#3251 of 23393 dakar by lookin4sahara

Jul 01, 2001 (1:38 pm)

saharagal: I also like the dakar. But why? Because it looks like a jeep!! nuff said....
 
nkelly1: I am in agreement with you about jeeps being available in manual transmissions. The "suits" are making decisions and I'd bet they don't drive stick shifts.
 
OK, I'm posting a lot today because it is raining, actually thunderstorms......haven't been zapped yet.......

#3252 of 23393 "New and Improved" Jeeps by nkelly1

Jul 01, 2001 (2:35 pm)

The Dakar looks like a good design, but it would be better presented as a new line of jeep, NOT a replacement for the wrangler. It looks like a cross between the old Willys and a Rover, not bad really. But leather and walnut interior, 4 doors…? OK fine, then let them introduce a "luxury line" of jeeps, and leave it at that. If that is what you want then buy it, but if you want a jeep leave that open too.
 
As for the "long wheel base", they have had these for years… they are call jeepnees (sp). Any one who has ever been in the Philippines has seen them, they are illegal here. Basically they are a "stretched" 4 door jeep. I think they hold 5 or six people (depending how you stack them). I saw one here a month ago, donno how they got it here, they are really cool looking. I doubt if they would be any good for "off roading" , which is the point of a jeep.
 
If Dur Chrysler wants a "change" then start a new line of jeep, I was told by my dealer that the Cherokee is going to be discontinued, put the "new jeep" in that spot.
 
This is a good subject, to bad old TsJay can't get in on it (yuk yuk) I know he is lurking out there….. come on TsJay I know you would love to get in on this. If this thread don't stay running till you get back, we'll wait for your late posting…. you picked a fine time to leave huh! :o)

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