Is it me or....

[utahxjer]

HAHAHA Yall are funny!

Everytime Jeep does something SOMEONE has to say "I think the designers have forgotten what 'Jeep' or (SUV for that matter) really is."

It is sad really. Geez guys, jeep is a company to make money.

Everyone hated the YJ said things like leave it to chryslter to put a sway bar on anything, yet my 84 cj7 had one on it.

Then it was the ZJ, coils:-\ , no way, well, at least it is not on their off road vehicle.
Then the TJ... Coils? wait, how are we supposed to wheel that thing! This could end jeep as a company. What are they thinking!

KJ IFS? No way, that will never work. Plus they ended the XJ!!

RUBI? With STOCK lockers, and a 4:1? Nah, that will suck, I am sure that the thing will be worthless off road, and the lockers are not even arb so they will most certainly break in a week of daily driveing action.

Next comes the new GC, what is it called, a WK? IFS on a grand? NO, that will ruin it! ( jeep which has been shown to be good at wheeling, even with the coils, people did not want the IFS) Yet everyone says WOW but you can get a hemmi in it? Oh, well, maybe then...

Geezz people. It is a jeep, sure, but ultimately to the VAST majority of americans, it is a CAR. So get over it, looks like a nice enough vehicle, and everyone and their mother have made a vehicle that looks like this basic body style, so why would you think that jeep would not?

Man, get over it here folks.

I am a CJ owner, and proud of it! I would be happy to own any of the jeeps that have come out (except the newest grand because I DO NOT FIT IN IT, but that is a different story)

Move on, get over it. GO complain about something else.



Good day all!

Brian

DAMN, got alittle built up eh?

 

[81Ramchargerman]

"hey that thing two hemi's?", thats so crazy, something that small powered by two 5.7 l hemi's, that would be insane.

There was a guy who took an early 90's cadillac sts and stuffed another 32v northstar in the back making it all wheel drive too. He was putting out a total of like 900 hp with the mods he had done.

 

[jamesgeologist]

I am just not seeing the major asthetic changes one might expect for a entirely new line of vehicles. For a car company that has never offered more than three distict lines of vehicles at any one time, this just isnt the depature I was expecting. I love jeeps and I want something with Jeep "heritage". The Rescue would absolutely knock the socks off of anything out there. There just isn't anything that really could compete with it. Why go with hum-drum warmed over Durango in a over-sized XJ body, when you have the opportunity to slay the competition with a Rescue type vehicle. Jeep has had some great concepts in the past, but have had a hard time pulling the trigger. The Dakar, the first iteration of the Commander, the "I know you all think it's fay" Icon and the latest Rescue. Somebody at DaimlerCrackheads needs to start looking at evolving the industry as opposed to conforming to it.

James

 

[mesha]

I was so mad when they started using coils! ( oh wait, no I wasn't). Also the rubicon with lockers and a 4 to 1 that made me angry.( oh wait, no it didn't). I was up in arms when they made something with a hemi. (nope wrong again). Those were good ideas. This is a bad idea.

 

[81Ramchargerman]

WTF is wrong with coils, seriously??? Aren't they better than leaf springs anyways...WTF???

 

[Tacoma]

I was so mad when they started using coils! ( oh wait, no I wasn't). Also the rubicon with lockers and a 4 to 1 that made me angry.( oh wait, no it didn't). I was up in arms when they made something with a hemi. (nope wrong again). Those were good ideas. This is a bad idea.

I'll second that, and James' post too. Jeep was the leader in SUV technology from the start: first domestic OHC motor, IFS 4wd as a listed option in 1962!!!! on the first Wagoneers, first luxury SUV w/the Super Wagoneers, the coils on the TJ, the Rubicon, even the little Cherokee was pretty sweet, and the Grand too. They are not making anything that's any different now, yes they're doing a decent job with the magazine testers, I'm sure they're fine cars-- BUT a brand is sometimes more than the sum of it's product. These new "Jeeps" are eroding the character of a Jeep, from a rugged, somewhat comfortable workhorse go-anywhere vehicle to a shitty, mall-crawling POS. Kind of like what the H2 did to Hummer.

It's Chrysler's company, they can do with it what they want, I just dont' like it when good old American institutions disappear. I suppose those who disagree with me on this dont' mind that there is no Camaro, and aren't thrilled to see the new Mustang. I hate Fords! but I'd buy one of those because it captures a spirit that is sorely lacking in really, modern life as a whole: BALLS. (yes, that's right.. uh.. the new Mustang captures the spirit of balls. Look, I went to school for art, not English! )