Archive for November, 2005

Dodge Nitro, Made in Toledo

The “Dodge Nitro”:http://trucks.about.com/od/conceptsuvs/ss/dodge_nitro.htm will be manufactured at the Jeep plant in Toledo. It only makes sense sine the Nitro is the bastard Daimler child of the Jeep Liberty.
This is also a great leap for the economy of Toledo which has suffered as of late. Daimler has budgeted $600 million to upgrade and retool the [...]

Jeep Cherokee And Pedestrians

The Jeep Grand Cherokee has been awarded zero stars in a test aimed at measuring pedestrian safety. Who buys a car worries about pedestrian safety? What we want to know about is our safety while we are riding in the car. The Jeep Grand Cherokee scores very “well”: http://www.automotive.com/2006/12/jeep/grand-cherokee/safety/ on this front.

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Worst Jeep Concepts Ever

JP Magazine has written a very interesting article on the worst Jeep concept vehicles of all time. My favorites being the Wagoneer 2000 and the Tabasco Wrangler. Yuck all around.

Pull out your yearbook or virtually any photos from childhood and high school, and you’ll be sickened that you were out in public looking that way, [...]

New York Times Review of Jeep Commander

The New York Times has written a not so flattering review of the Jeep Commander, even envoking a little “Hummer envy”.
bq. The Commander performs such chores with an undeniable presence, like it or not, and one with overtones of the Hummer. There is a blunt seven-slot grille, a bunkerlike greenhouse and squarish windows. While [...]

Camouflaged 2008 Jeep Compass

“MotorTrend”:http://motortrend.com/future/spied/112_0510_spy_jeep_compass/ has posted the first pictures of a camouflaged 2008 Jeep Compass. While it definitely is not pretty under the cammo, it does look promising.
bq. While we had to travel around the world for the official unveiling, Jeep has been parading a heavily disguised Compass through the hills near our Los Angeles offices, allowing us [...]