Sir Sam Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Chinese Jeep 2500: 1999 Commander concept: The Chinese definitely took some cues from that commander concept. Edit, and the WK: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogetemturbo Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Definitely. That 1999 concept also kinda resembles the 05+ WK Grand Cherokee...with a different front end that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Definitely. That 1999 concept also kinda resembles the 05+ WK Grand Cherokee...with a different front end that is. For sure, that is what I saw when I first looked at this concept, its pretty clear it evolved into the WK: But you can see definite styling cues that went into the 2500, the headlights(with the turn signal moved lower) the slanted grill, the foglight, and I think the squared off flares. Would be interesting to see some of their cherokee 2500 concept drawings........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogetemturbo Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Absolutely. I'd love to see the concept drawings for both the 2500 and the 1999 Concept The 2500 almost has a little WJ inspiration to it as well. Grill area, headlights maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Absolutely. I'd love to see the concept drawings for both the 2500 and the 1999 Concept The 2500 almost has a little WJ inspiration to it as well. Grill area, headlights maybe. Yes the body cladding from the WJ definitely made its way onto the 2500. Interesting to look at different styling cues from different jeeps to see how they integrated them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyluvv Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hasn't the 2500 been out for at least 5-6 years? I think most of the styling cues came from the WJ platform. The WK was not really even thought of when the 2500 was built. EDIT: The 2500 came out in 02' "When Beijing Jeep launched the Cherokee 2500 in late 2002, there were high hopes of opening a new market segment for SUVs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sam Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 The WK was not really even thought of when the 2500 was built. No one is saying that, we were however saying that the 1999 Commander concept seems to have directly evolved into the WK, that bit of conversation was separate from the 2500/commander discussion. Then before that we were talking about how the majority of the 2500 front end seems to have been inspired by the commander concept. Look at the flat sloping grill, the sealed lexan headlight(admittedly with the turn signal switched lower, but it still has the multiple round parabolas in the headlight). The projector beam foglight with its distinctive surround, then throw in the sharply edged off flares of the commander and you have most of the styling cues. Now take a look at the WJ, The front bumper has two "levels" to it, the grill sits lower than the headlights, then note that single "crease" that sits below each headlight, and then later turns into a double "crease" along the doors, and since I guess the mirrors are closer to a WJ mirror on the 2500 we will call that another cue. I think the cues it picked up from a WJ are much more subtle than the major styling cues it picked up from the commander concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogetemturbo Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Definately agree. I find it humorous too see how things progress and styling "cross overs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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