Jeep JT?!

[speed_racer]

Think they'll make this?

 

http://blogs.motortrend.com/6209223/aut ... index.html

 

[Mitch]

No, I don't think they will.

 

But this is available if you have lots of money! Can you say "HEMI?"

 

http://www.aev-conversions.com/products/brute/

[onlyinacomanche]

Doubt it. Jeep comes out with all these cool concepts, the public says which ones they like, then they produce the other ones... Look at the Gladiator, everyone liked um and they chose to produce the compass instead...

[UNL1MTD]

Doubt it. Jeep comes out with all these cool concepts, the public says which ones they like, then they produce the other ones... Look at the Gladiator, everyone liked um and they chose to produce the compass instead...

 

I don't like this JT that much. However I do think its cool people are doing these radical custom ideas on brand new vehicles. I spoke with a guy I work with who was lucky enough to be invited to moab to drive around the JKs when they were being promoted for the first time on the trail. He spoke with the Jeep engineers about bigger engines and other concepts. The reason they arent hitting the show room floors nation wide is either not meeting safety requirements or not feasible to mass produce them. According to him the Hemi and all other higher engine options in the JKs won't meet front crash test requirements and thats not something they will compromise on. Also according to him, Jeep doesnt have a plant currently that can handle the extended frame of the gladiator and re-structuring an existing plant or building a new one doesn't meet cost/effectiveness goals for the gladiator. Take it with a grain of salt, but thats what he said the engineers said at moab while they were all driving some brand new JKs over slick rock.