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On 10/10/2023 at 2:22 AM, erandel said:

Hope they would still keep the new ones close to original.

I have a hard time seeing Stellantis put out a compact Jeep truck right now. 
It made sense for AMC to build the Comanche because they had no vehicles in a very popular market segment. They took a small family SUV with good underpinnings for a truck and turned it into one. A traditional drivetrain and solid axles made it excellent off-road. If they were to do the closest thing to that today they’d be building on the Grand Cherokee platform, which is a poor choice. It might attract some midsize truck buyers but Jeeple would rip on it for being IFS and it would compete directly with the Gladiator, which makes it a bad choice to spend money developing. But that’s the closest you’d get to a modern Comanche. 
As to building a compact truck to compete with the Maverick and Santa Cruz, that would make some sense, except it’s looking like Stellantis is lining up to bring the current Brazilian-market Ram Rampage to North America, which is built on the current Dodge Hornet platform. I have a hard time seeing them rebrand it as a Jeep. It’s not exactly a huge market segment. 

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That article I feel is stroking an ego that doesn’t exist. We know the MJ wasn’t best selling period. It’s best years we’re 88 and 89. Rest of the article is praising the 4.0L while not being a Cherokee article. That’s just me. 

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Yeah, I’m not buying that. I absolutely love MJ’s but you have to call it what it is, they were built like a disposable truck. The spot weld placements, the seam sealer, the thickness of materials, treatment of the metal used, the lack of adequate drainage, seals, quality of the interior plastics, wiring, the list can go on and on. 

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