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[erandel]

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

[gogmorgo]

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. 

[NHMJXJ]

On 10/7/2023 at 6:49 PM, eaglescout526 said:

Ew. I see 80% maverick truck and 20% unnecessarily futuristic Jeep. 

 

 

Two-door Maverick

 

[FrankTheDog]

On 10/11/2023 at 3:53 PM, NHMJXJ said:

 

 

Two-door Maverick

 

That’s more useful as a truck than the current Maverick.