Jeep Scrambler
Remember the Scrambler? It is coming back in 2004 as a 2005 model. http://www.autonews.com/images/random/jeepscrambler250.jpg
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Jeep will sell a pickup derivative of the Wrangler in 2004.
The Scrambler, developed initially for military use overseas, goes on sale as a 2005 model in mid-July 2004.
I can't believe they would actually put a 4 cyc in it. What a waste. I don't plan on buying a new vehicle again, so I hope the used ones hit the market quickly.
It would get me out of my Toyota. Are you listening DC?
http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5772
Word is that there will be two versions offered, one short and one long.
DC: Give us one with no spark plugs (aka Diesel), and I just might have to get one (or two).
Any body else hear about this??
Shame though, I was looking forward to a little variety.
My favorite buzz sight seems to have gone belly-up, so Mike's is all I have left.
I am just wishing that it has an option of a full length hardtop and a back seat with a little bit of legroom. Then I can pull the top off and the back seat out and put a half-top and buzz around in a cute Jeep Truck.
3 in suspension lift, 33X10.5" BFG AT/KO tires and a MileMarker winch and it will be perfect.
Right on with the MileMarker - they are real heavy duty compared to Warn, etc.
Also, I hope that the Scrambler will be offered with a full length soft top or, if not, that Best Tops will do one.
Jim
a bed. Where is THE DAKAR?. Please don't try to pass off that Liberty as the result of the Dakar project. Bail out now before it's too late
and put the Dakar in instead. I am sure the show response on the Dakar was much more
positive than the rehash lonely guy Scrambler.
It has already failed once. Why dig it up? Toyota has this covered with the Tacoma. Break new gound, not wind.
Wrangler:
The off-road vehicle will be redesigned for the 2007 model. The Wrangler, the only Jeep that is body-on-frame, likely will remain on its own platform.
Scrambler:
The Scrambler, a pickup derivative of the Jeep Wrangler, will bow in 2004 as a 2005 model. Jeep is aiming at the youth market with the Scrambler, a Wrangler based SUV that seats two and has a four-foot pickup bed.
Initially developed for military use, the Scrambler concept sits on a stretched Wrangler wheelbase. That allows the addition of a 4-foot pickup bed behind a two-passenger compartment.
Four- and six-cylinder engines will be available.
Initially, Jeep planned to produce about 20,000 Scramblers a year in Toledo, Ohio; but those numbers could increase.
Vehicles such as the Scrambler will play a bigger role in the company's bid to win young buyers.
If any Jeep fans want anything, it's the DAKAR. DC, face it...the Liberty IS NOT a 4 door Wrangler. You already have the extended TJ-L platform, now put a top and some seats in and sell it! I'll be at the dealer the first day it's out!
I've owned 2 4x4's. A '66 Scout (carb.) and a '86 Ranger (efi). Both with 4 cyl. engines. They would both take me where I wanted to go. NO, they would not go up hill at 70 mph, but I always ended up at the top of the hill just the same. One would plow snow and the other haul dirt up that same hill.
I guess it doesn't depend on WHAT you want to do with your 4 wheel drive. It's how FAST you want to do it.
On the diesel side, this is the choice for me. The 2.8l diesel will offer extreme torque and acceptable horse power. Combine this with some goodies like propane injection and some serious beefing of the transmission and we are looking at a trail rig that will perform shockingly well on road with a very mild lift, 33" tires and a real locker in the rear (to make people stare at you in bewilderment as you rear tires scream while turning in a parking lot at idle.
But I am slightly more extreme than the average Jeep owner.
As far as mods go, yep your MJ is much more extreme than either of my rigs, but both were designed to be good on and off road. Neither are ready for rock crawling, but both are ready for some serious trails. MY TJ can blaze a new path if necessary, but my XJ is more staying in line with the group on the ride.
http://www.mahindra.com/mahindras/automotive/pickup.htm
http://www.mahindra.com/mahindras/automotive/5doorhardtop.htm
Intriguing, but I think I'll stick with the US version.
Frank
But much better for manuevering off road.
Yeah I know the torque is king for offroading, but the V8 could help pull that TJ around town a lot easier.
-Paul