Sunday, September 27, 2015

Cheap Jeeps


Word's trickled out of Jeep, the off-road aficionado branch of FCA, that they'll finally kill off the unloved Patriot or Compass. No word which one but CEO Michael Manley has declared, "Why would we spend all that money to develop two names and then get rid of both of them?"

Maybe because they're not associated with good, reliable vehicles...? Why not bring back the Gladiator name? Surely that cost more than a dollar, too. And the Liberty nameplate...no, too yesterday?

Regardless of what happens and which nameplate survives, imagine if they decided to merge the two names; introducing the new Jeep Pompass!

Also, I have to wonder what they need either of these vehicles for with the new Renegade and Cherokee  now on sale in full force and doing quite well, from the reports. Seems to me they've got the bases covered, if not actually overlapped a bit; four-door S/CUVs...Grand Cherokee > Cherokee > Renegade.

What do you think? Too many pristine poseur utility vehicles on the road or not enough, there needs to be more?

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