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The Concepts Are Coming to the 56th Annual Easter Jeep Safari!
The Jeep® brand is headed back to its ‘home away from home’ – Moab, Utah – for the 56th annual Easter Jeep Safari, scheduled for April 9-17, 2022. For more than five decades, thousands of enthusiasts and Jeep brand loyalists have gotten together to take part in one of... Read more
Jeep 4XE Named Best 4X4 By Woman’s World Car of the Year Awards!
The innovative Jeep® Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid is the Best 4×4, according to the 2022 Women’s World Car of the Year (WWCOTY) jury, a panel of 56 motoring journalists from 40 countries spanning five continents. Vehicles in the WWCOTY awards are judged for excellence in their segments, based on... Read more
EV Is The Future For Offroad Racing: KOH and Kyle Seggelin
We have electric F1 racing, electric off-road racing, electric rallying and now get ready for electric rock crawling. At this years King of the Hammers, racing organization Ultra4 announced a spec EV class that will begin in July. Upon its launch, 11 of the most innovative Ultra4 teams will... Read more
Razor Unveils the Innovative Jeep® RX200 Electric Scooter
Editor’s Note: Sometimes we really do get what we ask for…but I guess I’m out of the loop on this one. Did we ask for a Jeep branded scooter? That said, now I want one! Razor, the foremost trailblazer and innovator in the scooter industry, today unveiled its new... Read more
Jeep Kicks Off 2022 With High Tide and High Velocity Yellow!!
Yes! We are excited to learn of Jeep’s 2022 offerings! Special-edition Wrangler High Tide, available in new High Velocity yellow, will include limited run of 500 Jeep® Beach models in celebration of annual Jeep Beach Week in Daytona Beach, Florida 2022 Jeep Wrangler High Tide, equipped for beach life,... Read more
The All-New Grand Cherokee Electrified 4xe!
We have been talking about it for months…and the Jeep engineers are continuing their forward moves on producing more and more electrified vehicles. First-ever Grand Cherokee 4xe The all-new 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe electrifies Grand Cherokee and aligns with the Jeep brand’s electrified mission of “Zero Emission Freedom.” The... Read more
Just Like The Bronco…Turn Assist For The Wrangler!
We have seen some of these “newer” features recently…the crab walk by the GMC Hummer and the tight turn by the Ford Bronco. Well fear not fellow Jeep owners! The company behind the Tazer programmer, Z Automotive, has enabled the newer Jeeps to also perform this “tight turn” or... Read more
CES 2022 Begins January 5!
So why do we care? Having first taken place in New York City in 1967, CES® is the most influential tech event in the world — the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world’s biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and... Read more
Could An Inline 6-Cylinder Make A Comeback?
Us old school Jeepers still remember, and probably still own, a Jeep powered by the beloved 4.0L straight 6 engine. It was arguably one of Chrysler’s best engines ever produced, released in 1986, making 190 hp and many lasting over 300,000 miles. It was used in Cherokees, Wagoneer, Wranglers,... Read more
The New 2022 Jeep Gladiator Fact Sheet!
Last week we released Jeep’s fact sheet for the upcoming 2022 Wrangler. This week we take an in depth look at the 2022 Gladiator! Powertrain options include a 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 with engine stop-start (ESS) and a 3.0-liter EcoDiesel engine with ESS. Equipped with a versatile box, a body-on-frame... Read more