Continue reading Thanks for the massive debt, here's a Jeep: Buy a log cabin, get a Wrangler

Thanks for the massive debt, here's a Jeep: Buy a log cabin, get a Wrangler originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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DaimlerChrysler clearly spent big this year at the Detroit show. The Mercedes-Benz "cars on ice" display was impressive, but the Jeep's presence was even more so. In addition to the trippy waterfall - we swear, it was making shapes - the neo-Flinstones display had a new Wrangler Unlimited mounted on the side of a big faux-rock tower. You look up and think, "whoa, there's a Jeep up there", but for those left wondering how they did it, this brief two-and-a-half-minute video shows the inside story. Not as simple as you might think.

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Starting tomorrow (Monday, September 18), Jeep will air five new TV spots. The first clip to surface is this crazy "Lizard" ad, which shows a lizard in the desert, puffing up to challenge an old Wrangler. The Wrangler puffs up even bigger, scares off the lizard and settles down to the shape of the new Wrangler.

The ad reminds us of Jurassic Park, where a Jeep faced off against a similar lizard. Dennis Nedry (played by Wayne Knight, "Newman" from Seinfeld) only wishes his Jeep had stood its ground the same way.

The four other ads will feature two gorillas grooming, a bird hunting for bugs, an insect-like Wrangler rock-crawler and a hip-hop urban spot.

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Jeep airs new ads: lizard show-down originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Not only is the new Wrangler as capable as ever, it's also less expensive and has more content than the Wrangler it replaces. As part of Chrysler's effort to bring the vehicle's MSRP down closer to its actual transaction price (thus eliminating troublesome incentives), the Wrangler starts at just $18,765, down $285 from the 2006 model and with $1,715 in more content. The Jeep Wrangler Rubicon drops an even more impressive $1,840 while gaining $1,255 in content. Across the lineup, the average Wrangler price drop averages out to around $1,200, and the all-new Wrangler Unlimited 4x4 four-door is just a few grand up from the base two door at $20,410.

Chrysler boasts that more content than ever comes standard, including a much needed engine upgrade thanks to the new 202-hp, 3.8L V6; Jeep's electronic stability program (ESP); Electronic Roll Mitigation (ERM); anti-lock brakes; and multiple door and top configurations.

Continue reading Jeep drops price on new Wrangler

Jeep drops price on new Wrangler originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Jeep's official unearthing of the 2007 Wrangler Unlimited left us wondering how long one needs to bury a standard two-door Wrangler before it up and sprouts a second set of doors. Alas, that question went unanswered. What was made clear is that a high-pressure fire hose is an effective means of extracting a buried SUV, and that if Jeep's PR folks are handing out plastic ponchos, it's wise to accept one.

While we thought that the full doors (shown in Jeep's official press release) appear a bit awkward when the top is removed, the half doors (shown in pics after the jump) definitely look to be the hot ticket for topless motoring.

(More photos after the jump!)

Continue reading New York Auto Show: Jeep Wrangler Unlimited grows another set of doors

New York Auto Show: Jeep Wrangler Unlimited grows another set of doors originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Jeep has released a spate of photos of its new 2007 Wrangler Unlimited four-door, which we should be seeing in the metal within a few hours here in New York. The Unlimited boasts the same modular-style removable top that engenders a lot of added flexibility, functioning as a t-top of sorts, a targa, and full-blown, wind-in-the-hair convertible. Be sure to click on the jump for more views inside and out, and click on each image for suitable-for-framing imagery.

Continue reading New York Auto Show: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

New York Auto Show: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.