QOTD: What Easter Jeep Speaks to You?

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

The annual Easter Jeep Safari to Moab, Utah, is almost upon us, and Jeep dropped seven concepts on us in advance of the event. Four are electrified.


The highlight might be the Jeep Magneto 3.0. This is the third-gen of this concept, and it uses an 800-volt EV setup that includes four lithium-ion battery packs. There is 70 kWh available and this EV has a six-speed manual transmission. Yep, there's a clutch pedal. Range and torque are improved over the previous concept, and one-pedal driving for off-roading is available -- yes, with a manual.

Three other electrified concepts use the Wrangler 4xe architecture. The Rubicon Departure has tube doors and the front grille folds down for use as a bench.

Another 4xe-based concept goes retro as the 1978 Jeep Cherokee 4xe concept strives to pay homage to the past. It's basically a 1978 Cherokee body placed on a current Wrangler 4xe platform.

We're not done! Jeep also gave the Grand Wagoneer the treatment, with the Grand Wagoneer Overland concept. This one gets a lift, plaid interior, and BF Goodrich off-road rubber. Oh, and there's a climate-controlled tent on top.

Other cool concepts include a magenta Wrangler 4xe that uses Jeep's AccuAir suspension, the Gladiator Sideburn, and the 392 Scrambler. The Scrambler has a Hemi, a chopped windshield, and a carbon-fiber body shell.

If you could drive any one of these concepts home or on the trails near Moab, which one would it be?

Sound off below.

[Images: Jeep/Stellantis]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • VoGhost VoGhost on Apr 01, 2023

    Can someone Christian explain to me what this has to do with Jesus and bunnies?

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    • THX1136 THX1136 on Apr 03, 2023

      Nothing.


  • SCE to AUX SCE to AUX on Apr 03, 2023

    They all seem more or less clownish to me.

  • Tassos You can answer your own question for yourself, Tim, if you ask instead"Have Japanese (or Korean) Automakers Eaten Everyone's Lunch"?I am sure you can answer it without my help.
  • Tassos WHile this IS a legitimate used car, unlike the vast majority of Tim's obsolete 30 and 40 year old pieces of junk, the price is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. It is not even a Hellcat. WHat are you paying for? The low miles? I wish it had DOUBLE the miles, which would guarantee it was regularly driven AND well maintained these 10 years, and they were easy highway miles, not damaging stop-go city miles!!!
  • Tassos Silly and RIdiculous.The REAL Tassos.
  • Lostboy If you can stay home when it's bad out in winter, then maybe your 3 season tire WILL be an "ALL-SEASON" tire as your just not going to get winters and make do? I guess tire rotations and alignments just because a whole lot more important!
  • Mike My wife has a ‘20 Mazda3 w/the Premium Package; before that she had a ‘15 Mazda3 i GT; before THAT she had an ‘06 Mazda Tribute S V6, ie: Ford Escape with a Mazda-tuned suspension. (I’ve also had two Miata NAs, a ‘94 & a ‘97M, but that’s another story.) We’ve gotten excellent service out of them all. Her 2020, like the others before it, is our road trip car - gets 38mpg highway, it’s been from NC to Florida, Texas, Newfoundland, & many places in between. Comfortable, sporty, well-appointed, spacious, & reliable. Sure, we’d look at a Mazda hybrid, but not anytime soon.😎
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