QOTD: What Easter Jeep Speaks to You?

by Tim Healey

Published: March 31st, 2023

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 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 on Apr 01, 2023

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

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- ToolGuy on Apr 01, 2023
  
  Religion aside, do you prefer to work from the Julian calendar or the Gregorian? How familiar are you with the phases of Earth's largest moon? How many West Germanic spring goddesses can you name? Perhaps a German Lutheran could illuminate you in regard to the hare (but Gaius Plinius Secundus was way wrong about the hermaphrodite thing).
  From Jeep's perspective, the Red Rock 4 Wheelers club has been hosting an off-road event for the past 56 years, and Jeep chooses to do some promotional tie-ins with the annual event.
  But now you show up and suddenly want an explanation of the timing -- egocentric much?
  
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- THX1136 on Apr 03, 2023
  
  Nothing.
  
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SCE to AUX on Apr 03, 2023

They all seem more or less clownish to me.

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