Thread: Jeep ute in the pipe line

Used to be a model back in 70's and 80's called the Scrambler. Was pretty much ute like...ImageUploadedByTapatalk1445251045.434913.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1445251057.289223.jpg

Jeep has been doing these concepts for a few years now.
AEV in the US have been doing a conversion kit for a few years now. From my understanding is they bought the panel tooling from Jeep after Jeep did a concept ute a few years prior.

Jeep does make a J8 for the military - but is leaf sprung at the rear.

During the 70's and 80's Jeep had the Jeep J10 ute.

The new Jeep Ute is getting fairly close to production - and will be based off of the Wrangler / unlimited platforms.

Originally Posted by crash

Jeep has been doing these concepts for a few years now.

AEV in the US have been doing a conversion kit for a few years now. From my understanding is they bought the panel tooling from Jeep after Jeep did a concept ute a few years prior.



Jeep does make a J8 for the military - but is leaf sprung at the rear.



During the 70's and 80's Jeep had the Jeep J10 ute.



The new Jeep Ute is getting fairly close to production - and will be based off of the Wrangler / unlimited platforms.

Forgot about the J10. Still see some of them rolling around in the South...

or one of these?
cheers,
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Anyone remember Top Gear USA last year, the shoot out between the D4, FJ Cruiser and the Jeep Brute.

Originally Posted by Railey

Used to be a model back in 70's and 80's called the Scrambler. Was pretty much ute like...ImageUploadedByTapatalk1445251045.434913.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1445251057.289223.jpg

Yeh, I had one when I was a young bloke (first and only new car I have had),
Horrible, slow, thirsty, small, only kept it 12 months.

Originally Posted by Redback

Anyone remember Top Gear USA last year, the shoot out between the D4, FJ Cruiser and the Jeep Brute.

No - what was the verdict?
The Brute is a conversion by AEV - based on the unlimited.

Let's see, a coil ute, airbags , abs, with a 2.8 tdi that makes more power than most rivals, going for global sales volume. It's what lr could have done from the 90's with first the isuzu then the td5 outside of eu.
It's what jeep should have done 30-40 years ago, a stronger diesel for rest of world, with reliable Dana axles front and rear. They would have outsold the hilux/ series cruiser and had a large export market instead of the niche they are currently in.