Jeep Pickup Draws Ever Nearer, Though Marchionne Won't Call it a Truck - MotorTrend Magazine
“I like that vehicle [2005 Gladiator concept],” said Marchionne. They’re totally peeved off at the fact that we’re going to have anything that looks like a pickup truck with a Jeep badge on it. I actually think that there’s space for it. ” Based on the words of the head honcho himself, there appears to be some... Marchionne is currently calling the purported Jeep truck a “multipurpose vehicle,” but it’ll definitely have a truck bed in the back. Dear Jeep, There are more than 30 major forums for Wranglers, Cherokees, Libertys etc etc. The OLD Full Size Jeeps have 10 forums and the Willys Trucks have 4 at least. We want a TRUCK that says JEEP and works as hard as our Jeeps do. Build it, we'll buy it and you'll rule the segment (sort of like dodge did when they created the minivan). Jeep people are a breed apart, Jeep people aren't Dodge people. I am a Jeep guy and a Ford truck guy. Well guess what, my latest ford is 21 ft long and can tow 10,000 lb's. I figured out I don't tow anything over 5000lbs. I want a tough little Jeep truck based off the Wrangler. I want it to tow 5000lb and come with a diesel engine and 6 speed manual transmission. Source: wot.motortrend.com
