• sema

    The Boys LOVE The Brute

    More »
  • jalopnik reviews

    AEV HEMI-Powered Jeep Wrangler: First Drive

    The new Jeep Wrangler is a damn fine off-road vehicle straight from the factory, but a 202 HP V6 just doesn't quite fit the bill for the folks at American Expedition Vehicles. Remember, this is the same group of guys who built the Hemi-powered SR-392 Roadster and the amazing Brute conversion kit that'll let you turn your Wrangler into an honest-to-goodness Jeep truck. This year at SEMA AEV'll be showing their latest and greatest new toy — the custom shop's dropped a 5.7-liter HEMI V8 into the evergreen off-roader...and then tosses us the keys for an exclusive first drive. That's right, they let us loose in this monster of an off-roader — outfitted with their complete HEMI conversion kit, a Flowmaster exhaust, an Nth Degree three-inch suspension lift, 35-inch BFG Mud Terrain KM2s on a set of their own wheels, 4.88 rear gears, their all-steel heat-extractor hood and a beefy front winch bumper of their own design. The result: A seriously badass Wrangler.

    More »
    Feature

    3:00 PM on Fri Oct 24 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    11,083 views, 87 comments

    Most discussed Devryn: So what IS the price of admission? more »

  • jeep wrangler j8

    Jeep Taunts Civilian Enthusiasts, Shows Off Wrangler J8 At Euro Jeep Camp 2008

    The production version of the Jeep Wrangler J8 made it's Euro debut at Jeep Camp 2008 in Germany this week. While not in itself news — we've already covered its officially official return — news of its Euro reveal got us to lusting after the new military-spec off-roader. Since we can't get it and you can't get it, we thought we could all spend a moment wallowing in our sorrow together.

    More »

    10:00 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    2,512 views, 36 comments

    Latest by bornVette: I encourage everyone to check this jeep conversion out: [www.aev-conversions.com] more »

  • concept cars

    PUTC Checks Out The Jeep J8 Sarge, Can't Find Wert's Missing Burberry Scarf

    Nobody really knows what Wert drove to his reunion. Some say they saw a Z06 parked at Como's in Ferndale. Others claim to have seen either a Burberry scarf or a broken tailgate flapping in the wind as a Jeep JT concept truck flew down Woodward Avenue. All we do know is he didn't drive the Jeep J8 "Sarge." Luckily, instead of heading into the black hole that is Wert's bottomless chasm of features, Mike Levine from Pickuptrucks.com met up with Ralph Gilles to get a run-down on the jacked-up Jeep-amino. Video below the jump. More »

    3:40 PM on Mon Jul 7 2008
    By Mark Arnold
    3,702 views, 34 comments

    Latest by xenti: Nice typo about 1:50 in. more »

  • down on the street bonus edition

    DOTS-O-Rama Sunday: Pair-O-Windsor Jeeps

    We're going to wrap up the Canada-themed DOTS-O-Rama Sunday now, with this pair of Jeeps that Schweppes found on the mean streets of Windsor, Ontario. He's also included some bonus shots of an Acura NSX he spied during his travels. Jump to read his description and see the entire gallery.


    More »

    3:30 PM on Sun Jun 22 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    4,339 views, 10 comments

    Latest by Schweppes - Now with more beard: In the saltier sections of Ontario these are the only CJs I had seen in several years. I expect there more »

  • industry news

    Chrysler Productivity Ties Toyota; Sales...Not So Much

    Apparently answering today's QOTD with a "hell yes," our friends in Auburn Hills have tied the super-best automaker from the Land of the Rising Sun in at least one category: Most productive manufacturer, according to this year's Harbour Report. What does that mean? That Chrysler assembles a vehicle in 30.37 hours on average, exactly the same figure reported by Toyota. How'd they do it? Outsourcing! More »

    12:45 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
    By Andrew Stoy
    742 views, 23 comments

    Latest by danio3834: @rkwadd: Yes, but only over at TTAC.com more »

  • offbeat news

    Jeep Wrangler Skewered By Tree

    Just about the last thing you expect to see when you're out wheeling with your tough new Jeep Wrangler is a tree making a move on your crotch. It's one of those things not normally within the sphere of operation for trail driving. Normal is not what happened to one driver out for a New Years day expedition. This is the kind of thing should get back to Chrysler's engineering department for consideration in the next revision level. Anyway, well let the eyewitness from Postworthy lay out the details for you:
    More »

    10:30 AM on Wed Jan 9 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    6,378 views, 58 comments

    Latest by MrEvil: "I got your Jeep thing, now it hurts when I pee." What is Chrysler making those Jeep Firewalls out of though? more »

  • sema

    SEMA 2007: AEV Hemi-fies Wrangler Unlimited JK For SEMA!

    The boys at American Expedition Vehicles plan to show a custom Jeep Wrangler Unlimited JK in the Chrysler display at SEMA 2007. What's so trick about it? Well, our friends at the Michigan and Montana based custom shop took their experience performing hundreds of Hemi conversions on the Jeep Wrangler TJ to have some fun with the new four-door from "The New Chrysler." So, instead of the stock 3.8-liter V6 under the hood, the Mopar-mavens at AEV have shaved away enough room to wedge a 6.4-liter Hemi into the engine bay. So, instead of 204 HP, this bad boy four-door's gonna get 525 horses. In addition to showing off the Hemi-powered four-door rock crawler at SEMA next week, AEV's set to announce the availability of turnkey 5.7-liter and 6.1-liter HEMI conversions for the new Wrangler JK. As someone who's driven one of their HEMI-powered Brute conversions and seen a great number of their amazing pieces of work on the road (like the above four-door Wrangler Rubicon) I can say my pants are tightening at the mere thought of seeing this in person. That's right — a full-on Hemi-gasm. Full press release after the jump and the gallery below filled with AEV awesomeness. [via AEV]
    More »

    8:00 AM on Thu Oct 25 2007
    By Ray Wert
    13,457 views, 23 comments

    Latest by Cletus: I rode with Dave from AEV in his original Hemi TJ, he could get the front tires off the ground more »

  • question of the day

    Which Car Has Been Least Diluted Over Time?

    Yesterday was so much fun we're going to do it again! And in keeping with our new strange loopin', isomrphin' direction, we'll just flip it on its head. We've driven it and beaten holy hell out of it in some ugly mud, so our only answer can be the Jeep Wrangler. And considering we were able to run up and down slopes that a jacked up, Detroit Lockered CJ simply couldn't, how could we choose anything else? Plus, considering that you can still rip the roof off, yank the doors and flip down the windshield, the new Jeep has to be the very best one. The more things change... Anyhow, you?

    12:15 PM on Wed Oct 17 2007
    By Jonny Lieberman
    1,886 views, 87 comments

    Latest by ReppintheTempo: @newfmike: The first generation (84-87) Was the same car minus a change in the steering wheel etc. The 88-94's we're more »

  • spy photos

    Scrambling Again? Possible Jeep Wrangler Pickup Mule Spotted

    Spies say this isn't just a run-of-the-mill Jeep Wrangler Unlimited painted in Michigan Militia Primer. They say it's a new Jeep pickup, a long-considered option to expand the Wrangler line. As the Road most specifically straightless points out, the success of the four-door makes more likely the proposition of offshoots, the most obvious of which would wear a pickup's bed — รก la the old Jeep Scrambler. Welded rear doors and leaf springs are the tipoff, say spies. We'll see what such a Jeepup would look like when the Jeep JT Concept one-off rolls out at the SEMA show later this year. [Winding Road] More »
    Spy Photos

    11:30 AM on Thu Aug 16 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    2,304 views, 23 comments

    Latest by brandegee: @Bumblebee: The JT will sell as is. ANY Wrangler variant would probably sell like crazy. Like how about a double-decker more »