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Detroit Auto Show: Jeep Renegade Concept

sebas0069 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:05:19 EST

I think I've seen this concept before. And it looks outdated already.

sebas0069

Detroit Auto Show: Jeep Renegade Concept

GreenVanMan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:41:07 EST

I think those scuba tanks are there because it might rain and you know, that whole "no roof" thing might not work to well in those sorts of situations.

GreenVanMan

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jconli1 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:20:17 EST

[images.highperformancepontiac.com]

(sorry... I can't let this one go)

jconli1

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jconli1 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:01:30 EST

[www.carstyling.ru]

jconli1

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jconli1 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:59:59 EST

No one else remembers the 1988 Pontiac Stinger??

This is too blatant a ripoff to even believe.

jconli1

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:33:25 EST

@combat chuck: Oh, those are press releases?

This looks like a golf cart on steroids.

And it looks like cheap plastic.

Pretty soon there'll just be four HUGE tires and a tiny little platform with seats slung between them about axle high.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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JayP71 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:30 EST

Odd concept dune buggy. What's the point?

JayP71

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Euromobile — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:37:45 EST

It looks like a cross between a Meyers Manx, a Wrangler and an Austin Healey Sprite, but not in a good way.

I wish everyone would piss off with these parallel hybrid powertrains. Either go series like Fisker, or just put in a small diesel and be done with it. Hybrids are a stopgap anyway. Fuel cells are the future.

Euromobile

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SexCpotatoes — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:17:35 EST

I hope they Renege on this.

SexCpotatoes

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danio3834 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:01:10 EST

1.5 liter, 3 cylinder, BLUESMOKE diesel engine...

danio3834

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sos10 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:56:56 EST

No pics of the remote control unit?

sos10

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Mad_Science — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:55:08 EST

I totally agree that this is a failure as a concept. It either went too far or not far enough.

The Hurricane was perfectly absurd. Over the top enough to hint at nothing, and completely kick-ass.

While 110mpg is impressive, they need to quit building sub-Wrangler sporty runabout vehicles (aka little girlie cars). The X-90 failed for a reason.

We want a diesel Wrangler, we want Dana 60s, and we want a Gladiator pickup.

Mad_Science

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HDC — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:14:54 EST

@Rust-MyEnemy: Very true. Most of the time these concepts are far too extreme for being a real sales getter, like the Hurricane. What's really chaffing though is when realistic concepts like the Gladiator get oh so very close to production then some asshat exec squashes it. Fortunately it looks very possible that some of the Trailhawk concept from last year might be close to what we could see out of the next Grand Cherokee.

This thing though? Just another Willy's concept all over again. Totally bleh.

HDC

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yellofury * * * * * — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:10:34 EST

man didnt Powerwheels come out this beforehand?
[www.minicircuit.ca]

doh kids are getting the cool stuff

yellofury * * * * *

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Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there! — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:59:14 EST

Jeep appear to be playing the Jaguar game of creating a string of concept cars, and then studiously ignoring them and piling the same old boring crap into the showrooms...

Rust-MyEnemy is stll out there!

Detroit Auto Show: Jeep Renegade Concept

Iron-Balls McGinty — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:52:48 EST

Rebel flag tail lights?

Iron-Balls McGinty

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monkeyboy04 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:51:33 EST

I bought one of those 30 years ago when they were called Meyers Manxes.

monkeyboy04

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ClutchPlease — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:49:16 EST

Sigh, slap this powertrain in a Wrangler-ish body and they'd have something, a huge step in the right direction. But instead it's stuck in a wildly impractical concept.

ClutchPlease

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jayomatic — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:42:22 EST

I just threw up in my mouth at first glance, but looking at this again just made me throw up all over myself.

jayomatic

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combat chuck — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:41:22 EST

Anyone else getting tired of scrolling through footlong press releases to get the comments?

combat chuck

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The Name's Ash78, Housewares — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:27:35 EST

Reminds me of the Isuzu Vehicross, but with T-tops or something.

Or maybe I'm thinking of the Civic Del Sol...

The Name's Ash78, Housewares

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Benson2175 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:25:00 EST

Kermit the Frog, your car has arrived.

Benson2175

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Feds — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:22:57 EST

I love the powertrain concept, but why expand on the very crappy, hated, and proven-to-be-unsuccessful design language of the Compass? Jeeps are blocks. Square corners, flat fenders, removeable body panels.

I've heard people talk about Hummer out-Jeeping Jeep eventually, but this year they have definitely done it with the HX vs the E-Meyers Manx.

Feds

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POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:20:19 EST

To hell with this thing, gimme that Hurricane thingy they had a few years back that could spin-a-roony in one spot.

POLAЯMISSESEVEЯYBODY

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BN. — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:19:27 EST

Are those doors or ear canals?

BN.

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TheGuinnessTooth — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:19:23 EST

I'm so sick of this hybrid and battery crap. It doesn't help that every single one of these Chrysler concepts looks like a 10 year old concept.

TheGuinnessTooth

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Ω ß®ªғғ — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:18:44 EST

This one is better...

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Benito — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:07:39 EST

I prefer the Hummer HX, honestly.

Benito

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The Name's Ash78, Housewares — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:07:22 EST

This is where concepts begin to piss me off. They trot out something that is 3 or 4 generations ahead of the current offerings, while they haven't even put the EXISTING diesel into the Wrangler (or much of the rest of the product lines).

It reeks of green bandwagonism.

The Name's Ash78, Housewares

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Spence — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:06:07 EST

Please put that drivetrain in a vehicle we can actually buy. Say, a Wrangler?

Spence

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Murph — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:05:34 EST

Jeep invents a... hey, why does it look like a VW dune buggy?

Murph

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bmoredlj — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:04:57 EST

Correction: THIS is the dumbest piece of crap I've ever seen...and I've seen that new Fisker, the G-Wiz, The Weber, and the Merc F700.

bmoredlj