My coworker Ryan Felton knows absolutely nothing about Jeep history, and yet for some reason he insisted on tormenting me—me, of all people—with a “history lesson.” The resulting video is the dumbest, most factually-inaccurate recording in automotive history. Do not let your children watch.
New Jeep Wrangler JL owners have been complaining about frame welds for months, and some have even experienced frame failures at a critical suspension mounting bracket. Now Fiat Chrysler is issuing a recall due to risk of a “vehicle crash without prior warning.” Here’s why this is such a big deal.
How many wheels a car has should be an easy question. It’s just counting, right? How hard is that? I bet most people would only need an Associate’s Degree in counting to handle most situations. There are cases where it’s not so clear, though, like in the case of this car, the Willys NC-1a.
Earlier this summer, I received an email from a distraught Chicagoan asking if I knew anyone who would save her family’s recently totaled, beloved Jeep from the crusher. I did know someone: me. But the two-month saga I went through to acquire the vehicle nearly broke my soul.
In late August, a YouTube vlogger recording a fun little expedition out in Oregon ended up stuck in the middle of nowhere, helplessly watching his 2013 Jeep Wrangler turn into a huge fireball. He filmed the whole thing, and the resulting video is just bizarre.
There are very few people in this world who would wonder, “what would happen if I made a jeep that could fly?” It seems more like the kind of thing you’d make a rough crayon sketch of in kindergarten than it does something someone would actually sit down and seriously draft up. But someone out there, well—they…
I was just going to replace a single broken exhaust bolt in my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle’s cylinder head, when I discovered some major issues that threaten to turn this “short” repair into a genuine time-suck. This phenomenon is called “mission creep” and for decades, it’s been plaguing wrenchers around the…
Earlier this month, Fiat Chrysler filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission to stop the sale of the Mahindra Roxor—a tiny off-road-only 4x4 that looks very much like a Jeep CJ-7—over intellectual property concerns. But now Mahindra is fighting back, filing a lawsuit in a federal court seeking damages,…
The new Jeep Wrangler JL’s very first special edition is upon us, and it’s called the Jeep Wrangler Moab Edition. But though its name may imply the ultimate in rock crawl-ability, the equipment list is geared more towards comfort than bashing through Pritchett Canyon.
Don’t be persuaded by David Tracy’s trickster ways. As he attempts to distract from his constantly precarious collection of vehicles, confront him and let the truth be known.
For three years now, I’ve been buying junkyard-quality Jeeps, fixing them, and embarking on long trips to the off-road mecca that is Moab, Utah. Last year, my project was a rusty $800 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The year before, it was a dilapidated Willys CJ-2A farm Jeep. And the first year I took a highly perforated $600…
I spent all day Saturday at the Toledo Jeep Fest, a huge gathering of Willys, Kaiser, AMC and Chrysler-era Jeeps in the heart of a city that’s been building these off-road beasts for over 75 years. The machines I saw there were incredible, but it was one full-size Jeep exhibit that stole the show.
A Fiat Chrysler dealership lost lots of cars to a major flood in northeast New Jersey on Saturday. A now-viral video shows a number of vehicles getting carried away like toys in a creek by a violent torrent before crashing into a bridge and into each other. The resulting mountain of soaked and bashed-up trucks and…
The new Mahindra Roxor seemed like the perfect off-road toy: side-by-side (SxS) four-wheeler modeled after the iconic Willys Jeep of World War II. Who wouldn’t want to play in the dirt in that? Evidently, one group doesn’t want that for you: Fiat Chrysler, which now claims in a complaint to the U.S. International…
I’m supposed to be taking my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle to the Toledo Jeep Fest in a couple weeks, and while that’s not likely to happen, there is good news: I’ve been saving lots of money on my project by using forums, Craigslist and junkyards.
I just got my beloved full-size Jeep J10 pickup that’s been sitting in my backyard for over a year up and running, as I plan to (probably) sell it to finance work on my lovely 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle. But there’s a problem: I can’t drive the J10 out of my yard, because there’s a bird’s nest on the front…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has confirmed that longtime CEO Sergio Marchionne is in fact stepping down due to extended health issues, and his replacement is Mike Manley, the 54-year-old Brit who has spearheaded the growth of Jeep over the past decade.
Summer is in full swing and you know what that means–it’s bad driving on the beach season! The people in this poor Jeep Wrangler were probably having a lot of fun until the ocean tried to eat their vehicle. It damn near got the thing, too.
Off-road vehicles and fireworks are two things that bring great fun to our lives. Mixing the two, though, can be a questionable move, as a Jeep Wrangler driver in Maryland celebrating the 4th of July learned the hard way.
