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AUCTION: High-Velocity Yellow Demon-Powered Jeep® Gladiator Goes To Barrett-Jackson!
Our good friends at America’s Most Wanted 4×4 (AMW4x4) in Holly, Michigan are known for building some of the most bad ass Jeep® vehicles on the planet. 2023 Jeep® Gladiator AMW840 “Highlighter” Pickup. (AMW4x4). Starting with a 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon as its base, the AMW4x4 team built an amazing monster for the 2022 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event. Using its “AMW 1000” package, the Gecko Green-colored Gladiator featured the outlandish 7.0-liter (426 cubic-inch) HELLEPHANT HEMI V8 with a 3.0-liter IHI supercharger on top from the Mopar crate engine program. From the factory, the HELLEPHANT put out a whopping 1,000 horsepower and 950 lb.-ft. of torque at the crank without any modification. The…
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Jeep® & Ram Will Hold Press Conferences At The Chicago Auto Show
Auto show season is in full swing and while most shows continue to shrink in size, the Chicago Auto Show soldiers on for its 115th edition. The Chicago Auto Show continues to be one of the largest automotive shows in the country. Prior to its public opening on Saturday, February 11th, there will be two full days of media conferences on Wednesday and Thursday at McCormick Place in Downtown Chicago. Thanks to the media schedule released prior to the event, we can see that Stellantis (FCA US) has two press events scheduled on Thursday, February 9th for both the Jeep® and Ram Truck brands. According to the release the Jeep…
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Mourning the Loss of My Dad — and His Jeep
Photo-Illustration: the Cut; Photos Courtesy Katie C. Reilly “Why does our car look so dirty?” my 5-year-old daughter, Fianna, recently asked after hopping into the back seat of our Jeep at school pickup. We watched her friend slide into a Back to the Future–looking side door of the blue Tesla in front of us before I responded, “This car is superspecial.” We’re both right. There are deep white lines on the passenger side from scratching the car against the mailbox while trying to reverse out of our driveway. The crevices of the back pleather seats are filled with cheesy crackers, apple sauce, and pretzels. Baby wipes, small Frozen dolls, and…
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2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Edition First Drive: On the trail to six figures
MOAB, Utah – The special-edition 4×4 universe expanded yet again this year with the launch of the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 20th Anniversary Editions. A lot has changed since we last saw a commemorative Rubicon, and consequently the new effort bears only a passing physical resemblance to the 10th anniversary model of 2013. Bigger tires, longer wheelbases and exploding MSRPs have seen to that. But are we better off for it? I wrote up the details of the Anniversary Editions back when they were announced, but the gist is this: You take a standard Rubicon 4xe or 392 (No V6 or inline-four), add a unique grille treatment, various badges and decals,…
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Why 2023 Is The Worst Time To Buy A Jeep Wrangler
The Jeep Wrangler is the one to pick if you are shopping for a no-frills SUV that can tackle some serious off-road terrain. Admittedly, it isn’t as refined to drive on the street as its body-on-frame rivals like the Ford Bronco and Toyota 4Runner. But it makes up for that in its off-the-pavement capability. The 2024 update gives a fresh face to the Wrangler and adds a bunch of goodies inside the cabin. It also expands its 4xe range with new models and adds more capability to the Rubicon trims. HOTCARS VIDEO OF THE DAYSCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT If you can ignore Wrangler’s lousy on-road manners, it should be…
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A woman was found alive in a Jeep nearly submerged in a lake in Texas : NPR
This black Jeep was almost entirely submerged in Lake o’ the Pines in Marion County, Texas. It wasn’t until a tow truck started to pull it from the water that a woman was spotted inside. Marion County Sheriff Office hide caption toggle caption Marion County Sheriff Office This black Jeep was almost entirely submerged in Lake o’ the Pines in Marion County, Texas. It wasn’t until a tow truck started to pull it from the water that a woman was spotted inside. Marion County Sheriff Office It started with a call from a fisherman, who said he saw what looked to be a black Jeep virtually submerged in a large…
