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2022 Jeep Wrangler 392 Long-Term Report: Off-Roading Adventure
jeep wrangler Full Overview We always love this time of year. Summer has faded away, the air has a nice crispness to it, and we’ve welcomed a new long-term test vehicle into our stable. After saying a fond farewell to our 2021 Four Wheeler SUV of the Year award-winning GMC Yukon AT4, we happily welcomed the new 2022 Four Wheeler SUV of the Year-winning Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392. At the risk of wearing out the phrase, Jeep’s new 2022 Wrangler 392, equipped with the company’s potent 6.4-liter V-8 engine, is the absolute pinnacle of what a Wrangler can and should be. To say we’re excited for the year to come…
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How To Make the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 Better
When Jeep unveiled the 470-hp, V-8-powered Wrangler 392 and the subsequent Xtreme Recon (XR) package with 35-inch tires, 4.56 gearing, and upgraded shocks, it was easy to think that “peak Jeep” had been achieved. Sure, there are many ways to make the “ultimate” Jeep Wrangler that involves bigger tires, upgraded axles, and major suspension changes, and there is a place for a Jeep with all these mods. But what about those fans of the Rubicon 392 package, who want more without straying too far from the factory vehicle? Can you build a better Wrangler 392 and keep your warranty? Fortunately, the answer is “yes,” thanks to American Expedition Vehicles, or…
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This Is Why Stellantis Is Moving Jeep Cherokee Production To Mexico
According to Bloomberg, U.S. nationals are relocating to Mexico at rates not seen since comparable data became available in 2010. Furthermore, the number of temporary residency permits has increased by 85 percent from 2019. But, it’s not just American retirees and young digital nomads that relocate to Mexico. In fact, even American manufacturers and large-scale corporations are deciding to leave the United States behind. “The commercial conflict between the United States and China, the supply chain vulnerabilities revealed by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have accelerated the relocation of Asian, American Union and European companies to Mexico,” said Co-Production International. In recent years, global firms like Samsung, Daewoo,…
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Junkyard Gem: 1990 Jeep Cherokee
During the late 1970s, both Chrysler and American Motors were in trouble and sinking fast. The United States government determined that Chrysler was too big to fail and bailed out the company with guaranteed loans, while deciding that AMC was just the right size to fail. That’s when the French government stepped up, with government-owned Renault plowing $150 million into AMC and providing much-needed design and engineering expertise for the crew in Kenosha. Though the resulting Renault Alliance/Encore didn’t save AMC as planned, some of the Renault-inspired AMC products had long-lasting influence. One was the Eagle Premier, which provided a chassis design that lived on in many Chrysler products for decades…
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Jeep Cherokee Could End With Stellantis Belvidere Plant Closure
Photo: Jeep Through the third quarter of this year, Jeep Cherokee sales are down a whopping 61 percent year-to-date compared to last year, with just 30,852 sold in the first nine months of 2022, according to Stellantis. Which is the context for an announcement on Friday that Stellantis will be idling the plant that makes Cherokees, in Belvidere, Illinois. Could it be the end of the road for Cherokee, too? For now, Stellantis isn’t saying. Via WIFR, Stellantis has released the following statement: Our industry has been adversely affected by a multitude of factors like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the global microchip shortage, but the most impactful challenge is…
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2023 Jeep Avenger First Drive Review: Driving the electric Jeep you can’t have
NICE, France – The name Avenger may now be associated with the Marvel pantheon of superheroes, but it also has a long history attached to various brands within the Chrysler empire … or whatever corporate moniker it was going by at the time. Most recently that meant a lamentable Caliber-based midsize Dodge sedan from the 2000s, with a Mitsubishi-based Dodge coupe from the 1990s before that, but elsewhere in the world during the 1970s one could buy a humble sedan that not only went by Dodge Avenger but Chrysler, Hillman, Talbot and Sunbeam Avengers as well. In other words, it was finally Jeep’s turn to avenge. The 2023 Jeep Avenger…
