Jeep introduced several prototype vehicles for the annual Easter Jeep Safari at Moab, UT. The Jeep Cherokee Dakar may not be a JK, but this is the most modified Cherokee out there, currently. While Mopar says the lift kit isn’t available, let’s see what could be done if someone were to brave a warranty void and create the ultimate “KL” chassis.
Changing a successful product is a real catch-22. If you alter it too much, you risk alienating your original customers; however, if you just leave it as is for too long, consumers might accuse you of being out of date. At the Road & Track offices, that’s the situation in which Jeep finds itself with its 2014 Wrangler Oscar Mike Edition.
The 2014 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah is behind you, but now there is a hoard of photo viewing ahead of you thanks to the JK Forum boots on the ground capturing all the action. So much happened over the nine-day event. If you were there, you may be finding it difficult to digest all the excitement from the past week and a half. Hopefully the videos and the mega gallery after the jump will act as the Pepto-Bismol for your bloated memory.
Five stars in government crash tests, four trim levels (excluding SRT), three 4-wheel-drive systems, two suspension options, one vehicle. Jeep’s 2014 Grand Cherokee. The 2013 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick offers a 290-horsepower 3.6-liter V6, but Edmunds is more focused on its optional, non-SRT engines: a 5.7-liter HEMI V8 which cranks out 360 […] More »
JK fans know the excitement of crawling obstacles that look unclimbable. Imagine doing that while racing your competitor to the top for fastest time, then racing to the next hill across the desert to do it all over again. Do that for 2 or 3 laps and you have the King of the Hammers! Here […] More »
When you think of towing, the first thing that pops into your mind is probably a diesel motor. In the front of a pickup truck. Not in a Jeep sold in America. But that’s exactly what the guys at The Fast Lane Car were thinking: hauling a 5,740-pound boat behind the 2014 Grand Cherokee ECODiesel. […] More »
I’m a lucky guy. Not only did I get to attend the Houston Auto Show media preview day, but I got to see Jim Morrison in person. No, I wasn’t on something. I was already amped up by being there. Jeep’s lead singer (Director) of Product Marketing was at the event to show off the […] More »