Jeeps have always been CJs, YJs, TJs, XJs or other such designations where it was a letter followed by a "J". Anyone have an idea why the "J" came firstfor the new Wranglers? Not a big deal, just curious.

 

The JK was actually supposed to be called the "TK," from what I've read. Someone at Chrysler mentioned that Wranglers and their predecessors had always had a "J" in them, so they dropped the T and made it a J. KJ wouldn't work because that was already taken by the Liberty.

 

All the current Jeeps have K as the second letter of the designation. So they couldn't use KJ even if the Libby had a different one.

The others are:
XK - Commander
WK- Grand Cherokee
KK - Liberty
MK - Patriot/Compass

 

It's because they called it a wrangler then droped a 3.6 in it.

It's a Wrangler "JK" stands for Just Kidding

 

Interesting... That's good to know...

 

Man I am cynical tonight

I Love my JK I sold my last 3 because they had no room I will trade the mini van engine for the mini van room

 

If they needed a V6 for the JK, its too bad Chrysler didn't use the 250hp 3.5 from the base 300.

 

The new Wrangler was originally going to be designated the "FJK"... short for "FJ Killer"...but Chrysler in its "infinite wisdom" didn't want to make the Toyota loyalists all butt hurt...and so it goes.


Russ D.

 

On a more serious note, I thought the designation change had more to do with this being a complete remodel. The CJ, YJ,and TJ were all pretty much the same platform and frame, with only minor changes. Even the XJ Cherokee shared lots of stuff with the YJ and TJ. But, with the new wrangler, it is completely differnt fromits predecessors, so they went with a completely new designation.

Thats only my theory, though.

 

Are you kidding??? That would only make sense!!! Who puts a powerful, fuel efficient engine in a Jeep? Pffff.