Jeep is one of the most renowned automaker across all over the world for its bold looks, styling and best engineering. Now, the company is going to create history for its 75 years in the automobile industry. In order to make a celebration for 75 successive years of Jeep and 50th iteration of the annual Jeep Easter Safari, 7 new SUV concepts have been revealed by the company. All these models will carry a range of performance parts and features, which will be based on the brand's most popular vehicle, Wrangler and Renegade.
Here we have listed all the seven new concepts of Jeep
Based on the iconic Wrangler, it gets a 6.2-litre supercharged 'Hellcat', 8-cylinder designed in V-shape and coupled with a six-speed manual gearbox. The company has also increased its length by 12 inches in comparison to the Wrangler. It is also loaded with massive wheels, prominent wheel arch extension equipped with a wind screen shredded by 2 inches.
In a bid to make a more impressive off-road car, the company has established many performance parts such as 17-inch black-finished alloy wheels, suspension along with a front winch and new front and rear axles as well as ground clearance has been also cocked. Mechanically, it may power by a 3.6-litre 'Pentastar' V-6 motor, which comes mated with a five-speed automatic transmission.
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The third concept in the list is Commander, which is so much identical to the off-road Renegade. Having propelled by a 2.4-litre 'Tigershark' engine it is fitted with a nine-speed automatic gearbox. It is lightly lifted by 2-inches against to the regular Renegade on 17-inch alloy wheels. Besides, the Jeep has also offered many signature features to this new off-road concept.
Designed on the Wrangler Unlimited, the Crew Chief 715 will be released as a tribute to the Kaiser Jeep 715 military SUV. Under the hood, this vehicle has a 3.6-litre 'Pentastar' V-6 petrol engine. In terms of features, it gets 20-inch beadlock wheels, 40-inch military tyres and the steel front and rear bumpers.
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The word Shortcut here refers to its shortened body that spread of bumpers, grille, wheelbase, bonnet and tailgate. Following the Wrangler concept, this model is featured with custom exhaust 17-inch steel wheel painted in red color that comes paired with 35-inch mud terrain tyres.
This concept will be produced as a small, convertible pick-up truck that drives with a 2.0-litre diesel engine. A nine-speed automatic transmission is also packed with the engine to transmit the power to all wheel drive axle.
At the end of the list, the FC150 is also based on aged Wrangler chassis that will be situated in the Jeep profile as a latest generation model of Forward control.
Anyway, if you are following the Fiat-owned Jeep, you won't be surprised with the three India bound products namely Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Cherokee SRT, which were showcased at the recently concluded 2016 Delhi Auto Expo.
Source: AUTOCAR India
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