Jeep Confirms Four-Door Wrangler Pickup Truck in the Works
Jeep has confirmed it is working on a four-door Jeep pickup truck.
At the 2016 Moab Easter Jeep Safari, the company brought out numerous concepts, one of which was the Crew Chief. In an interview with Outside, head of Jeep design Mark Allen hinted that the Wrangler-based pickup will be heavily influenced by the Crew Chief, which sports four doors. “We’re finally going to get to do a pickup truck,” he said. “I can’t explain too much, but there may be things you see on the Crew Chief that you might see on that truck.”
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Hinting that it will be a four-door Jeep pickup truck, Allen added, “Oddly enough though, we’ve never done a crew cab pickup before. Hint, hint.” He went on to confirm at least one thing that’s found in the Crew Chief concept that won’t make its way to production: the stamped tailgate logo. According to Allen, “they’re just fraught with quality issues” and while there will be something on the tailgate, it just won’t be stamped into the panel.
Earlier this year, the American automaker confirmed that the next-generation Jeep Wrangler would offer diesel, hybrid and pickup truck variants. The next-generation Wrangler is set to debut in 2017.
[Source: Outside Online]
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Jason Siu began his career in automotive journalism in 2003 with Modified Magazine, a property previously held by VerticalScope. As the West Coast Editor, he played a pivotal role while also extending his expertise to Modified Luxury & Exotics and Modified Mustangs. Beyond his editorial work, Jason authored two notable Cartech books. His tenure at AutoGuide.com saw him immersed in the daily news cycle, yet his passion for hands-on evaluation led him to focus on testing and product reviews, offering well-rounded recommendations to AutoGuide readers. Currently, as the Content Director for VerticalScope, Jason spearheads the content strategy for an array of online publications, a role that has him at the helm of ensuring quality and consistency across the board.
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Cool, but will it look like the Crew Chief concept? If so, that's pretty bad ass.
I don't understand Allen's comment that stamped tailgate logos are "fraught with quality issues." There have been plenty of them in the past. Is it that the sheet metal is so much thinner these days that it won't hold up to this kind of stamping?