Future Rubicon!

Say hello to the 2011 Jeep Panda Rubicon

someone chop that onto 35s! it's like a samurai

Must be for the chinese market

Its the new Fiat jeep

jdldx3 wrote:

Its the new Fiat jeep

HAHA...I can see this truely being in the Fiat/Jeep lineup

I'd take one of those over a Compass. It's definitely more trail-capable, that's for damn sure. And I loathe it less than the Compass or any other model that's short on wheeling capability and long on excessive plastic body and fender cladding.

Here's what someone thinks it might look like, though I could use a lot less plastic body cladding, once again. It even looks more like a Jeep than a Compass.




It would never be a champion rock crawler, obviously, but there are some interesting videos out there of Pandas on street tires (Fifth Gear segment isn't up to date).

I think I am going to throw up....

Mr.RonGilbert wrote:

I think I am going to throw up....

Cuz you really want one and have butterflies in your tummy?

yesh it sucks. no straight axle..

Once again, its purpose is not to be a champion rock crawler with full buggy-like articulation, so a live axle isn't necessarily an important point.

The 2011 Jeep Phoenix... why not?cause it sucks



by John Neff on May 7th 2009 at 4:58PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/13/mopar-underground-unveils-concept-jeeps-at-moab-safari/








Mopar Underground unveils concept Jeeps at Moab safari



by Noah Joseph on Apr 13th 2009 at 10:29AM

Every year, the off-road faithful gather for the annual Jeep Safari. This year's was held in the Moab Desert, held out of the limelight while all eyes – including Chrysler's and our own – were focused on the New York Auto Show. So while Jeep itself was unveiling the new Grand Cherokee, Chrysler's skunkworks division, Mopar Unlimited – the same crew responsible for most of the company's SEMA show cars – brought out a pair of concept trucks for its most hard-core enthusiasts.

The first, called the Grand Canyon II, is based on the outgoing Grand Cherokee Overland, upgraded with some extra luxurious touches. Little information is available on that concept truck, but the real excitement factor was in the Jeep Lower Forty concept (above). Based on the Wrangler, the truck is immediately characterized by its oversized tires, which required a fair bit of hack-sawing of the bodywork by the Mopar crew but no suspension mods, leaving the center of gravity in tact while increasing the ground clearance. Under the hood lies a 5.7-liter Hemi V8 with six-speed manual transmission, capped by a custom carbon-fiber hood and a windscreen cut down by 3 inches and raked back 10 degrees. The concept was painted a special shade of red called Red Eye No. 3.

Unfortunately, there's little information available on either concept truck beyond what the team at Inside Line was able to get ahold of, which is a little surprising for a company steered by a guy named Press. So in the meantime we'll just have to suffice with these initial details and the low-res images in the gallery below.


a mopar sourse told me it got the name because if it does hit the market it will come with 40's

Thats awesome.

Looks like it needs some lift or there will be some serious rubbin

If the merge had been with Kia instead of Fiat maybe we would be seeing more of these.

Damn. Holy damn.

The windshield rake and chop aren't necessary, but there are three primary things that make me hope Jeep is headed in the right direction:

1) V8. Why isn't this available? I don't understand it.
2) Drop-down tailgate. YES PLEASE! For goodness' sake YES!
3) High-line. How awesome is that? A factory LCG highline build with 40's.