Spy shots of the all-new weird-looking 2014 Jeep Cherokee were swirling around the internet yesterday, so much so that Chrysler pushed up the debut of the new Cherokee and released these few photos, at least of the front-end.
We snagged an invite to the 2013 edition of Jeep Jamboree Dubai in early January, a dealer-organised event open to all Jeep owners in the country. We went to the Jamboree a year go as well, all of it a desert drive with a dealer-provided five-door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, so we figured this year would be the same. But they threw a few surprises at us in the form of a mixed wadi-desert combination, that too with a smaller three-door Jeep Wrangler.
The 2014 Jeep Compass and Patriot continue largely unchanged for this year, but will now be available with a 6-speed automatic transmission and a few trim upgrades.
The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which debuted at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, has received a facelift in a rather surprise move by Chrysler, considering the current generation just came out in 2011.
Ok, we have seen a lot of weird modifications done on cars. But this has to be right there on the deep end. What’s the mod? Two Jeep Wranglers merged into one!
So if you thought that the crazy automobile recall saga had ended, you were wrong. Since our last post on the recalls earlier this year, there were an insane amount of recalls that followed, from almost every car manufacturer in the world you can ever think of, almost all of them being issued following instructions from the U.S.-based NHTSA agency. And we could not bother to post each recall issue as a separate story, the task being as equally tedious as the reader-response to these. Here are all the recalls that could potentially be relevant to our region since April 2012.
Jeep showcased the Gladiator concept at the North American International Auto Show back in 2005. And although it was received well by the crowds, it didn’t make to the production lines due to Chrysler’s ongoing financial ordeal at that point in time.
Earlier this month, a little-known Swedish magazine called Teknikens Värld (Technology World) released a video of their “moose test” for the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee, essentially an emergency lane-change manoeuvre, where the Jeep almost rolled over. Since then, there has been a public back-and-forth between the Swedes and the Americans over the issue.
Our first encounter with the Pentastar-engined 2012 Jeep Wrangler was around the time it was launched in the UAE, where we were given a car and thrown into the desert wilderness. In that trial-by-fire, we made our way out in one piece, all by ourselves, without ever getting stuck, and navigating with visual clues rather than by GPS. This time, our car does have GPS, although we’re just soaking in what it feels like in an urban environment.
Back in March, Jeep showcased its blacked-out Altitude edition Compass, Grand Cherokee and Patriot. This time around Jeep gets the Wrangler all decked up.