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Jeep Pickup Truck Rendering Based on the Grand Cherokee Leaves Us Wanting More

Anyone remember the Jeep Pickup? Yeah, that old bucket of bolts manufactured by Willys, Kaiser-Jeep, American Motors and Chrysler from 1962 to 1988. Based on the SJ platform of the Wagoneer, the humdrum Jeep Gladiator sold like hot cakes.
Jeep Pickup Truck Rendering by Theophilus Chin 1 photo
Photo: Theophilus Chin
It’s rather curious why Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles is still pondering if a modern take on the Jeep Pickup is a good investment for the Italo-American entity. Each and every time we cover the subject, we’re getting comments that can be summed up as “If Jeep makes a new pickup, I’ll have at least two!”

Jeep CEO Mike Manley previously declared to the automotive media that he’s a fan of the Jeep truck, yet rising demand for SUVs and Ram workhorses are top priority at the present moment. In addition to this, an all-new, Maserati-powered Jeep Grand Wagoneer is slated to debut sometime in 2018.

The Jeep Wrangler is also set to receive an all-new generation in 2017. As a consequence, the heavily-anticipated Jeep Pickup is not exactly a top priority for the American manufacturer.

Though the next-gen Wrangler is expected to debut the pickup truck body style, that didn’t stop Photoshop wizard Theophilus Chin from rendering the thing. The face is 100 percent Jeep Grand Cherokee, but did you know that the sides and bed are taken from a Volkswagen Amarok?

Don’t know about you, but the Renegade, next-gen Wrangler, Grand Wagoneer and the adjacent truck is exactly what the Jeep marque needs in order to accelerate its sales momentum. From my point of view, Manley and the designers are afraid of one thing: an all-new Jeep Pickup would cannibalize the sales of the Ram light-duty range of workhorses.

Fun fact: the last time Jeep sold a pickup truck was 1992 (the Cherokee-based Jeep Comanche MJ).
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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