Photo: KDesign AG / Behance
Frankly, I think that we don't get to spend nearly enough time discussing one of Stellantis' most prized brands. That would be Jeep, of course, the one-and-only legend of off-road adventure vehicles.
The brand just got a shakeup at the top of the pyramid – the highest levels of corner offices now have a new boss, as Jeep CEO Christian Meunier was (probably) forced to step down in favor of Antonio Filosa, the Chief Operating Officer of Stellantis South America, amid a 'nice' little sales slump. If we look at the sales charts, 2022 deliveries were down 12% compared to 2021, and after the first six months of 2023, the figures dipped another 12%.
However, there are hopes for a comeback even if an increasing number of mainstream and luxury crossovers and SUVs put much pressure on the famous off-road-oriented brand. As such, Jeep just launched the facelifted 2024 Wrangler and Gladiator this year, two of its most beloved assets in the fight against the Ford Bronco and Toyota Tacoma, for example. Interestingly, since it's such a beloved name, everyone seems to try and lend a helping hand to Jeep these days.
And that includes the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, where Kleber Silva, a Brazil-based virtual artist known as KDesign AG on social media, has decided to have a CGI go at imagining a posher Jeep truck that could represent a step up the premium ladder in the mid-size pickup truck sector. Thus, meet the unibody WL-series Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck, which is something akin to the Honda Ridgeline but with the added panache of a premium brand experience.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee nameplate is one of the best-known SUVs worldwide, but how many people know that it was a unibody project from the beginning? Indeed, the mid-size crossover SUV dropped the traditional body-on-frame manufacturing process in an age when most SUVs were still using it like the Bible and gained a cult following by offering car-like on-road performance coupled with still great off-road capabilities.
However, a Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck doesn't make too much sense because the company already has the Gladiator battling in the field of mid-size models with the latest N400 Toyota Tacoma, as well as the all-new 2024 Ford Ranger (plus Ranger Raptor), Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon siblings, plus the Nissan Frontier and Honda Ridgeline. Besides, the sector is neither that large nor so in love with the unibody models like the Ridgeline to warrant a second entry from Jeep.
Still, I couldn't help but share this unofficial design project with you because the pixel master worked his CGI magic based on the stylish Ram Rampage, and it turned out that making it slightly larger and adding elements from the Grand Cherokee would "create a sturdy and versatile pickup." So, while it's entirely wishful thinking, this Ram Rampage-based Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck is also utterly fantastic!
However, there are hopes for a comeback even if an increasing number of mainstream and luxury crossovers and SUVs put much pressure on the famous off-road-oriented brand. As such, Jeep just launched the facelifted 2024 Wrangler and Gladiator this year, two of its most beloved assets in the fight against the Ford Bronco and Toyota Tacoma, for example. Interestingly, since it's such a beloved name, everyone seems to try and lend a helping hand to Jeep these days.
And that includes the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, where Kleber Silva, a Brazil-based virtual artist known as KDesign AG on social media, has decided to have a CGI go at imagining a posher Jeep truck that could represent a step up the premium ladder in the mid-size pickup truck sector. Thus, meet the unibody WL-series Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck, which is something akin to the Honda Ridgeline but with the added panache of a premium brand experience.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee nameplate is one of the best-known SUVs worldwide, but how many people know that it was a unibody project from the beginning? Indeed, the mid-size crossover SUV dropped the traditional body-on-frame manufacturing process in an age when most SUVs were still using it like the Bible and gained a cult following by offering car-like on-road performance coupled with still great off-road capabilities.
However, a Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck doesn't make too much sense because the company already has the Gladiator battling in the field of mid-size models with the latest N400 Toyota Tacoma, as well as the all-new 2024 Ford Ranger (plus Ranger Raptor), Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon siblings, plus the Nissan Frontier and Honda Ridgeline. Besides, the sector is neither that large nor so in love with the unibody models like the Ridgeline to warrant a second entry from Jeep.
Still, I couldn't help but share this unofficial design project with you because the pixel master worked his CGI magic based on the stylish Ram Rampage, and it turned out that making it slightly larger and adding elements from the Grand Cherokee would "create a sturdy and versatile pickup." So, while it's entirely wishful thinking, this Ram Rampage-based Jeep Grand Cherokee pickup truck is also utterly fantastic!
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