Is Jeep Being Spun-Off From FCA?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by baysideadmin

In the recent years, Jeep has been leading the sales for the Chrysler family. It is one of the most popular brands in America and is starting to really catch on globally. Jeep has been expanding into various different countries and is becoming a global phenom. Does that mean it is time to start thinking of Jeep being its own brand?

The Detroit Free Press spoke with Fiat-Chrysler’s chief Sergio Marchionne and asked if he was considering making Jeep and Ram trucks their own brand? The response was “Yes.”

Would spinning Jeep and Ram trucks off into their brand really change things? Not really. Marchionne did the same thing with Ferrari and it turned out fine for everyone. Jeep and Ram trucks getting their own brand would make a splashy news headline, but ultimately wouldn’t impact either brands. It may just be Marchionne wanting to keep the raising trend for both brands up by doing what he can to make sure Jeep and Ram are consistently news-worthy. In the end, Jeep and Ram will continue to produce quality machines no matter what brand they are operating under.

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Could a Jeep Grand Cherokee Pickup Happen?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by baysideadmin

A few years ago, Jeep President Mike Manley mentioned that Jeep was looking into making a Jeep brand pickup. Seeing as how it hasn’t surfaced until this point, it leaves one to wonder if this was an idea that was scrapped or if Jeep has been working on it all this time. In a moment of speculation, Carscoops decided to pick up this point again and ask the question, why can’t Jeep make the Grand Cherokee a pickup?

The article features a clever rendering of what a Jeep pickup could look like. Taking a look at it, it does leave one wondering why Jeep hasn’t attempted something in the years since Manley mentioned it. As the writer states, a rendering is one thing, but it does show how perfect a Grand Cherokee is for this experiment.

“How hard would it be for Jeep, really, to modify the rear end of the current model?”

They go on to ponder if the reason nothing has been tried yet is because of the work Jeep is doing on the all-new Wrangler. The pickup market is hot right now, but could Chrysler be afraid of cooling down the progress of the Ram trucks with a Jeep? It may just be waiting for the right time, or it could’ve just been a wonderful dream on Manley’s part.

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Jeep Beach Sets New Jeep Record

Posted on April 27, 2015 by baysideadmin

Not content to let Ram have all the glory, Jeep also wanted to break a record. A little while ago, Ram put out the word for Ram truck drivers to sign up and amass on the Academy of Country Music Awards to break the Guinness World Record for ‘Largest Parade of Pickup Trucks.’ With 451 total trucks, it was a mission success.

Cut to the 12^th annual Jeep Beach event. The event is a major Jeep get-together for fun events and charity down in Florida. To mark this year, they wanted to take a crack at breaking a record. Said record was 1,106 Jeeps at the 2011 Bantam Jeep Festival. The Jeep Beach managed to do it, smashing that previous record with their own 1,846 Jeeps!

What was the most popular of the Jeeps? According to one of the volunteers, it was the Wrangler. “Wranglers dominated but we definitely had representation from nearly every Jeep ever made.”

Will the Bantam Jeep Festival take this hit to their record lying down? It’s all fun and games and I hope to see them fire back. If it keeps happening, one day we’ll have to stretch Jeeps across the whole of the US. It could happen.

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Source: Chrysler