Official End of the JK, Friday April 27th, 2018

[bbaCJ8]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

4dr wrangler = XJ with drop top

Agreed. It's got everything the XJ ever did, is roomier, quieter, faster, better MPG, and better features. The same people begging for the XJ back would never buy one, just like most of those people asking for a Jeep truck won't buy one either. They'll just complain that it's too long for offroad or too short for a practical truck.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

4dr wrangler = XJ with drop top

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

Except that it isn't.

Body on frame? Yawn.

Originally Posted by bbaCJ8

Agreed. It's got everything the XJ ever did, is roomier, quieter, faster, better MPG, and better features. The same people begging for the XJ back would never buy one, just like most of those people asking for a Jeep truck won't buy one either. They'll just complain that it's too long for offroad or too short for a practical truck.

Only thing the JK/JL unlimited is missing over an XJ is a straight six engine.

[xj_man_646]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Only thing the JK/JL unlimited is missing over an XJ is a straight six engine.

You're forgetting the most important part of the XJ.

The unibody! It simply would not have existed as a body-on-frame vehicle IMO.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

You're forgetting the most important part of the XJ.

The unibody! It simply would not have existed as a body-on-frame vehicle IMO.

I am discounting the uni-body from my list of missed items. It was built as a unibody for cost/weight savings. I don't see it as a real positive or negative, just don't miss it. The Wrangler Unlimited has filled its place in the line up nicely. Price-point is really the only place that it fails as a replacement for the XJ, but with the sales numbers the last five years or so, that does not seem like even it is much of an issue.

And the XJ's direct competition at or near its introduction, the S-10 Blazer and Ford Bronco, (could throw in the 4Runner and eventually Pathfinder) were all body on frame. I didn't see too many consumers thinking, "oh, I just want the unibody one".