Jeep

Jeep Unveils New Easter Safari Concepts in Moab

Jeep unveiled several new concept vehicles Thursday that will participate in the 49th Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, UT. Among those is the Jeep Chief concept, which everyone correctly fell in love with. The Chief design calls to mind the original Jeep Cherokee from the 1970s, though it’s built on the Wrangler platform. It

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Bestop Introduces New TrekTop Pro Soft Top with Glass Windows

LAS VEGAS, NV–Bestop has introduced what it claims to be the first Jeep soft top with glass windows. The new Bestop TrekTop Pro soft top was designed to offer the convenience of a hard top and the versatility of a soft top–in one attractive package. The top weighs approximately 50 pounds less than a hard top

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Trailer Upgrades: Raising Bumpers, Installing New Shocks and Electrical Components

[portfolio_slideshow id=34060] An off-road New Mexico vacation in a camping trailer designed for Jeep and Chevrolet S10 pickups provided the evidence: the trailer desperately needed more stability on the rough terrain and truck’s rear bumper needed raised. The trailer needed shocks and more height. The curved design of the original bumper would sometimes dig into

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Jeep and Mopar Unveil Six New Concept Vehicles for Easter Jeep Safari

  [portfolio_slideshow id=29914] The Easter Jeep Safari begins this weekend, and once again Jeep has used the occasion to unveil a lineup of new concept vehicles. Scroll through the images above to check out the six Jeep® concepts that will debut at this year’s event in Moab, UT. For this year, Jeep has eschewed the

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Jeep Tops Consumers’ List of Most Patriotic Brands

Fourth of July = patriotism. But you already knew that. What you might not know is: Jeep also = patriotism. That’s according to a recent survey by MarketingCharts.com,  a website that offers research on marketing and media trends. In the survey, 4,500 people across nine different U.S. regions were asked to evaluate 197 highly known brands for patriotic

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Our Top 5 Auto-Related Super Bowl Commercials

Super Bowl XLVII had a little of everything–a freak, 35-minute blackout, brother battling brother, a record-setting kickoff return, and a guy who got away with murder. I mean, really–how else would you describe the controversial non-call against the Ravens’ Jimmy Smith at the end of the game? It was practically like committing a crime and getting

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TruckFest Photo Gallery: Jeep

When we look at Jeeps, we always marvel at how well they age. In fact, if they didn’t drive over stuff, it would probably be our favorite thing about them. If you’re a huge Jeep fan, you should also check out photos from our visit to the Bantam Heritage Jeep Festival in August. A handful

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Photo Gallery: Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival

Nearly 30,000 people descended upon Butler, PA—a town with only about 14,000 residents—this past weekend for what is now an annual gathering of Jeep enthusiasts at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival. Butler is the birthplace of the modern Jeep. The Butler-based and now defunct American Bantam Car Company produced the first Jeep prototypes for the

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