Along with the Compass<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, it brought to Chicago the new Wrangler Rubicon Recon model. It is launching the next generation Grand Cherokee, and the first 3-row Grand Cherokee L. There\u2019s also the high-line Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer models coming later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile Jeep was an early SUV pioneer, it missed a number of opportunities, Morrison conceded, by not expanding its line-up nearly as fast as key competitors such as Ford or Toyota. And that gave an opportunity to upstarts like Subaru, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, brand officials are confident they\u2019ve left few open niches. If anything, however, going electric will create even more options, said Mark Allen, the director of Jeep exterior design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A new design paradigm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Pure electric vehicles, in particular, offer \u201cexciting\u201d possibilities,\u201d said Allen, since their batteries and motors are moved under the load floor. That essentially eliminates the need for a conventional engine compartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI see us able to open up (the design) of a vehicle in ways we can\u2019t now,\u201d added Allen, highlighting sketches of some radically different Jeep designs that could come to market in the decade ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will be \u201cplenty of new opportunities for Jeep,\u201d echoed Morrison. As it goes electric, it will give the brand a chance to enhance the off-road capabilities it is best known for, while adding on-road comfort and features it couldn\u2019t offer with conventional, gas and diesel-powered products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A little late to the electrification movement, Jeep is making up for lost time. It new Wrangler 4xe is completely sold out for 2021, and more models are being added to the line-up, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8,5,10,1164],"tags":[1096,1677,1678,1680,1679],"make":[],"post-state":[335],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205662"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205706,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205662\/revisions\/205706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205662"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=205662"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=205662"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=205662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}