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We return to the Jeep Wagoneer in 1987 and its 25th anniversary. As the Wagoneer remained on sale in its dated but popular guise, parent company AMC was at death’s door. Under ownership by Renault, AMC was in massive debt as the Renault-AMC lineup of cars proved unsuccessful. Chrysler stepped in during March to purchase AMC-Jeep for a huge sum, assuming all of AMC’s debt from Renault. On June 20, 1987 the American Motors Corp. ceased to exist, and was renamed to Jeep Eagle Corp.

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Stellantis secured a five-year deal with Microsoft to have the software giant help the automaker develop more than 100 AI-base initiatives aimed at improving driver safety, cybersecurity, and engineering efforts.

Jeep had its only all-new product debut since the Sixties when it introduced the compact XJ Cherokee in 1984. Designed with packaging and fuel efficiency in mind, the unibody Cherokee was a departure from the way SUVs were traditionally designed. Also launched with the new Cherokee range was an all-new Wagoneer.

Today we've got a clean-looking, twenty-year-old 2006 Jeep Commander for you.

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa recently said the company’s recovery plans were working, and the automaker’s first quarter shipments to dealers back it up. The company sent 1.4 million vehicles to dealers worldwide — at 12 percent jump compared to year-ago numbers.

Last year, Jeep promised to deliver twelve “buzz models” designed to hype the brand and help offset some of the recent pricing cuts. These are appearance packages, with the most recent being the 2026 Wrangler and Gladiator Rewind. The duo are clearly inspired by exterior graphics that were semi-common during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

As we learned in our last Wagoneer installment, the SJ weathered the storm of the first (1973) and second (1979) oil shocks. The latter of which forced AMC to reinstall an inline-six and a manual transmission into its luxurious utility wagon barge, to advertise a lower cost of entry and better fuel economy figures. After more than 20 years, AMC was ready to move on from the Wagoneer entirely, and had a plan to do so which it implemented in 1984. Welcome to the new XJ.

Jeep’s been looking to find ways to draw buyers back to its Grand Cherokee premium midsize SUV, and after offering a new pricing structure in January, it’s now striking at the heart of Jeep’s core customer — off-roaders — by offering a Trailhawk model.

We return to our Wagoneer coverage today at a turning point in the greater automotive market. The introduction of the lower-priced Jeep Cherokee in 1974 allowed Jeep to push the Wagoneer into more luxurious territory, an effort cemented by the arrival of the Limited trim in 1978.5. A few months later all Jeep vehicles were restyled with a new front clip, bringing the lineup to a more cohesive and modern appearance for the ‘79 model year. But world events during 1979 would change the course of automotive history and pull the rug from under the Wagoneer in some ways.

It's just about time for the annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab.

After their purchase of Jeep in 1970, American Motors began diversification of the newly acquired brand’s product line. The company saw the potential in Jeep for a much broader offering of passenger utility vehicles: Utility wagons, recreational utility vehicles, and trucks. The former two would gradually converge together in nomenclature to be called SUVs, a term Jeep created in 1974 when it marketed the new Cherokee (an SJ Wagoneer derivative). Part of the product diversification was refinement of the Wagoneer platform and experimentation with luxury trims after the Super Wagoneer failed to see much success. In 1978 AMC launched a new luxurious Wagoneer trim, and this time it worked.

Every year, Jeep heads to Moab to showcase some concepts. This year marks the 60th year the brand has done so.

In our last Wagoneer installment of Rare Rides Icons, we began the journey through the frequent and sometimes confusing updates Jeep made to its flagship utility wagon. Edits to the SJ Wagoneer began in 1964 and continued through the end of its life at the 1991 model year. However, the most important change to the Wagoneer occurred as a side-effect of Jeep’s ownership. We pick up in early 1970.

Today's recall alert involves the 2024-2026 Jeep Wagoneer S.

Fans of those mid-1970s Jeep CJs with the denim interiors get to enjoy a flashback with the brand’s newest special edition offering the 2026 Wrangler Rockslide edition, which features a Jean Blue interior.

The Jeep Wagoneer had an unusually long run for a passenger automobile, and successfully spanned across four decades. Though it was in production from the Sixties into the Nineties, the SJ Wagoneer had but one generation. As mentioned in the last entry where we covered the original interior details, there were many changes inside, outside, and underneath through the decades. Oh, and Wagoneer invented the luxury SUV in 1966.

It appears that Jeep has paused production of at least one model for a couple of weeks.

Today's UCOTD is a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel in Overland trim.

As we reviewed in our last installment, the exterior design of the Jeep Wagoneer was a notable thing at its debut in 1963. The design emphasized its wagon nature rather than its truck underpinnings, which set it apart from the competition. Like the exterior, the interior was designed with daily livability in mind and was less basic and utilitarian than contemporary utility wagons.

Have you ever tried to build and price a Jeep Grand Cherokee online and found your head spinning at all the trim choices? If so, Jeep and Stellantis will be happy to show you that the 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee L have a simplified trim walk.

Oh, and they'll happily tout the new Hurricane engine, as well.

After a hiatus of three model years, the compact/midsize SUV is back at Jeep -- meet the hybrid-only 2026 Jeep Cherokee.

The Jeep Wagoneer debuted in 1963 as a new kind of utility wagon, designed with everyday ease of use and practicality in mind ( Part I). As a midsize truck, it was smaller and had better handling than its competition. Wagoneer even featured an automatic transmission on four-wheel drive models, a novelty at the time ( Part II). But perhaps most important for its success was the clean-sheet design of its wagon body.

I am in Southern California to drive the 2026 Jeep Cherokee and the updated Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The folks at Stellantis sure do like special editions, the latest being the Jeep Wrangler Willys 392, the fourth of a dozen specialized vehicles that are part of the Twelve 4 Twelve collection, honoring the iconic Wrangler.

We return to the Jeep Wagoneer (here’s Part I) this week for a dive into its chassis, running gear, and other particulars. From the get-go the Wagoneer was designed with families in mind: It was slightly smaller than competition from Suburban and Travelall, lower to the ground, easier to get in and out of, and better equipped as standard. Jeep built the Wagoneer as an advancement of its Station Wagon product from the Forties, but was a clean sheet design with some very innovative thinking behind it.

Today we have a well-cared-for 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 for your perusal.

Super Bowl LX took place last night. And as per usual, several car companies plunked down money on ads.

Mega money, of course.

Which car ads were good? Bad? Meh?

The original Jeep Wagoneer persisted over two decades, and was produced by three different owners of Jeep as it became an SUV icon known around the world. As the largest SUV of the Jeep brand, it began with simple utilitarian roots like all off-road vehicles of the time. Eventually it was edited, updated, and glossed into the first true luxury SUV the world had ever seen. Unlike most of our Rare Rides Icons the Wagoneer persists today, but as a very different kind of vehicle than it originated. We begin in the Forties, with a station wagon.

Stellantis N.V. officials revealed the company will post a net loss when it reports its full-year earnings later this month, due to a $26.2 billion charge it took as part of a strategic “reset” it began in the second half of 2025.

Stellantis has issued a recall for 2021-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokees.

Stellantis is killing off the 4xe in Jeeps and the Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid.

Where did a promising attempt at electrification go wrong?

A new report from The Drive indicates that the current Jeep and Chrysler plug-in hybrid models are dead.

We do occasionally feature project cars in this series, and that is the case with today's 2000 Jeep Wrangler.

Auto-show media days allow journalists to poke, prod, touch, feel, and inspect new cars. But we aren't supposed to tear them apart.

At about the same time my watch was vibrating me awake for the 2025 Los Angeles Auto Show media day, I heard the unmistakable sounds of a band playing 30-odd floors below.

No, I wasn't dreaming -- a band that was apparently part of the auto-show festivities was getting in some pre-breakfast practice.

In the journalism business there's something called a second-day story. This term generally applies to stories that come out of an event but aren't quite important enough to be published on said event's first day. Such is the case with this 2026 Jeep Gladiator Willys '41 Buzz trim -- there were bigger fish to fry in LA, even at Jeep's own stand.

The media day of the 2025 Los Angeles Auto Show is basically over. It's almost Miller Time here on the West Coast.

We've covered the biggies -- Jeep Recon, Kia Telluride, Hyundai Crater, Lucid Gravity Touring -- and we have some Volvo and Genesis news set for tomorrow, plus a little more Jeep stuff.

What, based on what you've seen from our coverage and elsewhere, did you like from the show? What did you not like?

One of the worst-kept product secrets has been the 2026 Jeep Recon. Jeep now has a fully electric off-roader.

Today's recall involves 2023-2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4XEs and 2024-2025 Jeep Wrangler 4XEs.

Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa revealed during the automaker's latest earnings call that Ram is working on a full-size SUV, expected to enter production in 2028.

Not long ago, the Jeep Grand Cherokee was a leader of the mid-size crossover pack.

Time has changed that, though, as the vehicle has aged. Will the new 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee bring it back to the fore?

Stellantis seems bent on putting a Hurricane engine, cylinders six or four, in just about every product. The 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee is next.

We have a Jeep Wrangler 4xe recall.

The fire that shut down the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, continues to disrupt automakers across the industry. What started as a material supply shortage for Ford—the plant's largest client—has now spread to Stellantis, which paused production of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer at its Warren, Michigan, assembly plant.

Stellantis has a major investment in U.S. manufacturing planned, and the company also says it has five new-model launches planned.

Stellantis plans to invest $13 billion in the United States and increase U.S. production by 50 percent.

The company claims that it's the largest in the 100-year history of Stellantis (and its predecessors like Fiat Chrysler).

Hidden within Stellantis' billions of dollars in announced factory upgrades was confirmation that Ram's all-new mid-size pickup will be assembled at the Toledo Assembly Complex, home of the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator.

When it comes to the 2026 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, a lot of the biggest news has to do with lineup and badging changes.

Over the weekend, an over-the-air (OTA) update ended up wreaking havoc on a bunch of hybrid Jeeps. Owners of the Wrangler 4xe PHEV seem to be the worst affected, with customers reporting instances of vehicles becoming inoperable.

Today we serve up for you an off-roading 2001 Jeep Cherokee. Seriously, this one is a mudder.

We have another recall alert. This time, it's from Jeep.