Always thought that if I bought a pick up truck it would be something like a Jeep BRUTE conversion or, if Jeep actually produced on, a real Jeep Pick Up. Looks like it may be possible that Jeep may roll out their long rumored pick-ip version of a Wrangler sooner rather than later.
LINK => http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/04/28/jeep-wrangler-pickup-crawling-closer-to-production.html
2 photos below. One clearly shows rear fender flares while the other shows a version without flared rear fenders. The NON-flared version is an older 'spy photo' while the one WITH fender flares is the newest 'spy photo' of what appears to be a compact pick up.
LINK => http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2017/04/28/jeep-wrangler-pickup-crawling-closer-to-production.html
The first new Jeep pickup in over a quarter-century is still a about year away from showrooms, but what appears to be a production ready prototype is already on the road.
The camouflaged Wrangler-based truck caught by a spy photographer at an undisclosed location looks much different than an earlier effort spotted last year.
Instead of the bed from a Ram 1500 jury rigged to the back of it, the new truck has a perfectly-integrated one with classic Wrangler wheel arches bulging through its black polyester wrap. The bed sides meet the vertical roof pillars at a crisp 90 degree angle for a classic pickup profile, and a full width rear window fills the space between them.
What’s not known is if that roof is removable in some fashion, or if the windshield can be folded down like on other Wranglers. But there are holes in the hood wrap where rubber bumpers to rest the windshield on usually are.
Based on its wheels and stance, this particular truck could be a Wrangler Rubicon-derived model, suggesting that the pickup will offer the same sort of hardcore off-road capabilities as the standard Wrangler, which is expected to go on sale late this year.
The pickup will follow as a 2019 model, and should be available with a choice of engines that include a four-cylinder turbo, four-cylinder diesel and an updated version of the current 3.6-liter V6 . . .
2 photos below. One clearly shows rear fender flares while the other shows a version without flared rear fenders. The NON-flared version is an older 'spy photo' while the one WITH fender flares is the newest 'spy photo' of what appears to be a compact pick up.