Carscoop.com reports the final production version of Jeep’s J8 military vehicle was revealed at the “Euro Jeep Camp 2008”, a customer event that took place in Northern Germany this week. Jeep had shown a pre-production version of the Wrangler Unlimited based J8 at the DSEi military trade show in the UK last September. Powered by a 2.8-litre four-pot turbo-diesel engine that produces 150Hp and 400 Nm (295 lb.-ft.) of torque, the J8 is designed to meet the needs of both non-government organisations and government agencies. -Continued

In order to withstand heavy duty use, Jeep’s engineers reinforced the Wrangler frame allowing greater payloads – up to a maximum of 1,250 kg (2,756 lbs.). Other improvements include the Dana 60 rear axle with heavy duty brake discs and a new air-intake system with special filtration and a hood-mounted air inlet that enables the J8 to ford water up to 762 mm (30 in.) deep and operate in sandstorm conditions for up to five hours.

Jeep offers the J8 as a two-door truck with an extended pickup bed or a four-door multipurpose vehicle. However, the J8 can be produced with numerous vehicle-body and seating configurations in either right-hand or left-hand drive. For example, the two-door version can be configured as a personnel carrier seating up to eight passengers

The Jeep J8 will be produced in the Chrysler LLC joint-venture facility in Cairo, Egypt, and will be available from July 2008. And no, Chrysler does not plan to offer the J8 through dealers to civilian customers.

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Looks amazing! An Egypt-made Jeep.

damn!
SEVERE DUTY.

I'll take one, without all that damn round **** on the dash, of course.

when was the last time Jeep made a military vehicle?

I'd trade my Riot, and my g/f for that JP (haha)

i think the last time jeep made a military vehicle was back in 82 when american motors lost the contract to hummer. but i could be wrong too.

Thats one sweet ride.

i think the last time jeep made a military vehicle was back in 82 when american motors lost the contract to hummer. but i could be wrong too.

Um, AM General and AMC were the same company back then, so AMC really did not lose the contract. By definition, the Hummer is the son of Jeep.

I like it. I don't love it. I wish they had taken the styling cues from the CJ8 rather than the CJ6. That wheel base gives it an odd look. (Yes I realize function is better with it made the way it is) I'll keep my Scrambler, thank you very much.

Actually in 1982 Ford lost the contract to AM General who were at the time producing the M-151 death traps.

Hummer will never be anything but a Jeep wannabe anyway! But that's just MY opinion! :rockon:

Nice Jeepguy lol. I like it, it looks pretty cool to me! :)

Hummer is on the way out as is the HummV anyway.

A pretty nice ride...
I like that jeep...
Thanks for sharing those pics... :smiley_thumbs_up:

Yeah, I think we need to civi version of this Jeep.

Are we going World war III???LOL