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Well, I've seen a Renegade and its not bad looking, just overpriced. My guess is the price will crash once the novelty is past, as the price came down on the PT Cruisers. Remember there were additional dealer mark-ups on those (disguised as "Inventory Cost" or some such).

If the Compatriot (aren't you glad we didn't do the contraction starting with the Patriot?) gets replaced it will have to be the biggest hit in automotive history to make up for the fantastic sales figures the Patriot has been achieving. Killing off a winner to make room for a loser will rank up there with the Vega and the Edsel.
This is what I'm banking on for aftermarket support. Once the factory kills it, companies will be more willing to make stuff for it. Hopefully a way to fit the Mitsubishi Outlander V6 in, which I'm starting to see as a good possibility. Then along could come longer axles, control arms and the rest of that fun stuff so maybe we could go up to some 33's. Maybe I'm dreaming but hopefully it becomes reality.
 
If the Compatriot (aren't you glad we didn't do the contraction starting with the Patriot?) gets replaced it will have to be the biggest hit in automotive history to make up for the fantastic sales figures the Patriot has been achieving.
This.....
 
About the hood. When I got in the Pat for the first time, I quickly thought that the cavernous feeling of cab must feel similar to the Humvees. Kind of like a poor man's Hummer. I think Hummer owners are annoyed by us anyway haha. Saw a trailer of Renegades in Chicago today.
 
Yeah, Manley says average won't get you noticed, but average these days is the rounded look, so I guess they should stick with "boxy", but I highly doubt they will.
I wish Jeep would keep the boxy classic suv look. O well, time moves on, and just like any company; they dont care about keeping it "boxy", they care about profits and they feel the new styling will keep making better profits

that said, numbers tell the truth and the patriot has been crushing sales this past month-up 40% dont understand why they wanna cease production myself

Just in time for easter:wow:
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lolz lets all jump on the bandwagon to be noticed :pepper: maybe Jeep needs to replace their CEO, what do you think everyone?

I find this to be pretty disappointing, myself, and I assume a large population of Jeep owners, whether it be old Cherokee, Wrangler or Patriot, love and appreciate the square utilitarian look of our Jeeps. The argument about changing all of that for regulation reasons is complete BS, hence the Wrangler. Also with every SUV being created and designed these days looking like a hunch back squinting while limbo dancing, how can they call that progressive, it will look like ever other run of the mill SUV/Crossover. Just my two cents, but when I drive out to the bush, I want a vehicle that looks and feels like it belongs there, and didn't get lost on my way to my underwater basket weaving class. Cheers!
Im with you I feel they could keep the square utilitarian look of our Jeeps, because they abosultely is a demand for them. why do Patriot sales keep jumping?

Maybe thats what the progressive patriot replacement will look like?

looks like it cost though just by the appearance .

I was in the market for a great looking, economical, suv with a lower price than most others. I know its cliche, the patriot has everything I desire, looks, suv-like, nice gas mileage, and ive gotten used to the cvt and actually like it better than all my previous 6 speeds, bc I can take my foot off the gas and cruise on up to a stop light. I say we all got in on a very great deal with the patriot.

My neighbor and I went to a baseball game last week, and its the first time he rode in it, he called it a car onetime lol, but he complimented it and said this is nice
 
None of those concepts seem very likely. About the best we can hope for is that Jeep decides that that Cherokee is meeting the demand that the Compass was designed for (i.e. soccer mom SUV) and decides to make the replacement for the market the Patriot was designed for, the traditional utilitarian compact vehicle. Those concepts are all too sporty and small, not utilitarian.

The Gladiator is probably not coming anytime soon. The US manufacturers are not convinced that the US market really wants a mid-size pickup and the initial sales of the new Colorado/Canyon from GM are reinforcing that idea. Jeep being part of the bigger Chrysler group means a full sized Jeep pickup would also have to be approved since it would be competing with the Ram truck division of the company.
 
This is all older stuff, one is a logo for the Jeep Patriot Hellas? club I think. The weird looking compass was actually before the top one I believe(http://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/jeep.html). The top one was the 2nd Jeepster which was a concept before the New Patriot redesign and renegade. Gladiator looks much cooler these days. Jeep came buy the Michigan Tech campus a few years back to show everything off:


Air, fuel and spare in the bed

Nice atlas transfer cases:drool:

Kph

Lockers f/r of course


tested


And my favorite:
THE REAL RENEGADE 6.4L

YUP!
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Stick shift!:Racing:


And a Jeep-mog?


Fancy interior...


And of course they put an AT-AT sticker on the back window:notworthy:
 
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